September 04, 2006
Changes In The Wind
Fields of Gold Summer Standing Hay near Vaugan Arkansas
Written 8-29-2006
I was out walking on my morning break one day this past week. After noon its too stifling to go out so I have taken to walking 20 minutes or so on my morning break. One morning, as the wind was blowing and a thunderstorm was rolling into the area, I saw against the grey sky the green leaves of a maple tree. Upon closer inspection I saw the tinge of red in the leaves. I plucked one and looked closely at it...the red spots at the center. The breeze was cool even as the heat was rising in waves off of the roadside...I realized that the season has changed...
Summer is over, and I feel the change already...
As surely as change is in the wind we have changes in the offing. Woody was hired by the local
new Toyota Dealership Several other people who worked at the place where Woody was before are there and doing very well. Woody needs only a weeks worth of white long sleave shirts...easier said than done when you are a round person like he is. He is having some custom made and will have three of the seven done in time for his debute this week. The average commission check for those salesmen that we know will make it unecessary for me to work at all. He is very excited about the future and I am happy for him.
I dont know what the future is for me at "thisplace"...I have mixed feelings about how we are doing with the account. Another account has approched me to come and work for them in the future...but I dont know... In my mind I cant see it.
In Rogers there is a new jewelry store going into a stip mall...I know of them from articles I have read regarding their store in Springfield Missouri. The owner is a industry legend and a "out of the box" kind of retailer. He also runs the largest repair bench in the region. Its the kind of place that I feel like I could really do well in, at least from what we could see...
So we took this what will likely be the last Saturday off that Woody has for a while and decided to take a driving trip to Springfield MO to see the home store of
Justice Jewelers. It was a lovely drive through the rolling Ozark hills. The recent rains have turned everything green, and fields were full with summer growth.
The store was right off the highway, in what is mostly a residential area. We were warmly greeted by a nicly but not overly dressed man who thanked us for driving the two hours to come and see them. When I realized that he might be passing up earnings opportunities to hang with us I told him the nature of my visit, the desire to meet whoever was to be in charge of the Rogers Store and to give them a copy of my resume. I was told that the staff was in place and actually moving down to the area to run the store but the idea that I was interested in both sales and apprenticing to the Bench was intriging. We shall see how things turn out.....
More shall be revealed...
