I happened to check the last blog posting I had done and I was positive I had written one in the New Year. This was not the case, so here goes:
Well, it’s a different year and things are starting to pick up on the job front. I seem to be getting more calls. All of them have been the “getting more information” type calls. They usually end with the caller either saying “this job is not for you” or “we’ll get back to you in the next couple of days”. At the same time it is both encouraging and disheartening.
DubDub and I went on a ‘date’ this evening. We went do a very nice seafood place with absolutely incredible food. She got the stuffed flounder and I had the rockfish. I don’t recall if I’ve ever had rockfish or if it’s just been a long time. Either way, I liked it.
While we were waiting for our table (about 20 minutes – well worth the wait) there was a little drama at the bar. There were three young ladies sitting at the end of the bar that ‘appeared’ to be paying their tab and leaving. While DubDub and I patiently waited for them, another older couple drifted by. We watched them separate and hover at each end of the three ladies. Those three women did not budge; in fact they ordered another round.
So the couple regrouped and thought of their next strategy. It appeared the three women were about to get up again, so I turned my back on the couple in hopes that I could block them out. Again, the three women appeared to feel the drama happening behind them and didn’t move an inch. In fact, two of them ‘paid out’ and we thought there would be at least two empty chairs but they just kept sitting there. (how rude!)
At that point, the couple had been talking with some people who were sitting just around the bar-bend and eventually took their seats. It was only a minute or two later that we were called to our table.
It was kind of funny to see the jockeying that went on for any available seats. I mean, the bar was like two-deep all around it and I had to be VERY aggressive to get DubDub a glass of wine and some water for myself.
It ended well and we were seated at the EXACT same table that I had been seated at when I went to this restaurant previously. DubDub had never been but was duly impressed with the food, service and ambiance.
Earlier in the day, Superman and I had watched videotape of us that was shot over 10 years ago. I thought it was funny but Superman seemed a little uncomfortable with seeing himself in his former state. I was a little embarrassed at watching myself as well, if that helps.
After that, we went thrift store shopping for board games. We visited, I don’t know, maybe 3 or 4 shops looking for something of implied value. Nothing was to be found.
We then drove to Superman’s cave and waited for his children to come home from school. Since it was a beautiful day, we sat on his back deck and postulated philosophy, politics, medicine, religion, and the decline of western society in the age of information – same old stuff, basically.
As he was driving me home (for my date with DubDub) we were pulled over by an over-zealous police officer who indicated we were doing some miles an hour over the limit in a school zone. When we passed by him, he was sitting on the median with his lights flashing and his siren blaring. I thought for a split second that he was going to run into us. We then saw him run upon us and wrote Superman a ticket for speeding.
All in all, a very full day.
Well, it’s a different year and things are starting to pick up on the job front. I seem to be getting more calls. All of them have been the “getting more information” type calls. They usually end with the caller either saying “this job is not for you” or “we’ll get back to you in the next couple of days”. At the same time it is both encouraging and disheartening.
DubDub and I went on a ‘date’ this evening. We went do a very nice seafood place with absolutely incredible food. She got the stuffed flounder and I had the rockfish. I don’t recall if I’ve ever had rockfish or if it’s just been a long time. Either way, I liked it.
While we were waiting for our table (about 20 minutes – well worth the wait) there was a little drama at the bar. There were three young ladies sitting at the end of the bar that ‘appeared’ to be paying their tab and leaving. While DubDub and I patiently waited for them, another older couple drifted by. We watched them separate and hover at each end of the three ladies. Those three women did not budge; in fact they ordered another round.
So the couple regrouped and thought of their next strategy. It appeared the three women were about to get up again, so I turned my back on the couple in hopes that I could block them out. Again, the three women appeared to feel the drama happening behind them and didn’t move an inch. In fact, two of them ‘paid out’ and we thought there would be at least two empty chairs but they just kept sitting there. (how rude!)
At that point, the couple had been talking with some people who were sitting just around the bar-bend and eventually took their seats. It was only a minute or two later that we were called to our table.
It was kind of funny to see the jockeying that went on for any available seats. I mean, the bar was like two-deep all around it and I had to be VERY aggressive to get DubDub a glass of wine and some water for myself.
It ended well and we were seated at the EXACT same table that I had been seated at when I went to this restaurant previously. DubDub had never been but was duly impressed with the food, service and ambiance.
Earlier in the day, Superman and I had watched videotape of us that was shot over 10 years ago. I thought it was funny but Superman seemed a little uncomfortable with seeing himself in his former state. I was a little embarrassed at watching myself as well, if that helps.
After that, we went thrift store shopping for board games. We visited, I don’t know, maybe 3 or 4 shops looking for something of implied value. Nothing was to be found.
We then drove to Superman’s cave and waited for his children to come home from school. Since it was a beautiful day, we sat on his back deck and postulated philosophy, politics, medicine, religion, and the decline of western society in the age of information – same old stuff, basically.
As he was driving me home (for my date with DubDub) we were pulled over by an over-zealous police officer who indicated we were doing some miles an hour over the limit in a school zone. When we passed by him, he was sitting on the median with his lights flashing and his siren blaring. I thought for a split second that he was going to run into us. We then saw him run upon us and wrote Superman a ticket for speeding.
All in all, a very full day.