As far as "job security" goes. Do not go off of those words. I just learned last monday that we are loosing the account that I am on. It's nothing we did, I assure you that, but this account is loosing so many of the big investors, and donators, that they just can't afford it. I give them two weeks before all hell breaks loose. I'm a "Security Officer/site supervisor". I keep men, and unwanted individuals out of this apartment building that houses single mothers, so they can live basically rent free. THe only things they have to do are go to college, and have a full time job. Their kids have to go to daycare, but that is in the building also. This place will go all to hell when we are gone. The girls (IMHO) are too childish, and too young to understand why these rules are put into place. But, who can you depend on these days for job security...yourself. Trust your instincts. I'm looking every single day for a new job, my boss is looking for openings at all of the accounts we have, but even he can't really help me out. There is just nothing out there for a guy just trying to make a living, without a "college" education. And the paper that I do have that says I went to the Quartermaster's school, to learn to be a cook, is not good enough. 4 yrs of being a cook in the Marines is worse than some pimply little twerp that went to "Le Cordon Bleu". Heck, the Marines won't even take me back, since they messed my back and knees up. (Jerks). I just don't know where to go anymore. I have the experience, and knowledge to keep up with any 4 yr chef out there. I am not arrogant by any means, I just know how to hold my own in the galley. Cooking has always been my thing. Tomorrow, I am going to be online all day, looking for more possibilities for this area, but honestly, if worst comes to worst. I just don't even know what else I can do, other than to go out to NC, and find a job out there. I have to go where life takes me. THat is the way I always have been. Life was going no where after high school, luck would have it, the Marines contacted me one day, I took the ASvab, and signed up. I was bored with life. They provided a way out of here. I'm just loosing my mind, with my job. I suppose this didn't make any sense. I probably jumped around alot. It's okay, I was rambling. I really don't expect anyone to understand this at all. I know alot of you guys are going through some pretty tough times, some are a lot rougher than what I have going on. I do appoligize for complaining like this. I just needed to get that out. Thanks for listening.
I think the question is why NOT N.C. No, we are going there because her mom is there. She had a rough life living with her before, so she moved out to live with her dad. That's where we met. With alot of talking, and reasoning, they have solved their problems. Now she wants to move back out there because that is where she knows. She hates MN. I'm still not 100% sure why, but she does. I never liked the east coast, but then we visited the area twice now, and I had spent a couple months their (VA) in school. I really like the fact that I wont have to put up with the super cold weather now. I like the fact that the cost of living is lower. I REALLY like that I can go to the mountains one day, and the ocean the next. And I am REALLY REALLY hoping that she picks up on that adorable accent they have. lol. I have always been a sucker for a girl with the southern drawl. Other than that. N.C. because she wont go to KY. She says we don't know anyone in that state, so it wouldn't be reasonable. I told her that the settlers didn't know anyone where they went, but she didn't go for that either. lol. PS, on our last trip out there, I found out that the people in KY lie. Their grass is brown, and green just like ours...Not blue.
Go to a big city like Charlotte and seek a job at a major hotel. They employ the best chefs. I know a chef from the Baltimore area that works a hotel there and loves it all.
Latest and greatest news... My dog needs to go to the vet (Monday). I am working all weekend to help with that cost. I really am debating finding him a home. I hate to say it, but we just can't afford him anymore. Everything is getting more expensive, and the income is weeks from being cut severely (loosing my job). I have fought for the last two years to keep him, and done everything I can to get through the rough times. It's just not working anymore. God knows I have spoiled this guy, at every chance I got. It has probably cost me more for him than I have spent on the wife. She knows it, but she also knows that he means a lot to me. When it gets warm enough, he goes everywhere with me, running, walking, driving, hangin' out, everything. I haven't gone one day without fighting with my wife. Not to say that isn't working either, but... Hell, I can't tell you the last time I truely felt happy. Yes I can. It was three years ago, when I had job security, in the marines. I shouldn't have gotten out. I've been everywhere, and spoke to everyone about finding another job. Everywhere I go, I speak to people. There is just nothing out there. So, here I sit, with, Ozzy (dog), Eugine (cat), and Bacardi. We are just chilling out after a long day at work. I am going to go talk to my uncle tomorrow. He just had his first chemo treatment the other day. Going to see how he is hanging on. From what I hear, he is doing primo. Going to talk to my dad, he has an MRI tomorrow, he just had his knee replaced, and now there is a problem with his hip area. The cat just stole my straw. I am strawless now. I don't know. Maybe finding Ozzy a foster home, or a new family would be for the best. I just don't want him to end up with someone like "stuperstar" Michelle Vick, or DMX or anyone like that. I know it is around here. I have seen it on the news. I have found a very respectable local website that helps people find new homes for their dogs, it's called "A Rotta Love". I guess I should go on there, and find out more. The wife just brought up going to church. She knows how I feel about it, I went to a Lutheran school for the last three years of H.S. I think that kind of killed it for me. The last time I sat in a church was at my niece's baptism. I don't know when it was before that. I just never saw the need to go sit in a man made building, to express my faith. I would rather go sit in a field, and be amazed by all of God's creations. That seems like a better idea for me. I thank God every time I get out fishing or hunting, all of the beautiful scenes that I have seen through my life. You just can't help but be amazed. Well, it's getting down to ice water, so I should probably get to seleep. Until my next drinken rant. -Ant.
