I still don't have a real job, but I did start training a woman's horse. It's nice to be doing that sort of work again, though I wish it were a little more reliable and lucrative. Once it starts snowing, by hours will be seriously cut, of course, and I would need to train a lot more horses to make it pay like a low-end job. I've applied to all sorts of 'real' jobs, but it's ridiculous. Apparently there is not a job in existence that I want to do and am qualified for. I don't want to work with people because I hate having to do the 'customer service' thing (the customer's always right), I don't want to work at a desk all day, I want decent pay and I'd like to be outdoors or at least in an environment where I can move around if I want. I definitely don't want to do anything with computers, and I hate answering phones. And no more data entry for me. But I don't want to go back to school, and I don't want to get a lifeguarding degree, a teaching degree, a phD, a masters, a librarians degree, an editors degree, or anything like that. So that leaves.... manual labor, which requires only a high school diploma and pays at least $9 an hour, no benefits generally. Would someone like to remind me why I went to college? Ugh. I can't even find anything to apply for! At least I'm doing something in the mean time.
Fortunately, all this not working lets me do some fun things like play with our kitten, who's gotten a lot bigger since we got her. Her name is Persatuan (Unity in Indonesian) or just Satu for short (which means One). I get to ride my horses at my parent's house, read lots of books, and think about all the things I should be doing but never seem to do (like write a book). Check out the picture of Greg making use of my parent's wireless network from outside the house. It's so nice to be around pine trees and fresh air! Every time we go to the mountains, we say "we're not in Indonesia anymore!" But of course we miss it, especially our friends there. Good thing we have email to stay in touch.
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You can try park ranger type of work, do environmental studies work for the government (like tagging animals, measuring mercury in lakes, etc), work for various lakes & fisheries companies & government agencies. Everything else I can think of involves strangers, like a hiking tour guide, veterinary work or other things of that nature. You could be a dog groomer too, which if you have the business sense & location can be very lucrative. But that also involves interacting with strangers.
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