Hello,
I was lucky enough to have a six day vacation last week. The longest I have ever taken. If you are like me trying to relax away from work is work in itself. By about vacation midweek I am pretty much in unwind mode. That feeling lasts about 35 seconds and then I start gearing up for work again. I know, I have a problem.
The fact is I love my job. I may complain about a few aspects of it, but I wouldn’t trade it for any other occupation. I still remember coming in for my interview with Sue Bernard two days before Christmas of 1990. I was wearing brown sateen duralux pants I purchased the night before from Ames, a tie I borrowed from my father, and a shirt with a coffee stain on it. Sue must have been thinking what a yahoo. I went to college for print journalism. I wanted to work for a newspaper, but I was willing to give television a try. During the interview Sue asked me if I had any broadcasting experience, to which I quickly replied I was on the Bozo show on WABI-TV when I was five. She laughed, offered me a one day tryout without pay, and hired me half way through that first day.
I miss having Sue around. She taught me many valuable lessons about integrity and being a good person, but most of all she would laugh at my jokes.
Until next time,
JG