July 14, 2006

I called about the school bus driver job this afternoon after I woke up from a good seven or eight hours of sleep. It sounds like a very good job. There are benefits- health and retirement benes, set hours, and PAID TRAINING.

In the late 80’s-early 90’s, I did have a commercial driver’s license – I drove trucks for delivery in the 11 Western States and delivered glass and windows in Oregon, Washington, and northern California. I have driven everything from a VW Bettle to a semi pulling doubles and all sorts of cars, pickup trucks, and vans; and have had a driver’s license since I was 18. I have even had a Japanese driver’s license, and have driven many hundreds of thousands of miles in four countries, accident free.

I have a fairly clean driving record – granted, I did drink and drive and wreck my car in 1998, but I did not hurt anyone else and it was more than 8 years ago that I did that. Previous to that, I had a clean record- no tickets for anything but parking violations.

I will go pick up the application on Monday – it is not actually for the school I saw the ad at, but rather for the North Clackamas School District. They’ll need a resume and two letters of recomendation, which I have already secured. One will be from my landlord, at the building where I have lived for more than seven years, and the other will come from my boss on the paper routes, where I have worked for 2 and a half years continously.

Tha landlord pointed out that I have volunteered for almost a year with the resident coffee program and did a good job at it. I have no criminal record. My credit record sucks, true, but I am a nice, polite guy who works hard and gives his loyalty to his employers all the time. I served in the US Navy as a ship’s engineer, have done security work, and have lived and worked in Japan for a Japanese company (in Japanese) and have taught all ages of Japanese the English language.

I look good in print and am a good person. I am decently groomed, speak well (when I have to, lol) and am an all around decent human being. I am a regular blood donor who has donated more than two gallons of blood. If it counts for anything, I have written and maintained a blog that is read and admired throughout the world.

I think highly of myself and so do many others. I like the sound of this job and am hoping that they like me.