Thursday, September 29, 2011

Last night

 Went out last night and had a good time with some friends i haven't gotten to really hang out with in awhile. Overall I'm a little bored. Now that I'm done with school, every time I work I keep thinking .....I wish I was working on a wind tower right now.... but alas I am not. I'm not too worried, soon enough I will be on a tower  enjoying my job. I've only been out of school for a month now. I've got A LOT of resumes out right now and have all my fingers and toes crossed for a shout out soon. My grades, attendance, work history, education, .....everything supports my career choice right now. I just need a new job.
   My whole reason for initiating this chain of events, was a conversation that Gloria had with one of her clients. She is married to a Siemens Travelling Wind Technician with three children and couldn't be happier? He couldn't be happier with his job either. It turns out the more people I speak to in the wind industry the more I find that they are for the most part extremely happy with there jobs and their employers. It shouldn't be a shock, I suppose, but every person I've ever talked to at least has some discontent or would rather complain about there job than praise it. I knew I wanted in. I found out what school he had gone to and enrolled within the week. I started class October 22nd, 2010.
  A year later I have gone through quite a bit. I have put myself in a position to sell my house and my possessions, detach from everything that is keeping me here in Ohio, more or less. Preparing to leave and travel and work. I don't plan on letting myself get in the way of my own success or happiness. I want everything to be putting me one step closer to my goal. Tony Wade, one of my instructors told me; "In this business you gotta be flexible, just remember Semper Gumby
   I was just reading a post on Twitter that I wrote back over the winter about getting bit by a dog. Awesome, one of the many reasons I need to look into a new career. I find that in the industry that I'm hoping to be a part of, it seems there are more methods of preventing injury. Right now, I got nothing. I walk on crazy roof pitches, climb chimneys, antenna towers, trees, and anything else without any form of prevention. Crazy. The more I work, the more I think about these things and worry about wrecking my body before I have a chance to do something great. Along with the fact that I have no health insurance...whole other story.

Friday, September 23, 2011

Neglected

So sitting at home, normally about this time for the last year I would be at school listening to a lecture of some sort and just starting a 8 hour school day....Gotta find something to do and reconnect with some neglected friends. Sitting in front of this thing probably isn't helping.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Post school

    Sitting here working on getting my act together. I just finished school on Tuesday and Im so happy to be done. I did well got good grades, good attendance. Just before graduation I got picked to take a course by a company that would be a hopeful hire. Just had a completed offer on my house as well. Its been a long year, then again its been a pretty quick one. Seems like the time is flying. I hope it slows down sometime so I can stop and smell the roses. But I know that most likely it won't.
  With no school and a strange 8 hour a day void. Im working on my Resume, Work History, References, Job Portfolio, Letters of Recommendations. All very exciting stuff. Got this house offer and all the paperwork that goes with it....ugh. So many loose ends to tie up. I cant wait to start over. Say goodbye and let all the little things go. I've been looking forward to getting away for awhile now. Move and have a new adventure.
   With my mind wandering its a little hard to stay focused here. I just got a call from my classmate and buddy and he told me the company we were looking at gave him a call yesterday and wants him to report for work in Cali by Monday. Im pretty jealous and pretty proud of him, just wish I was going out there with.
    Gotta get back to the task at hand.....