Have you ever wondered how people get jobs like this?
Well, friends, let me tell you. Craigslist. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I now have a new job (on top of my other one at Noah's). I am officially a Hot Air Balloon Crewman for Gr8 Flight (aka Valley View Ballooning). Check it out at gr8flight.com. I was perusing craigslist.com looking for another part-time job when my wife, Danielle (some of you may have heard of her...), pointed out a listing that said "Hot Air Balloon Crew." "Oh my heck," exclaimed my super-hot wife, "that would be so awesome!" So I sent in an e-mail thinking, "Eh, what have I got to lose?" I've sent over 40 resumes and applications to people on craigslist and so far have gotten only automated responses from a few get rich quick schemes, so I didn't hold out too much hope. Well, O me of little faith. The very next day I had an e-mail from Bob Haupt wanting to meet with me. That was two days ago. I met with him yesterday at The Creamery on Ninth to discuss our (hopefully) future employment relations. We sat down and he introduced himself. He talked about his fixed-wing pilot's license and how he transitioned to a hot air balloon to advertise for a company he used to own. Then he told me all about how he upgraded to a commercial license along with a bigger balloon so he could make money directly. I thought to myself, "How interesting! This is a guy who's chasing his dreams! Good for him!" That's when he hit me with "Rule Number 1: Don't step on the balloon." I thought, "Well that makes sense. Very good advice!" A few minutes later, between him explaining what a crown line is and Rule Number 4 I started to think, "Gee, this guy's really going in depth for just an interview..." Then a few minutes LATER I started to realize that I was already kind of in. I was hired. He wasn't interviewing me anymore. He had begun training ten minutes earlier! Well gee whilickers, that seemed nice! We wrapped up the trainerview and he said he'd call me to tell me what time to show up the next day. That's today.
So here I am with one day of balloon chasing under my belt and another one on the way tomorrow morning at 6:15. So there you have it folks! I'm a balloon chaser. I chase balloons. Balloons: I chase them. Ok, just the one, but still I think it's preeeeeetty awesome.
Oh yeah! The second part of the post! Burrrrrlington (pretend I'm shivering; makes it fun). Danielle and I were out and about (or oat and aboat as our friends to the north might say) when I said, "Hey, my super-hot wife Danielle, what say we go into Burlington Coat Factory? I hear they're more than great coats!" to which she replied "That would be fan-jolly-tastic!" (I might be paraphrasing some.) So we started cruisin' around and we found some pretty good stuff! Sheck eet ooout!
This is Danielle's "I'm-a-city-girl-who-appreciates-the-whole-cowgirl-scene" shirt.
This is Danielle's "I'm hip and I don't care who knows it" dress. It's purple.
This is my "I'm a dude. Nope. I'm an
awesome dude." shirt.
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This is my "I think I've had a shirt like this before but never really wore it much but this one looks like I might wear it more cuz I kinda made a deal with my wife and it was such a good deal anyway" shirt.
And here's a shot of gratuitous cheek kissing because I know Brad and Kadin will probably see this.
Toodle-pip!
