It's All God's Children Singing...
Just so we clear the air, Jenkins' post-off isn't actually going to have an impact on my blog at all. I'm not going to bore you all (just kidding, Jenkins) with every little detail of my day, mainly because I'm not at my computer all the time.
Today was a good day, for the most part. Tiffany's still pretty sick, which sucks of course. And not just for selfish reasons (i.e. I'm sleeping on the couch for the second night in a row to give her some space and also to try to get a decent night's sleep). I feel bad because she's truly not feeling well and it sucks to see her in pain and miserable like this. It happens though, and of course it's not something that I could have helped her avoid or anything, it just happens. The only thing I can do is pray that she gets better soon. I'm confident she will start feeling better tomorrow, so we'll see how that turns out.
*Fair warning* I'm starting to feel more and more tired as I type this, so if I ramble or can't focus on one thought, I apologize.
I talked with my mom today on the phone and asked if she was going to come to church on Sunday. She had been having some problems with not having gas to get to church or money to buy it, so I figured that if she was still in that situation, Tiffany and I could just pick her up beforehand so she could still come. What's really funny is that she said that she didn't come last week because she knew we were having a guest speaker, and she's not a big fan of guest speakers because at our old church, she never got much out of the sermons or anything from the guests. Well, our guest Sunday was Bishop Frank Tunstall, who seriously gave one of the best sermons I have ever heard. It was Father's Day, so he gave the Bible's job description of a father, taught through the various names of God in Hebrew. It was outstanding. She seemed upset that she missed it. Hopefully she will be able to come to church this Sunday though.
Tiffany's dad got a new job! In case you weren't aware, her dad is an over-the-road (as apposed to under-the-road, or over-the-water) truck driver, currently in the owner/operator business. Well, that has brought on lots of troubles for the past few years, so he applied for a new job with a company whose name escapes me right now. I might think of it in a bit. Basically, they drive the trucks for big concert series across the country. This summer, for instance, they are driving the trucks for Radiohead, the Jonas Brothers, Kenny Chesney, and others. Well, we found out today that he indeed got the job, which is awesome. He's very excited for it and we all are as well.
Now, if I could just do something about my job. We're basically finished with Homeowners training at work, which is good because it's yet another thing I can put on my resume and something else that helps me along developmentally, however it also means the end of my vacation from the phones. If you'll recall, the main problem I'm having with work is just having to be on the phones nonstop for eight hours, and it's just driving me crazy. I have officially been in Swing for over six months now, which I believe makes me eligible to apply for other jobs within the company. A rotational internship in the training department just opened up and I might apply for that. I have little to no chance of even getting an interview (unless they interview every candidate, which often happens), because I'm not as tenured or involved as some others who will undoubtedly apply. However, there is most likely a very limited pool of employees that they can choose from, as the training department needs people who are trained or have spent time in both automobile and homeowners sales AND service, which leaves Swing (20 people total), and one other department that's larger, but still not the whole floor or anything. So anyways, I might apply for that.
A big road block I've been running into lately is that a lot of good jobs within my company and elsewhere are requiring college degrees. A lot of times they'll say something like "College Degree or experience equivalent," which I'm close to. A college degree is typically 4-5 years of school, and I've been with the company almost 3. So, it would be great if I could land a non-phone job that requires that, however most of the jobs that I'm wanting don't give that "or experience equivalent" option. So, I'm not sure what I'm going to do. I'm trying to keep a positive attitude about everything, but I don't know how much longer I can hold out being on the stupid phones. I know that right now I'm getting worked up about nothing because it's the weekend and I haven't even been on the phones more than a day at a time in almost a month. I just really wish that we had a way that Tiffany and I could go back to school and get our degrees. It would make things much easier and better, at least in my eyes. Tiffany's very happy with her job, although I know she'd be very happy with a degree also, even if she didn't even get a different job. Enough of that, I suppose.
The people upstairs are being incredibly obnoxious right now. I've heard their sliding glass door open and close four or five times, people being loud, running up and down the stairs outside, and I'm not sure if it's them, but someone keeps going in and out of the pool area. If you've ever lived in an apartment with a pool area, you know how loud those stupid gates are. I don't get how people don't get that it's two o'clock in the freaking morning and some people are trying to sleep (obviously not me, but my sick wife). It wouldn't be terrible except here in just a few minutes it will be me trying to sleep, not to mention that when they're running up and down the stairs it drives Sam crazy and he barks. Not good for the sleepingbeast beauty.
By the way, as soon as some pictures/video from camp are available, I will let you know and either post them here or link to them. I'm looking forward to it. I know there are some good pictures and at least a couple good videos that I want to share. I think that's going to be all for me tonight. Hopefully the upstairs neighbors will stop being retarded and realize that it's bedtime for us old folks. COMMENT and thanks for reading. I will see you all soon.
*My name is Ryan J. Schwimmer, and I approve this rambling, tired, and unfocused blog.*
Today was a good day, for the most part. Tiffany's still pretty sick, which sucks of course. And not just for selfish reasons (i.e. I'm sleeping on the couch for the second night in a row to give her some space and also to try to get a decent night's sleep). I feel bad because she's truly not feeling well and it sucks to see her in pain and miserable like this. It happens though, and of course it's not something that I could have helped her avoid or anything, it just happens. The only thing I can do is pray that she gets better soon. I'm confident she will start feeling better tomorrow, so we'll see how that turns out.
*Fair warning* I'm starting to feel more and more tired as I type this, so if I ramble or can't focus on one thought, I apologize.
I talked with my mom today on the phone and asked if she was going to come to church on Sunday. She had been having some problems with not having gas to get to church or money to buy it, so I figured that if she was still in that situation, Tiffany and I could just pick her up beforehand so she could still come. What's really funny is that she said that she didn't come last week because she knew we were having a guest speaker, and she's not a big fan of guest speakers because at our old church, she never got much out of the sermons or anything from the guests. Well, our guest Sunday was Bishop Frank Tunstall, who seriously gave one of the best sermons I have ever heard. It was Father's Day, so he gave the Bible's job description of a father, taught through the various names of God in Hebrew. It was outstanding. She seemed upset that she missed it. Hopefully she will be able to come to church this Sunday though.
Tiffany's dad got a new job! In case you weren't aware, her dad is an over-the-road (as apposed to under-the-road, or over-the-water) truck driver, currently in the owner/operator business. Well, that has brought on lots of troubles for the past few years, so he applied for a new job with a company whose name escapes me right now. I might think of it in a bit. Basically, they drive the trucks for big concert series across the country. This summer, for instance, they are driving the trucks for Radiohead, the Jonas Brothers, Kenny Chesney, and others. Well, we found out today that he indeed got the job, which is awesome. He's very excited for it and we all are as well.
Now, if I could just do something about my job. We're basically finished with Homeowners training at work, which is good because it's yet another thing I can put on my resume and something else that helps me along developmentally, however it also means the end of my vacation from the phones. If you'll recall, the main problem I'm having with work is just having to be on the phones nonstop for eight hours, and it's just driving me crazy. I have officially been in Swing for over six months now, which I believe makes me eligible to apply for other jobs within the company. A rotational internship in the training department just opened up and I might apply for that. I have little to no chance of even getting an interview (unless they interview every candidate, which often happens), because I'm not as tenured or involved as some others who will undoubtedly apply. However, there is most likely a very limited pool of employees that they can choose from, as the training department needs people who are trained or have spent time in both automobile and homeowners sales AND service, which leaves Swing (20 people total), and one other department that's larger, but still not the whole floor or anything. So anyways, I might apply for that.
A big road block I've been running into lately is that a lot of good jobs within my company and elsewhere are requiring college degrees. A lot of times they'll say something like "College Degree or experience equivalent," which I'm close to. A college degree is typically 4-5 years of school, and I've been with the company almost 3. So, it would be great if I could land a non-phone job that requires that, however most of the jobs that I'm wanting don't give that "or experience equivalent" option. So, I'm not sure what I'm going to do. I'm trying to keep a positive attitude about everything, but I don't know how much longer I can hold out being on the stupid phones. I know that right now I'm getting worked up about nothing because it's the weekend and I haven't even been on the phones more than a day at a time in almost a month. I just really wish that we had a way that Tiffany and I could go back to school and get our degrees. It would make things much easier and better, at least in my eyes. Tiffany's very happy with her job, although I know she'd be very happy with a degree also, even if she didn't even get a different job. Enough of that, I suppose.
The people upstairs are being incredibly obnoxious right now. I've heard their sliding glass door open and close four or five times, people being loud, running up and down the stairs outside, and I'm not sure if it's them, but someone keeps going in and out of the pool area. If you've ever lived in an apartment with a pool area, you know how loud those stupid gates are. I don't get how people don't get that it's two o'clock in the freaking morning and some people are trying to sleep (obviously not me, but my sick wife). It wouldn't be terrible except here in just a few minutes it will be me trying to sleep, not to mention that when they're running up and down the stairs it drives Sam crazy and he barks. Not good for the sleeping
By the way, as soon as some pictures/video from camp are available, I will let you know and either post them here or link to them. I'm looking forward to it. I know there are some good pictures and at least a couple good videos that I want to share. I think that's going to be all for me tonight. Hopefully the upstairs neighbors will stop being retarded and realize that it's bedtime for us old folks. COMMENT and thanks for reading. I will see you all soon.
*My name is Ryan J. Schwimmer, and I approve this rambling, tired, and unfocused blog.*