What I've Been Up To

I've been busy with work and studying bible doctrine mostly. Work wise, I survived my 90-day probationary period with Medieval Times to my great relief. As I mentioned previously, I was very much shaken when the maintenance guy got fired and I had to escort him off the premises. They hired a new maintenance guy who I think will be a better fit for the castle. He has a really good attitude and gets along well with the Operations Manager.

The customers continue to be a great challenge. It's not my job to sell the show but, I do my best to sell it to people who walk into the castle. I see every person who walks in as a potential customer and, I think we have to try to interest them if we can. Filling the seats for each show is a never ending challenge and if I can help in that way, I feel I should do what I can. I think sometimes I've succeeded where other times, I've failed. I suspect that is how it is when you're selling a product. You won't hit 1,000 percent but you need to keep trying and keep working on your sales pitch tailoring it to the customer. Selling the show and dinner is definitely a real challenge.

On other potential jobs, I continue to wait anxiously for news of possibly getting a job with the Post Office. I called the Postmaster I interviewed with and he said he'd checked on my application. Supposedly, they're doing a background check on me. I have no idea how long their check will take. I hope it won't take much longer. I'd really like to get hired on with them.

I received some surprise news from a friend at SHARE. He wants to pursue trying to get a job in IT and plans to go part-time with SHARE. He asked if I'd be interested in working there. I said absolutely. One of the first places I looked at when I was transitioning from military to civilian life was SHARE. I thought I had a chance of getting hired on then but, it turned out there weren't any openings. I lost heart of getting hired on with them. Because it's such a great organization and worthy cause, I continued to help out there as a volunteer. I also (as all of you know) continued to promote it on my blog and to anyone who had questions about it. Now to my surprise, it looks like I will get to work there after all. I look forward to it and the new challenges that will come with the job.

Apart from the job situation, I finally got myself back to the bible doctrine tapes. I've been a really sorry Christian the last few months. I haven't been going to church and I wasn't listening to any teaching. I can be that way at times. I've also been enjoying the girlie pictures (all legal) too. I knew I needed to get back to the doctrine but wasn't in any great hurry. Finally, I did get myself back to it and I think I've been blessed because of it. I remember one day, I listened to 3 hours of it then went to work. Originally, I was scheduled for 31 hours which didn't please me but that's how it goes sometimes. To my surprise, my boss found out he'd gotten the date wrong on a wedding he was supposed to go to. He put me down to cover for him and that raised my hours to 37. I was delighted and gave thanks to God.