Write My Fire, a response to the idea of not teaching cursive in school anymore.

Ha! I texted notes to add to my calendar this morning.

But I also signed for a package and I KNOW that the Fed Ex guy typed in my last name because that is legit scrawl with no letters but he also got the first initial wrong. Which I thought was readable when I signed.

So I am going to use the handwriting homework book that I bought a year or so ago. Because I don't like how awful my longhand is now and want to change it.

My job search is really frustrating when I run across a position I would be great for

a Receptionist with great people skills on behalf of our client, a well-established insurance agency located in Burlington.

This entry-level position is a temp to hire opportunity in a professional office.

Except one thing - the #1 Requirement:

A Bachelor's degree is Business or a related field

Which I don't have the rest I pretty much do have: 1-2 years experience, great references, the ability to take direction, good verbal and written communication skills.

But it is listed by a temp agency I haven't contacted so that's what I'm going to do tomorrow.

My great written and verbal skills notice there's a freaking typo in the ad.

askye, don't let the lack of a degree scare you away. So many businesses put that in as a requirement from just a template job description. It's also used as a way to weed out less ambitious people (less ambitious in that they don't wish to work hard and overcome biases againt non-degreed people). Apply and write a terrific cover letter (and then wow them in the interview!).

A Bachelor's degree is Business or a related field

So ridiculous. You block fully qualified people out of the role while probably ensuring that whoever you do get feels overqualified and never stays for long.

Since it's through an agency there's a chance you can talk them around. Best of luck.

I agree, askye. It might be irritating to HR people, but I would advise you not to let a requirement like that keep you from applying. Same thing with a skill -- skills can be learned, and a person who can learn is valuable to an employer.

Back on the reward thing - if that was a response to VITALS, I generally use the S to find ways to make it less onerous. Playing energetic music, for example. But yeah, I tend to play first and work later, sometimes never.

Thanks, Nora. I'll probably need to come over tomorrow and shower and maybe do a load of laundry. Not sure when Ray's going to be able to get a plumber, we talked but I haven't heard back.

sj, I'm glad it was a good service. It's a small balm, but it's something.

Pretty sure the cable company came, but I still have no internet. I wonder if the woman before hooked it to the Dish cable, and his person did it right. Or vice versa, but this looks like a more professional job. In order to find out, I have to move my router and modem. And then probably redo my security again, which is annoying and tedious.

Once again if you can stand the twee as fuckness of it, Flylady has an online organizer or a paper calendar with house zones and tasks and stuff. I'm totally halfass about it, but I do make my bed and i'm getting better about shining my sink.

I don't know if anyone else does this, but every night I put my water on for bedtime tea and walk around the house and pick up every piece of clutter (mail, hairbrushes, nail clippers, nail polish, empty glasses, dog toys, newspapers, rubberbands, shoes, etc) and put it back where it belongs. I like waking to a house with no clutter, and that 5 minutes at night clearing stuff up is a really helpful little ritual. When the water for tea is ready, I pour it in a mug. Then, while the tea is steeping, I set my coffee up for the morning. And I finish any dishes that are in the sink, or if there are a lot of them, I run the dishwasher.

I have found the single most helpful thing to keeping up on the clutter and cleanliness is identifying a location for each item in your house, and always putting things back.

the single most helpful thing to keeping up on the clutter and cleanliness is identifying a location for each item in your house, and always putting things back.

You mean, "it was on sale and cool and I can do something with it, and there was that spot on the couch to put it and I'll find somewhere else for it" isn't a mantra in your house?

I'm learning to dread when Hubby says "I went to a surplus sale today! It was great!"

After hearing the encouragement I'm going to apply for the job. I'll work on a cover letter.

Also the more I think about my previous jobs the more different responsibilities come up that I think show that I was given a high level of responsibility and trust. Like the dental reimbursement stuff I did or the fact I was the one at the Airport typing (and slightly editing) performance evaluations and disciplinary action forms. I just need to spin that into HIRE ME.

Good Personal News - Dad is coming up to visit me! I'll only get him for 3 full days, it's a kinda tacked on trip. One of his good friends (who is also a fishing and hunting buddy) always rents a cabin in Maine and drives up from Florida but this year his friend's wife didn't want to make the trip and didn't want to go alone and asked Dad. So Dad's going up to Maine and then will come down next weekend to see me.

I was really missing my family over the 4th, they were all at the beach and I was told several times my nephew kept wanting to go to walk on the beach with his Lala.

You mean, "it was on sale and cool and I can do something with it, and there was that spot on the couch to put it and I'll find somewhere else for it" isn't a mantra in your house?

It is in mine.

I'm learning to dread when Hubby says "I went to a surplus sale today! It was great!"

Ah, I see we got the same make and model.