Time To Catch Up!

Fig. 1.1 My Brain Telling Me To Fire Up

    Ladies and gentlemen, it has been.....errrm.....8 years since my last significant post, and my apologies for that. The fire died a bit so other things came up in the process. My last post was when I got poop-canned from running a Veterinary Hospital, and things did go South (for a while) but things ended up on the level so can't complain right? 

   To boil it down, I took on a few odd jobs in Seattle and a huge job there as well as a Superintendent of a Cemetery (don't worry, more stories to come about that!). In 2018, I returned to my hometown in Idaho (more stories about that too), Since then, it's still a bit of a culture shock from going from basically a fake LA to a small town. Many things are different here in the small town, such as:

• Traffic isn't complete shite here v. Seattle. At my last job in Seattle, most of my commutes would take over an hour to go 7 miles.
• People in this town are kind, courteous, and wave at you when you pass by. This is a complete 180 against Seattle where people would sooner step over your dead body rather than shake your hand. Example:
• Idaho: After moving here right before winter, I was driving to a client's house on a rough farm road. I slid off into a shallow ditch (which I could get out of easy peasy). No sooner did this happen did I see a truck behind me in my rearview mirror with two huge guys hopping out with the obvious intent to push me out of the ditch. I managed to pull out of the ditch and waved at them and they waved back and drove off.
• Seattle: I drove by an active murder scene on the way to work.....dead body in the road and everything.
• Cost of living here is a BUTT TON cheaper than Seattle. Food, living, medical care (which I'll ultimately end up talking about) etc. I have no idea why people love that city so much. Again, it's becoming a shadow of LA. When I left Seattle in 2018, I was paying $1500+ for a 2 bedroom apartment. It was actually a condo I leased from the owners which was hell on Earth, (that will be covered too....). 
• Employment in Seattle is impossible.....end of story. If you don't have a background in IT or desire to slog for minimum wage at Amazon, you're pretty much doomed. With the addition of new "application software" where you have to rebuild your resume for the recruiters benefit, which might ultimately kick you out of the running because you didn't use the right keyword, you'll never see someone face to face which is how I prefer it. HR Pro-Tip: Use Craigslist or Indeed. That will get your resume in front of people vs. Monster (BLECH), ZipRecruiter, etc. Within a week of getting to Idaho, I found work. Met the hiring person for about 10 minutes and blooop, got the job on the spot. 

   Suffice to say, I'm getting the burn to get back into blogging. I'm even thinking of starting to post some videos but I think I write better than I speak, but that will remain to be seen. Alot has happened over the last 8+ years and I have alot of catching up to do. 😉 So if you find yourself bored, why not hop on here and read some thoughts about what I put out there. Agree? Disagree? Just post a comment! Looking at my list of ideas to write about, I'll be writing about all to include and more:

• TV Commercials & Ads during the Pandemic
• Anti-vax & Anti-Mask (yep.....sorry, that meteor is coming)
• Horrible Bosses (not the movie, the ones I've had ANNNND HR Pro-Tip on how to deal with them)
• Returning to a part time cooking life at night on top of a daytime job
• Caregiving
• Medical fun (and by "fun", I mean I'd rather shit in my hands and clap)
• Moving
• Condo life
• The Seven Sins (aka. Seattle)
• and more....

   So more to come! It feels great to catch up with all the amount of stuff and what's going on. And have no fear, over the time, I'm still as cynical as ever, but, I feel like it's a bit more easy to digest now. 

   

   In summation, I hope everyone is doing well. Keep an eye out for updates which might come daily o every other day. If anything, if you can get a smile or a chuckle from my posts, then my work is done!

   Oh.....and Fuck Seattle.