Skip Along
Well, I received a nice letter from the Area Agency on Aging stating they chose another candidate for the job. Darn! I felt good about it all, but, someone else was apparently more suited. So, I surf job sites and complete applications and maintain hope. That is okay. It was my first interview. I did get a refresher course on the whole, process. I shall just try to skip along this path I've plowed for myself.
I was invited to give an inspiring speech tomorrow night, at a District Officer's Training for Toastmaster. I was sent the invitation a week or so ago, and have been crafting, correcting and practicing the speech ever since. The last time I spoke in front of a large group, outside of my Toastmaster's Club, was three years ago. I gave a speech to a local Kiwanis Group about CCS, and the services we provided. I did OK, but I tend to stiffen up a bit, while in front of the crowd. I hope that doesn't happen tomorrow night This was a predetermined topic from the Area Governor:Creating the Best Club Climate. I gave a club, program presentation on this 6 weeks ago. It helps me to know the material and gives me confidence in what I am sharing to the audience.
Here is a Poem I have been thinking of lately, and trying to figure out if there is a speech hidden in it somehow. I will recite it in print for you, and you can pretend I am reading it with a bit of softness and sparkle in my voice. Yet, there is a wisp of seriousness in my tone. This is a poem my mother recited to us often...hopefully, I get the words correct. Here goes:
Monday's Child
Monday's child is fair of face Tuesday's child is full of grace, Wednesday's child is full of woe, Thursday's child has far to go, Friday's child is loving and giving, Saturday's child works hard for a living, But the child who is born on the Sabbath Day Is bonny and blithe and good and gay.[1]
I could not find the actual author, though it was first recorded in 1838 by a chap named A.E Bray:Tradition of Devonshire. It is a rhyme that revolves around fortune telling, as fortunes and luck were determined by the day of the week a child was born. Thomas Nashe provided proof, that many fortune telling rhymes were dated as far back as the mid 1570's, in Suffolk. (This information is from Wikipedia.) I care not to research more. However, I think I will skip to some old calendars on the web and see what day of the week I was born on. I know it was 10/05/61 at about 5:27am, at St. Olaf Hospital, Austin, MN.
Anyone else care to skip down this path?
I was invited to give an inspiring speech tomorrow night, at a District Officer's Training for Toastmaster. I was sent the invitation a week or so ago, and have been crafting, correcting and practicing the speech ever since. The last time I spoke in front of a large group, outside of my Toastmaster's Club, was three years ago. I gave a speech to a local Kiwanis Group about CCS, and the services we provided. I did OK, but I tend to stiffen up a bit, while in front of the crowd. I hope that doesn't happen tomorrow night This was a predetermined topic from the Area Governor:Creating the Best Club Climate. I gave a club, program presentation on this 6 weeks ago. It helps me to know the material and gives me confidence in what I am sharing to the audience.
Here is a Poem I have been thinking of lately, and trying to figure out if there is a speech hidden in it somehow. I will recite it in print for you, and you can pretend I am reading it with a bit of softness and sparkle in my voice. Yet, there is a wisp of seriousness in my tone. This is a poem my mother recited to us often...hopefully, I get the words correct. Here goes:
Monday's Child
I could not find the actual author, though it was first recorded in 1838 by a chap named A.E Bray:Tradition of Devonshire. It is a rhyme that revolves around fortune telling, as fortunes and luck were determined by the day of the week a child was born. Thomas Nashe provided proof, that many fortune telling rhymes were dated as far back as the mid 1570's, in Suffolk. (This information is from Wikipedia.) I care not to research more. However, I think I will skip to some old calendars on the web and see what day of the week I was born on. I know it was 10/05/61 at about 5:27am, at St. Olaf Hospital, Austin, MN.
Anyone else care to skip down this path?
Comments
I recently had my first interview in over 30 years; good practice. You're over qualified to be a receptionist anyway.