Another day, another dollar...

So my current job is not my career. For new readers, I have been a golf pro since I was 19. You can do the math, I'm over thinking about how old I am. Anyways, living in Colorado, we have 6 months of summer and 6 months of winter. Actually, it's about 2 months summer (June and July), 6 months of toss up weather (April, May, August, September, October and November, I've seen it snow in each of these months) 2 months of bitter cold (January and February) and 2 months of seemingly fluffy powder and interstate closures (December and March). Either way, 6 months of golf season altogether. So, during the "winter", us locals find a winter job. Most locals moved here for the winter to play in the snow and stay here for the summer, because all things considered...it's fabulous! Ok, I have gotten off track, where was I...Oh anyways, due to the financial condition of the golf club I had worked for for 4 years, my director of golf called me in February and asked me to come in for a meeting. Sweet, I thought, I'm gonna find out my starting dates. Turns out he called me in to let me know they were "opening up" our positions and interviewing other people >( ! HUH??? you ask?? His exact words were "we want to have the best people for the least amount of money". Go ahead a shake your head, scream "That's bullshit!", whatever your normal reaction would be....thanks! This guy had hired me and now he's asking me to RE-INTERVIEW FOR MY JOB??!! Needless to say, I didn't. Because you see, I still had my winter job, in which I made the same amount of money, worked less hours and it was available for the summer! I'm not an idiot...and let me tell you, my resignation letter was fun to write!

Soooooo, I said all that to say this, although I have a different job currently, I am still a golf professional. My current job is as a shop girl/flower processor/delivery person at a cute little flower shop in one of the upper class villages. My work hours are 10am to 6pm five days a week (love it!), my boss is fantastic, I've met alot of really cool floral designers and...I'm happy when I go to work! Go figure! I'll take this golf season off and see where I go from here...

What's interesting is that as I went back and read this post, this is not was not what I was going to write at all. I was gonna vent on how when I was hired for the flower shop job, I wasn't supposed to do deliveries and now that is one of the main things I do. But, turns out, I don't have much to bitch about...hmmm :)

R.I.P MJ 1958-2009

As I sit weeping to John Mayer plucking "Human Nature" at Michael Jackson's memorial service, I cry because we have lost a unique genious. I remember my dad telling me, I can't remember if it was at the outset of "Thriller" or "Bad", but he told me I was witnessing history in the making. And through all the allegations, strife, rumors and character crumbling tabloids, deep down we all know that WE DID witness history. I spoke to my dad on the phone tonight and he made some sort of pedophilia reference and I was shocked! Here is the man that 20 years ago told me I was in the midst of someone I can only compare to the Beatles of his era and he's reciting horrible rhetoric about someone who was acquitted of ANY wrongdoings. He later apologized as I reminded him of these things. Thank God none of us are under the ever scrutinizing, disgustingly twisting eye of the media. I guarantee there are things in ALL OUR LIVES that if manipulated by the blood sucking media, would look terribly criminal and horrendously heinous. Let us all try to focus on the genius of one of, if not the greatest, entertainer of our generation. Michael Jackson will always be remembered, never forgotten or duplicated. He was a great humanitarian, musician, entertainer, dancer and lover of all.

ILYMJ
by Jennifer Buynak

May you all love
Instead of hate
Care for those less
Hold their hand
Always remember
Everlasting childhood
Lasting hope

Just in time
Attributes of hope
Come and be joyful
Know we can change
So many with peace
Only seek
Never condemn

You will be greatly missed, Michael. You are on that cresent moon, smiling down....

Drive the speed limit, PULEASE!

I really don't know how I controlled my road rage when I lived in Orlando. My commutes used to be 5 times longer with a million more idiots on the roads. I try to take a deep breath now when a supposed illegal pulls out of Little Tijuana going 35mph in the posted 50mph. But deep breaths don't help! Not only do I have to swerve into another lane of traffic for the stupid bikers, now I have to drive at a snails pace behind a beat-up Toyota Tercel with 8 people in it. Go the speed limit douchebags!!! You won't stand out so much!

Here's some tips to driving the speed limit:

1) READ THE MPH SIGNS! Whatever they say, look at your speedometer and make it stay on that number!

2) When you are looking to pull out on the road, don't pull out in front of someone a car length away!

3) When you see a car in your rearview mirror and you can't see the grill of their car, speed up until you can see the road in the rearview mirror!

Alright, that's about all I can muster for today...