One of those good news, bad news weeks

Spent the better part of an afternoon and evening creating an online resume for a federal job which I maybe want and have no guarantee of getting. Sigh. Two interviews in two weeks, one that sounded promising but turned out weird and didn't pan out anyway, and one where I got an offer but, really, just isn't ME. Night hours, low pay - what's wrong with this picture?? I made more $$ thirty years ago working part-time. Oh, and I passed the civil service exam with flying colors - for a job already filled. Go figure. This bridesmaid stuff is for the birds. I'm tired of being first runner-up. And forget Miss Congeniality.

My first employer died yesterday at age 83. Hard to believe he's gone. Harder still his wife has been dead for 15 years - such a sweet woman, and everyone was sure Joe would go first. Bridge just wore out, I think. Of course I hadn't worked for them since '77. Still, every time I hear a glass break, I picture Joe running out from behind the bar to ask "what happened, who broke it?" Funny to be nostalgic over a $1.65 per hour job (and no tips), but there it is.

Launch party

Well, this launches another chapter in my adventures in cyberspace - my first blog entry, my first blog - period. For those of you in Gen-X or Gen-Y, no biggie, but for those of us in the first half of the Boomer cohort, well it's always catch-up time.

As for "Always on the Bright Side" - that's both a philosophical statement and the title of a Gordon Lightfoot song. The man is 66 tomorrow (happy birthday, Gord!) and keeps on turning out wonderful music. We should all be so blessed to recognize our talents early and follow our bliss (as the late Joseph Campbell would say); that way lies contentment, happiness even in the face of life's vissicitudes.

Well, enough for my trial run ....