I am back on the road! This time I am traveling for work, not pleasure, although I always think traveling is pleasure. At the very least, it is always an adventure.
After being unemployed for 7 months, I finally have a job. Not just any job, but a great job. I am working as a freelance installer and trainer for a library automation company. So far, I'm loving it! For one thing, I really like the company. I worked closely with them in my previous job and had developed a great deal of respect for them...their products, their philosophy, and their employees. I'm ecstatic to be working for them now.
In my new job, I get to travel all over the place visiting libraries. That combines two of my favorite things: travel and libraries. Plus, it pays really well and all of my travel expenses are reimbursed. I'm a very lucky and very happy girl! I already have jobs scheduled in NYC, Quincy (Indiana), and Tulsa (Oklahoma). It looks like in addition to being lucky and happy, I am also going to be a very busy girl. But, that's how I like it. Being unemployed is booorrrrrring.
This week I'm in Largo, Florida. It's just a few miles from Clearwater on the Gulf coast. It's beautiful here. I've never quite understood why people live in places that are prone to hurricanes, but now I understand. It's a lovely, quaint, clean city with palm tree-lined streets and only a few miles from the coast. From my hotel, it takes about 10 minutes to get to Belleair Beach or Indian Rocks Beach. I got off work around 2:30 this afternoon and within 30 minutes I had run back to the hotel, changed into my swimsuit, swung by the CVS for sunscreen, and was lying on the beach at Indian Rocks. Did I mention that I love my new job?
Here are some pics of Largo and the surrounding areas:
After being unemployed for 7 months, I finally have a job. Not just any job, but a great job. I am working as a freelance installer and trainer for a library automation company. So far, I'm loving it! For one thing, I really like the company. I worked closely with them in my previous job and had developed a great deal of respect for them...their products, their philosophy, and their employees. I'm ecstatic to be working for them now.
In my new job, I get to travel all over the place visiting libraries. That combines two of my favorite things: travel and libraries. Plus, it pays really well and all of my travel expenses are reimbursed. I'm a very lucky and very happy girl! I already have jobs scheduled in NYC, Quincy (Indiana), and Tulsa (Oklahoma). It looks like in addition to being lucky and happy, I am also going to be a very busy girl. But, that's how I like it. Being unemployed is booorrrrrring.
This week I'm in Largo, Florida. It's just a few miles from Clearwater on the Gulf coast. It's beautiful here. I've never quite understood why people live in places that are prone to hurricanes, but now I understand. It's a lovely, quaint, clean city with palm tree-lined streets and only a few miles from the coast. From my hotel, it takes about 10 minutes to get to Belleair Beach or Indian Rocks Beach. I got off work around 2:30 this afternoon and within 30 minutes I had run back to the hotel, changed into my swimsuit, swung by the CVS for sunscreen, and was lying on the beach at Indian Rocks. Did I mention that I love my new job?
Here are some pics of Largo and the surrounding areas:
The sunset over the ocean at Indian Rocks beach.
I was driving on West Bay Dr. and saw a shop called William Dean Chocolates. You know I had to stop in and get Tanya some truffles. They were so fancy. I had one (just one, really) and it was as tasty as it was pretty.
Well, unfortunately, those are the only pictures I can get to load. For some reason, all the others are only loading 1/4 of the photo. I don't know why that is...given the number of pics I loaded from Europe with no problems, I feel like a pro when it comes to uploading photos. Still, it just isn't working. I'll try again tomorrow. I really wanted to get them to load, because the headquarters of the Church of Scientology is in Clearwater and I went by and made a few pics of it today. It is beautiful, but scary. It's heavily guarded. I mean h e a v i l y...like with armed guards who are apparently part of the church's para-military wing. Personally, I think if your church even has to have a para-military unit, that should tell you something!
