Where to Now?

A dear Josh letter was received in the mail yesterday from Kohl's. He was pretty bummed about it. He told me yesterday that the woman he spoke to did not know if the positions in Madison were opening up for sure or not. We knew that the Store Manager Position might be a stretch but it you never try you can never succeed. To us just getting the interview was a big shot in the arm. We aren't concerned yet. Josh is still with Wal-Mart until August 4th. So we have another month of income plus his very nice severance package. In the famed words of Freddie Mercury, "The show must go on".

On a related note, one of the guys that we went to college with lives across the street from us. He and the rest of the guys had a falling out 3-4 years ago so he isn't included in our gatherings. When he is invited he just doesn't come. About a year ago I got an IM from him asking if we lived in Sun Prairie and deduced that we live kitty corner from each other. I invited him to come over anytime to hang out or whatever. He of course denied the invite and turns his head every time we drive by or attempt to wave at him.

So I was at Pick N Save on Tuesday and I ran into him. I walked up behind him and said "Hey Jimmy" and got ignored. So I pushed my cart up to him turned my head towards him and said "Hey Jimmy, how are you?". This was the beginning of a short uncomfortable conversation during which he didn't introduce me to his bitchy looking pregnant wife whom I have never met. She ignored me and continued shopping. I was walking away saying "well it was nice seeing you." when he asked me if Josh was still at Wal-Mart. See Jimmy started working for ShopKo right out of college and had nothing but awful things to say about the fact that Josh was working for Wal-Mart. To which I say, yes Josh had to work long hours and holidays, he was under appreciated. You know what? It paid the bills and Josh has learned a lot and he even had fun once in a while. Not everyone has their dream job and loves going to work everyday but, we muttle through like anyone would. Sorry for the tangent here, so the guy who ignores us and only talks to me when cornered wants to help Josh out. After I told him Josh's story he told me that ShopKo is looking for managers, which we knew. Josh refuses to apply because, in his words "He doesn't want to work for that asshole."

Kohls update

Josh said the interview went well. He talked to the lady for 20 minutes. She asked a lot of questions and Josh got talk a lot which is different than the first interview he had. So he felt pretty confident in his answers. She told him that it would be 2-3 weeks before she got back to him. She did say that he was in the running for assistant or a store manager position. Plus he found out the pay is a lot better than Wal-Mart's base salary.

Oh and Jackson caught another chipmunk. It was quite entertaining to see it happen as I was absent from the original catching of the chippy.

We are headed to Rhythm & Booms tomorrow and off to the Farm Sunday for the 3rd Annual Redneck Fireworks Extravaganza. I am sure I will have some interesting stories to share after this weekend.

Kohl's

Last week Tuesday I was home alone and searching for Josh jobs. Hey there is nothing on TV this time of year and I want Josh to get a job soon! I usually make a list of the positions that I find and then at night or on his day off he applies for the jobs that he likes. Well last Tuesday we hit Job hunter's GOLD! There was a store manager position open at the Kohl's in Lake Delton. Yes it is about a 45 minute commute from Sun Prairie but, it is a Store Manager position. Josh called on his cell phone on his way home that night and I told him of the position. We talked about it for a little while and he came home and he was still talking about it and was VERY interested in it. He just went on and on about it and how excited he was and all the changes that he was going to make to his resume to help himself stand out. I honestly don't know how he slept that night. I am sure that he was up not too long after I left in the morning and was working on the resume.

On Monday of this week a Store Manager and an Assistant Store Manager position in Madison opened up. Josh re-emailed the recruiter and said that he wanted to be considered for the Madison positions also. We expected to wait a little while to hear anything as job hunting is a fairly long process. Yesterday Josh got a phone call to set up a phone interview for today. HOPEFULLY, keep all your fingers crossed, he performs so well in his phone interview that they set up an actual interview!!! Let's hope!! I will update afternoon to tell you the results of the interview.

Killer

In the past few weeks Jackson has been driven insane by the family of chipmunks that have moved into the landscaping in front of our apartment. Josh occasionally lets him off his leash to smell them out and chase them up the rain spout. Well tonight Josh did that as usual and a little chippy ran out of the drain spout. Well ,he met his maker pretty quickly as Jackson killed him pretty much instantly. This is surprising because Jackson is usually scared of his own shadow. We wouldn't expect him to actually catch and kill another living animal. It is really hard to believe that something this cute:

Could do this:

I am sure that you think that I am weird for taking this picture, but people take pictures of trophy bucks all the time. This is Jackson's trophy kill. I doubt he will catch anything ever again.

I Missed It Again!

I had it marked on the calendar at work so that I would remember. My second Blog-i-Versary was on Wednesday. Two years of keeping this thing barely going. I have just been so preoccupied lately with work and helping Josh with the job search. Work has been CRAZY busy for the last month or so. I am going somewhere and my projects are mostly progressing well. I just have so much to do. Hopefully I will be slowing down a little bit soon.

Josh has had one interview. He hasn't heard anything back yet so he is calling today to see what the status is. He has gotten a few Dear Josh letters. That is fine and to be expected. There are 2 new jobs available that he is really excited about. One is a Kohl's Store Manager and the other is a District Manager of Blockbuster overseeing the Madison, Milwaukee districts. We shall see, he only applied for those positions on Wednesday. I really hope he gets the call on those because he is really excited about those.

As for me I am going to the Crafts in the Country with my mom and sister this weekend. This is a yearly tradition and I cannot believe that it is already that time of year. The summer has flown. Josh brought home strawberries yesterday. We didn't do anything with them because he only brought home a pint sized thing and that isn't enough for shortcake so he is going to bring more home tonight and then I will be making shortcake. The 4th of July fireworks have been purchased so we are ready for that! Yeah!