Time to get back in the game...

It's been an entire month since I last posted, so an update is long overdue.

I said I decided to take the AAMCO job; I lied.  I went with the DirecTV job instead.  It's a good job selling a product I know intimately (I've been selling TV products for nearly three years now).  It's working with one of those companies that promises that you'll be CEO within three weeks; normally I avoid those jobs like the plague, but thankfully I'm not a 1099 and I still get a paycheck if I have a crappy week.  I'm also getting valuable job experience; I'm recruiting and interviewing potential employees as well as running my own stores.  The plan for now is to hang out at this job until mid-July, then look at possibly moving to Tampa.  Why Tampa, you ask?  Read on...

A funny thing happened to me on my way to Florida; I fell head over heels with the most amazing woman.  Her name is Shannon, and we have a rather odd tale as to how we got to where we are today.  We talked for a bit about a year and a half ago, but nothing ever formulated; I think she said she had too much going on and wasn't looking for anything.  My attitude at the time (remember this was the days of NNJ) was "fine, fuck you, I don't need you."  Some time passes, and I see her again at Sticks at Willow Lawn.  I didn't know it was her at first, but all I knew was that I was attracted to her.  She was with a friend, and I was trying to find an opening in which to initiate conversation with her, but that never happened.  Later, I came to find out it was Shannon, but she was in a relationship, to which I again said "fine, forget you, I don't need you (Note I didn't say "fuck you" this time; by this time I began to exorcise NNJ)."  That summer I moved to Syracuse, and she actually broke up with her fiancee the same day I moved there.

I move to NY, finally get rid of that bat-shit crazy chick Katie and begin my new life.  I periodically talk to Shannon; in a survey she took on Facebook, she admits that she thought I was cute and wished we got to at least hang out.  Time passes, and my life goes in the shitter in Central New York, and I move to Tallahassee.  Originally, I was planning on taking 81 to 77 then taking a bunch of back roads across Georgia, but then my friends Emily and Sonya wanted to hang out with me as I passed through.  I then changed my route and went through Baltimore, DC, and Richmond.  I met up with Shannon and we hung out at Capitol Ale House after being midlead to think they were having $1 burgers.  Afterward we went back to my hotel room, and I'll leave it at that.

The next day I meet up with Emily for lunch then get on the road for Florida.  Time goes by, and Shannon and I continue to talk.  We find ourselves getting serious and beginning to make plans.  The plan right now is to move to Tampa for her job, and I should have more luck finding a job by that time.  By then, the economy should have recovered and I can hopefully find a job in which I can use my degree and expertise.

That's it for now.  I am now sitting in the living room watching Avatar for the 50,000th time.  Tune in this Sunday for my annual Mother's Day blog.