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The odometer rolled over one more time. I turned 37 last week. My birthday’s aren’t typically pleasant. Not that they’re bad, they’re just not particularly good. So many people have parties o...

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I spent so much of my youth being completely romantically inept around women, I had no idea how much guilt dating would entail. I think about Erika constantly, though I haven’t heard from her sin...

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Last Saturday afternoon, Erica sent me the following email. “Hey there, You said if there was anything that I could ask you that might soothe my soul to any degree that I could ask. So, I would ...

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It’s been a week. I talked to Erica last Saturday for about five hours, and I think we resolved most everything. It looks like there was a love-language miscommunication. For anyone who may no...

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“Dear Rob, I come in peace and I want to ask for forgiveness. I don’t expect you to forgive me, but I hope you can someday find it in your heart to, if only for your sake so you can have peace. I...

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Maybe it was a mistake. Maybe I’ve just poked the bear again, but I can’t be called a spineless, immoral coward and not say anything. “Erika. I’m sorry I hurt you. I know the following rings ho...

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I haven’t completed scrubbing it for grammatical errors, but this is everything I want to get off my chest. Erika, I’d really like to call and discuss everything you said, but you said a lot, and...

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This is the email I just received from Erika. “Welp, it’s taken me about a week to stop being angry so I wasn’t going to write anything until I calmed down. Hurt for a day, but then just angry af...

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After a sleepless night, I typed and sent her my response this afternoon. Dear, Erika. Even after sleeping on it, I’m very much at a loss for words, so I’m not sure what or how much I can write. ...

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I thought everything was going well, then Erika sent me a break up email last night at 11:00pm. Dear Rob, I want you to know that the whole tone of this e-mail is gentle, kind, and soft spoken....

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I visited Erika & her family over Christmas. I left on the 22nd, and came back on the 2nd. Generally, I had a pleasant time. I didn’t get to see much of St. Louis. So much of our time was...

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I’ve been talking to Erika about a couple of times a week for at least a couple of hours each call. Conversations are always relaxed an easy. We talk about how our week is going, challenges we’...

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The semester is half-way over. I must say, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed this position. It’s almost surreal. “So this is what it’s like to have a job you enjoy,” I think to myself almost every day. ...

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Much has happened since I last wrote, some awesome, some not so much, and some I’m not sure what to think. First of all, I’ve moved into my new place. I closed on the 30th and moved what few th...

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I wonder how many people after making a significant decision, I mean a stark either/or type choice, hear echoes of the choice they didn’t make afterwards. For me, it sometimes feels like a came ...

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The last I spoke on the subject, I was being considered for an contract associate controller position in Atlanta. I also recently interviewed for an accounting instructor position at that techni...

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My recruiter contacted me on Thursday. Kellen is apparently interested in giving me the position. This is a six month contract, and the tentative start date is Wednesday. I want to be excited,...

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I’m finally have some job prospects. My recruiter at Robert Half acquired a job interview for me last week with a company called Kellen. It provides management and consulting services to non-pr...

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I’ve gone on some interviews since I last wrote. Nothing’s yet materialized. I had one interview that would have went really well had I not pooch screwed everything up by being 15 minutes late....

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2018 has not been good for my health. I’ve already talked about getting sick in my previous entry. I went running a couple of weeks ago, and pulled my calf muscle. I usually run on an elliptic...

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I bombed my Caterpillar interview yesterday. It was supposed to happen on Wednesday, but I started getting sick Saturday evening. Sunday was worse; I woke up with a fever, headache, ear ache, b...

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I’ve had a few bites regarding potential jobs. I applied to a position with my local county government several weeks ago, and last week I received a call back…er…an email response. They reviewe...

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Last week was my first real week of not being employed by IMERYS. Although, technically my last day was the 17th, what would have been my Thanksgiving vacation immediately followed. It wasn’t u...

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Last Friday was my final day at work. I know my manager’s manager said they’d like me to stay through the November close, but my replacement she felt comfortable to handle things on her own, so ...

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I had my interview with the school system in Athens two Thursdays ago. I thought it went well for me. It was a panel interview with three other associates in addition to my interviewer. I went...

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