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hello fans, out on bail fresh outta jail, california dreamin...
Hello fans,
I quit my job in April to take a better one with higher pay. But that only lasted a month. They gave me a new company car but they wanted me to drive it too much, and I started living the same rat race life that many of you live. Sorry, not gonna be able to do it.. I didn't work for about three months, ran out of money almost got evicted, then, when the pressure was on, I wrote a cover letter bragging about myself the way I normally do here. It got me the job, the cover letter alone. Now I'm working on the IT staff for a 6,000 employee company with offices all over the US. Here's the problem. After only one single month of working for them, (and thanks to a timely resignation of the top networking guy) they already want to ship me out to Cali where I will be THE West Coast IT guy with projected sales of $267 million in Cali alone. Of course I know I can do it, and I have no fear and no doubts in my mind that I will succeed. Besides, dog gurus usually end up in either LA or NY, and I always figured I'd end up in NY, just because it was close but now it looks like I'm headed to metro LA (the exactabouts of which I won't divulge...) And you know what fans? I owe it all to the bike. The reason I have so impressed my new company is because of the fact that I don't spend all my money making automobile and oil companies rich like most of you do, fans... I spend my money on technology and by doing that, I am able to take massive giant steps in self reinvention while most people trudge along barely improving becasue they are so busy paying for and being enslaved by all their STUFF (more about that in my book). There are people in the IT staff who have been there for 5, 10, 20, 30 years and I show up and wham blow everybody away in a freakin month! There's gonna be a lot of jealousy and envy. I have been able to solve vexing and perplexing problems which have sat unresolved for months and I feel no pressure, never get angry or frustrated or lose my cool and I exude the confidence and the attitude that there is not a problem that I can't fix, cause I can do it, in the mix... It drives some of them crazy that I never get flustered. And I owe it all to the bike (and the money, energy, time and mental and physical fitness it provides for me) as well as the braggadocious cover letter that I wrote which won me the job before the interviews even started. When I get off my bike, fans, I'm relaxed and calm and happy and my head is clear. When people get out of their cars they are angry and stressed and then it just piles up as the day goes on... When my boss was talking me into the move, he wondered why a guy my age rides a bike to work, and I told him it was the secret to my success and briefly explained to him why it was me he was begging to go to Cali and not somebody else. So anyway, fans, my only concerns are these. I've got nothing keeping me from leaving. I have designed my life for a moment like this. To be ready when opportunity knocks or at least when I knock down the damn door, which I have done. My only concern, of course, is my dogs. They are talking about flying me all over the west from Texas to Hawaii to Oregon sometimes for week at a time... So, for the first time in my life, I may need to invest in doggy day care. But I will try to avoid that at all cost. Or maybe I'll hire somebody like Malinda to watch them after she gets laid off by Cisco and is begging for money on the street... Either that, or set up my remote sites so carefully that I will never need to actually go to these places, and that I can do all my work on pcs, servers and routers remotely... What I might have to do is go out there and get myself a mail order bride or something and have her stay at home and watch the dogs... I don't know... I won't put my dogs in a bad situation, though no matter how good this opportunity is. I haven't officially said yes yet, there is money to talk about and other stuff but my boss knows that I will make him look good and so do I, and of course they will pay for the whole move if not my first, last and security.. and I think I have to jump at this and things will work themselves out. Anyway, just thinking aloud here, fans, not going to sign this because I don't want the company to figure out who I am. alright, that's all... have a good night and let's all keep quiet about this, shall we? -- this is M live.... |
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"michael 3.0" wrote:
So, for the first time in my life, I may need to invest in doggy day care. But I will try to avoid that at all cost. Why? Some of them are excellent. The good ones don't just let the dogs run around all day, nor do they crate them all day. They have structured activities - play time, nap time, snack time, pee time, etc. Your dogs would have fun. Of course, that would only work for long work days, not times when you're away overnight. Or maybe I'll hire somebody like Malinda to watch them after she gets laid off by Cisco and is begging for money on the street... slap If you're going to be making so much money, you could probably hire somebody reputable to stay with them when you're gone. Like a doggie nanny. Canine Action Dog Trainer http://www.canineaction.com My Kids, My Students, My Life: http://hometown.aol.com/dfrntdrums/m...age/index.html |
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"michael 3.0" wrote:
So, for the first time in my life, I may need to invest in doggy day care. But I will try to avoid that at all cost. Why? Some of them are excellent. The good ones don't just let the dogs run around all day, nor do they crate them all day. They have structured activities - play time, nap time, snack time, pee time, etc. Your dogs would have fun. Of course, that would only work for long work days, not times when you're away overnight. Or maybe I'll hire somebody like Malinda to watch them after she gets laid off by Cisco and is begging for money on the street... slap If you're going to be making so much money, you could probably hire somebody reputable to stay with them when you're gone. Like a doggie nanny. Canine Action Dog Trainer http://www.canineaction.com My Kids, My Students, My Life: http://hometown.aol.com/dfrntdrums/m...age/index.html |
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"michael 3.0" wrote:
So, for the first time in my life, I may need to invest in doggy day care. But I will try to avoid that at all cost. Why? Some of them are excellent. The good ones don't just let the dogs run around all day, nor do they crate them all day. They have structured activities - play time, nap time, snack time, pee time, etc. Your dogs would have fun. Of course, that would only work for long work days, not times when you're away overnight. Or maybe I'll hire somebody like Malinda to watch them after she gets laid off by Cisco and is begging for money on the street... slap If you're going to be making so much money, you could probably hire somebody reputable to stay with them when you're gone. Like a doggie nanny. Canine Action Dog Trainer http://www.canineaction.com My Kids, My Students, My Life: http://hometown.aol.com/dfrntdrums/m...age/index.html |
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"michael 3.0" wrote in message ... My only concern, of course, is my dogs. They are talking about flying me all over the west from Texas to Hawaii to Oregon sometimes for week at a time... So, for the first time in my life, I may need to invest in doggy day care. But I will try to avoid that at all cost. Doggie Daycare is not a bad choice...there are poorly run daycares and their are daycares where good behavior is encouraged, bad behavior discouraged and as Leah mentioned, structured activities throughout the day. To bad you are going west...if your dogs were at my daycare they wouldn't want to go home. BD |
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"michael 3.0" wrote in message ... My only concern, of course, is my dogs. They are talking about flying me all over the west from Texas to Hawaii to Oregon sometimes for week at a time... So, for the first time in my life, I may need to invest in doggy day care. But I will try to avoid that at all cost. Doggie Daycare is not a bad choice...there are poorly run daycares and their are daycares where good behavior is encouraged, bad behavior discouraged and as Leah mentioned, structured activities throughout the day. To bad you are going west...if your dogs were at my daycare they wouldn't want to go home. BD |
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"michael 3.0" wrote in message ... My only concern, of course, is my dogs. They are talking about flying me all over the west from Texas to Hawaii to Oregon sometimes for week at a time... So, for the first time in my life, I may need to invest in doggy day care. But I will try to avoid that at all cost. Doggie Daycare is not a bad choice...there are poorly run daycares and their are daycares where good behavior is encouraged, bad behavior discouraged and as Leah mentioned, structured activities throughout the day. To bad you are going west...if your dogs were at my daycare they wouldn't want to go home. BD |
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"michael 3.0" wrote in message ... My only concern, of course, is my dogs. They are talking about flying me all over the west from Texas to Hawaii to Oregon sometimes for week at a time... So, for the first time in my life, I may need to invest in doggy day care. But I will try to avoid that at all cost. Doggie Daycare is not a bad choice...there are poorly run daycares and their are daycares where good behavior is encouraged, bad behavior discouraged and as Leah mentioned, structured activities throughout the day. To bad you are going west...if your dogs were at my daycare they wouldn't want to go home. BD |
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BigB wrote: "michael 3.0" wrote in message ... My only concern, of course, is my dogs. They are talking about flying me all over the west from Texas to Hawaii to Oregon sometimes for week at a time... So, for the first time in my life, I may need to invest in doggy day care. But I will try to avoid that at all cost. Doggie Daycare is not a bad choice...there are poorly run daycares and their are daycares where good behavior is encouraged, bad behavior discouraged and as Leah mentioned, structured activities throughout the day. To bad you are going west...if your dogs were at my daycare they wouldn't want to go home. BD I think good doggie daycares are very good things. Of course like child daycares, there is the good the bad and the ugly. One definitely has to go unannounced to the facility and see how it is run. Gwen |
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