I am now facing my forty-sixth day of exile from the world of the unemployed. Today has gone considerably better than yesterday, although some of it has to do with the fact that I was out from 6:30 until 9:30 this morning scooping poop. The weather was nice and cool which made for a much nicer experience than the last few days. On top of that, the first stop on my Wednesday trek typically has their sprinklers on early in the morning; today they did not! Once I arrived home to the love and adoration of my wife and two boys, Dominic and Ezra almost immediately asked me if they could go next door to play with the two boys over there. I obliged their request and hung out with Crystal for an hour and a half before the boys returned for lunch. Crystal spent most of the morning working on some matching summertime jammies for the boys – one for Henry as well! That’ll be pretty cute to see when all three are wearing them. I spent a little time looking for jobs and although I didn’t find much, I managed to find one to apply for. After I completed the online application for that particular job, I checked a few websites where I had previously applied for work to see if the status had changed. I had applied for two positions with one particular employer, the Fountain-Fort Carson School District, a little more than a week ago. This past Friday I went down to take a mandatory typing, Word, and Excel test to ensure I qualified for the position. I was quite surprised when I discovered that after completing the typing test I achieved 69 words a minute with five errors in a five minute exam! Very cool, especially since the job only required forty words per minute. On top of that, the woman who administered the test to me mentioned that any past experience working with youth would be beneficial to getting a job there, as most school district jobs involve working with parents and children on a regular basis. Awesome. I must be the perfect candidate for the job! I hopped on their employment website and logged in to check the status of the positions. Strangely, there was no updates and the two positions I had applied for were no longer listed on the site. I decided it couldn’t hurt if I simply sent an email over to the school office to see what the next step in the application process was and whether I will receive any kind of notification as the process moves along. Forty-five minutes later I received the following email:
“Once a position has been removed from the website, it has been filled. We always hope that there will be correspondence from the Administrator, but this is not always the case. I know that we hope to have another position posted very soon. I hope that you will apply with us again.”
Bummer. Back to square one… Again. This certainly isn’t the most pleasant of rides.
On a more exciting note, I will be spending tomorrow afternoon and evening with my friend Brad in Denver. For most of the afternoon we’ll be goofing around and then we’re going to Coors Field to watch the Red Sox/Rockies game! Awesome! I haven’t been to a Red Sox game since my senior year in high school in 1996, so this will be quite the treat. I’m very much looking forward to it and I am sure I will report back on it later this week.
As I mentioned in my previous post, I want to take a minute to share the cute little things that my boys made for me for Father’s Day. They are nothing huge and spectacular, but they are getting to that age where they are starting to do some things on their own (at least Dominic is). Dominic decided to make me a card:
Not too bad, eh? Especially considering that we haven’t been doing all that much practicing on his letters. Crystal had to help him with the “S” but the rest he did on his own! Ezra wasn’t able to do as much on his own, but he had a cute little project that he did on Sunday morning as part of his bible class:
You might have to click on it to see it a little better. It’s a laminated bookmark with a caterpillar made from his little fingerprints! Very sweet. On the opposite side of the bookmark is the following poem:
These are my fingerprints
Tiny and small.
To place in your books
Winter, spring, summer, and fall.
They are here to remind you
The whole year through
That you’re the best Dad,
And…
I love you!
Sweet and cheesy, but I love it. I hope to hang on to it for a while since it’s useful. It has Ezra’s name on one side and “2010″ as well so I’ll remember when it came from. I thought it was worthy of sharing, whether or not anyone but my mother cares is another thing. Ha!
…and, of course, your mother does LOVE it!!! Have a great time at the ball game!