I GOT A JOB!!!...again.

[Guest guest]

I'll give each and everyone of you a sweet deal on a new Ford

Mustang! I am going to be selling Fords for a huge dealership about

15 min from my apt. WHEW!!! No more working these little jobs in the

shops in my area making pennies, with no benifits! I am walking

normally. I mentioned in passing that I might limp from time to time

but those would be the days I would feel I have more to prove. They

have an elevator!!! I sold cars 24 years ago when I was 21 and

living in Augusta GA. I sold the first car I showed and then the

next day I sold another one and the next day I sold another one. So

I did ok. The mistake I made back then was in what I said to the

sales manager of used cars. They moved me to the used car

lot...which was a promotion. The sales manager there began to tell

me the " catch phrases " they use in used cars. I said to him " In

Tennessee, we call them lies " . Then I got real dumb and suggested he

let me teach him MY way since I was selling so many cars withOUT

lying. That's when the abuse started. lol. The guys who did not work

hard did not like me. And they won't like me at the new place but

I'm older and wiser and I don't worry about that stuff. I'll be

polite and kind and civil anyway. This place is letting me work

around my daughter's schedule. I will loose one day with her in the

summer but her favorite sitter is going to be with her. Once school

starts, they will let me leave at 3 so I can get her off the bus.

Then I'll work open to close on the days she is with her Dad and get

the hours in. I just went in there and was myself. They kept

saying " We'll let you know today or tomorrow " if they'd hire me and

by the time it was all over, the two bosses said " Yeah...you're

in...we don't need to wait " . Again...WHEW! One woman who is a big

wig there scared me a bit at first. She was looking me up and down

with her eyes squinted and her lips pursed and I swore she must have

been thinking " What is this cream puff doing here??? " . But when I

told her a few stories about my work history she laughed and

realized that I could handle this. Here's the crazy part

though...the dealership is having a sales event right now and they

shipped some salesmen in who work for Ford in a special program that

involves this group of men being sent all over the country just to

help out with big sales. One of them was from MY HOME TOWN IN

TENNESSEE. I am in the Hudson Valley Region of NY right now. This

kid knew my best friend's son and another friends's sons. We were

tossing names around like hot potatoes. I am going to enjoy this.

It's fast paced (if I chose to work hard which I always do) but I

will have a desk and I can work from there when I need to sit. Don't

worry....I will pace myself. I just need a chance to prove myself

before the next flare shows up down the road. I can keep a job

during a flare...it's just that getting a job when you don't already

have one is not easy. If I need a cane somedays at work then it will

just look good for the dealership, right?.....handicapped woman! Big

points there for Ford!!! The atmosphere in this place is great. The

general manager said that when he first got there it was like a

morgue. So my energy is going to be appreciated here which is good.

I'll have gym priveledges for 6 dollars a week at a gym of my choice

out of 5 local gyms, health benefits after 30 days (I have to call

the company and see if I can get Enbrel for free for that month as

my medicaid will be nixed imediately or.....see if my Rheumy will ok

my taking my injections every 10 days for a few weeks...not sure how

that's going to go but I'll make it). I will have a 401K and bonus

and incentives. I'm all over it. I start tomorrow. They said I could

wait until Monday but heck no. I brought home some big clunky books

I need to look over tonight. This is a huge relief as I have not

worked all year except for that one day last week. On the medical

side, I have a bladder infection that I had no symptoms for. My

primary care doc caught it when I went in for my anual physical last

week. So I'm off Enbrel for a little longer than a week anyway until

I get some antibiotics in me and get it re-checked. I feel great

though. Go figure. But it's good to be ME today!!! I am so thankful.

I prayed for a job with benefits so that I could still take the

Enbrel and Ta-da!!! I just had to share this with you guys. I am so

excited! -Betz

(Editor's Note: tears of joy! Kathy F)