It was an august day. jasmine and i were meeting some friends, derek and cayla to go boating. this was an event that happened many times last summer, but since the birth of their sun, mason, the boating events had fallen on the wayside. This was to be the one boating event this season. I was kinda excited. The boating memories i have are with the plaiser family(s) and i was much younger. i recalled tubing and skiing and general boating type things. today, i was to boat with out any of my parents, i know this seems trivial, but it was a big deal in my head. what i mean is that i always associated boating with jerry and my dad. so, to go, without them seemed strange. but we got there just fine and got going without any problems. the day wasn't really that eventful. i tubed, derek and cayla skiied and jasmine tubed as well. i was thinking about sun block, but kinda forgot about it half way through the day. as jasmine noticed she was turning a little redder she decided to put on some sun block--i followed suit. later we jumped in the water and floated around for a while. it was a very good day. when we got back to small town minnesota to finish off the day, i noticed that jasmine was a little red, and she noticed i was too. it was expected really. we drove home. it got worse. it started to hurt. i applied some lotion. the green stuff, you know, aloe. i couldn't sleep. at least not very well. the next day it went away for a while. it returned, it started to itch, i applied more aloe. aloe, aloe, aloe. and itch cream stuff that my parents had. one night i could not sleep at all. it was horrible. it just itched and itched. more and more. i find it hard to recall a time when i felt more powerless. especially about things about me. i can't control lots of things, but thinks in my body, and around me, i can. or at least i choose not too. there was no choosing here. i was to itch all night long until i couldn't keep my eyes open. that was the worst. i did so much not itching it was crazy!
and then it slowly went away. there was nothing i could do really. nothing i did really, but wait. wait. wait.
i guess this is how i feel about jobs. there are so many possibilities, cures for the itch, but when it comes down to it, i have to wait. i do apply the lotion as often as i can, reply to job ads and make connections, but then i wait. and wait.
it feels like i've turned a corner. like that horrible night is over. i've decided to apply for jobs at places like circuit city and best buy and arclight cinemas. i have an interview at arclight already. i also have an interview with a post production house. i may have two jobs! who knows.
things are well here. jasmine is all moved in. she has more interviews coming her way as well. we've found a church. we have the beginnings of friends out here. things are going good.
signing off.
jack.
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i like that analogy--it makes a lot of sense. hopefully getting a job wont mean that your skin peels off, though.
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