Embarrassing Moments
Have you ever been worried what people might say if your dress gets caught in your hose? Well, don’t. They won’t say a dang word! They’ll snicker behind your back – but they’ll keep mum about the whole scene.
A Boost of Confidence
As many of you know, I have been actively searching for employment. Ever since what happened a year and a half ago, I realized then that I could not depend on others for my salvation. Much to my dissatisfaction, employment has eluded me. As it turns out, I have been barking up the proverbial wrong tree.
I was offered a job today as Adjunct Professor in Mathematics at Gulf Coast Community College. I cannot even begin to express how this small step has helped to boost my level of confidence in my abilities, not to teach, but to be of worth to some other entity besides myself and my family.
Excelsior!
Wordless Wednesday: Rain
Determined
This has been an interesting week. And it’s only just begun. I seem to be experiencing an insatiable drive to do more. I know, I know … I already do too much. But really, I want to live my life with purpose. Sometimes I feel as though I am spinning my wheels, and I just need to do more.
Anyway, I am currently making plans for a thesis that I will be embarking upon within the next year or so. I will be called ‘Doctor’ although it will not be the kind that saves people. Well, maybe not in the traditional sense of saving people.
I have been trying to find a job, but to no avail. I have two issues that are pushing my back up against a wall: over-qualified (meaning I have too much education — whatever that means) and lack of work experience (meaning I have been at home with the Village People doing really important work, IMHO, but potential employers do not see it that way.
Then, there’s the book writing issue. I have so much going on in my head, and I really need to get it down on paper. It’s on my ‘To Do’ list. Yeah, right! I am writing for BellaOnline again after a 4 month break. Days of Our Lives is not really an important topic, but it allows for some creative release for me. When a person spends his or her days at home, there is a feeling of worthlessness that comes along with the territory. So, I look for other outlets where I can connect with others, either through my writing or through commentary.
So last night, I was monitoring Loggerhead Turtle nests and the second one I came upon was ready to hatch. It was the most energizing and amazing sight. The lights from the endless row of condos and tourist attractions sent them crawling in the wrong direction. We waited until they had crawled about 30 feet, then scooped them up and took them to a darker point on the beach for a re-release. They were still disoriented and required a lot of coaxing to head towards the water. One little determined guy just kept coming back out. Finally, we had to physically take him out past the break and release him. I don’t think he’ll survive.
So what is/are my purposes?
- To reach the top educationally speaking (as so many didn’t think I could do anything at all — and yes, I must prove them wrong)
- To create a better life, financially speaking, for my children (they have so much, but I want more for them)
- To enrich the lives of others through writing (they can escape with me)
- To aid in the cycle of life for all critters within the Oceanic Biome
Excelsior!
Wagon Man Freed
Phillip “Wagon man” Cargile was freed from “vacation” Monday.
I never knew him by anything other than the Wagon Man. It’s nice to know that isn’t his given name.
On April 8, Cargile’s probation officer visited Cargile’s Panama City Beach residence and found Cargile was not at home during his 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew. The probation officer said he waited two weeks to file the probation violations that resulted in Cargile’s arrest on May 23.
Without asking why?
Cargile reluctantly testified at the hearing, saying before it started that his testimony wouldn’t matter.
But he told the judge that on April 8, he had walked from his home to a funeral on U.S. 231. He said he left the house early because he knew it was going to be a long walk, but returned home about 9:20 p.m., which he acknowledged was past deadline.
Cargile said he didn’t go home immediately, but stopped to soak his “tore up” feet in the community hot tub.
“I did what I did,” Cargile said. “If you want me to be guilty, I’ll be guilty.”
I’ll bet that probation officer feels like a real dope. Not to worry folks! His fiancé pulled his wagons for him adorned with the sign, “FREE THE WAGON MAN!”
Cargile, 50, was placed on five years of probation in 2003 on a charge of aggravated assault. The man best known for walking more than 100 miles a week along Bay County’s roads towing wagons adorned with positive slogans, completed all his court-ordered community service hours and paid the court costs and fines associated with probation.
Does that mean there will be no more Wagon Man? Nay nay, saw him today near the bridge waving happy thoughts toward passerbys.
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