June 6

I am reminded of my grandfather today, who landed on Omaha Beach 67 years ago. He was shot in the gut, lay on the beach for days and was finally picked up and put in a holding tank for Nazi wounded. He finally murmured the word "doctor" and was quickly whisked to better quarters with the wounded Allies.

All of this is to say that I really need to put my own troubles in perspective. While I am miserable every hour of every day at my job, at least my job doesn't involve getting shot or watching the unspeakable horrors of war.

My boss reminds me a bit of Mengele, but I digress.

On to productivity! Today I finally completed my recruiter application and sent it to the agency. I searched the jobs posted on Linked In, searched for jobs at various local colleges and universities and forwarded myself a link for an online application. 

I also bought a lottery ticket. Hey, you've got to keep your options open, right?

I stumbled onto the idea of applying for jobs at academic facilities because I realized today that I might be a bit too cerebral for my current line of work. I wrote a grammatically correct sentence today and my boss didn't understand it. Really? Really.

I think I've been over-estimating the average intelligence of the average middle-manager. That would explain my constant frustration with the over-explanation of overly-simplified things.

That sounds pretty egotistical, right? Sorry. I don't mean to.

But, the name of the game is self-discovery and if I don't explore all of my thoughts regarding my current state, I will be cheating myself and doing my readers a disservice. Actually, I think my only readers are my mom and my sister (Hi Guys!), but maybe one day this whole writing thing could become a livelihood.

I think I may be onto something. But how to get there?