Jessica’s Wedding

I wrote that I had quit writing about my trip to Amador the day before because I was at the hospital for Kathryn’s appointment.  I had been relating my time at Jessica’s wedding.  We were sitting on the Forest and Christina’s front porch.  She had been complaining about being around some of the younger teenage guests because of their immature behavior.  We were talking to Annie’s son and her date Tobias.  Kathryn made the mistake of petting the barn cat in the corner.

Frank Gato and a few others came over then.  I think I went looking for beer.  Kathryn and I ended up interacting with Evan and his wife Carly.  I met Josh Evans then down on the flats.  I ended up seeing Amy T and she introduced me to her roommate Denise.  I maneuvered Kathryn down to the flats and found a seat for her and April.  Then Elizabeth, Christina and other ladies took seats in front of us.  I stood with Gibbles.

The ceremony began.  Kathryn had made mention later that Jess was accompanied by both Forrest and another man.  I found out that this was a good friend of her late father.  I was a bit overdressed in comparison to the groomsmen.  They had green collared Shirts on.  The bridesmaids, Annie, Faith, Tonia and Jess’s sister from Toledo were in purple.

When Jess came out she had a look of authority but immediately began to cry.  The ceremony was presided over by a couple.  The minister was from the church of the dude.  Jess’ vows included the phrase “you can’t tell me what to do.”

I got to interact with Jess, Tonia and Faith.  Faith’s grandma liked my outfit.  We took the first van out.  When we got to Fiddletown hall I hung out with Carly and Evan.  Frank and his buddy Art showed up and the hors d’oeuvres were wonderful.  We all sat at the same table almost at the back.  Kathryn and Frank got along.  We stood on the back porch a few times.  I finally met the mother of the bride and her half-brother.  I didn’t get to meet the half-sister until later in the evening but I didn’t remember her name.

The meal was halibut.  Eventually dancing started and I had quit drinking.  The bride and groom did their thing all night with the girls occupying the floor and Jeff at the door most of the night.  Eventually Kathryn and I were at April and Gibble’s table and I then said bye to everyone when the band stopped.  We saw a sheriff’s car outside so waited to leave.  I also saw a Two Rivers Employee with the cop.  We hung out with Amy T, Denise, Gibbles and April for a bit while we waited for the cop to leave.  The ride back to Amador City was uneventful.  We got to bed around 11.

I wrote that Jess’ wedding went well.  I felt that for once I not only wasn’t relying upon pre-existing relationships but standing on my own as an individual.  That night the ride home was easy and I think the night went alright.  I noted that Kathryn is the ideal companion.

I wrote that next morning we skipped breakfast at the Imperial and rushed to breakfast at Amy’s house.  The first thing they asked was how the wedding was.  We ate pancakes and talked about it.  We did a little bit of catch up and I got to know Harvey.  Lisa, who had been running returned and Kathryn, Milo and Ethan went on a walk with me.  We looked at the views, the gardens, the wicker thatched fences, the chickens and all the old architecture the previous owner of Ethans property had left behind.  Bear had left his Motorcycle at Ethan’s and as we were walking back to Amy’s Steve and his girlfriend, an ex-Marine at Columbia Community College, were coming in with the dog.

We said bye to everyone after playing a bit of music.  Amy told me Emily and Beck were getting married.  Kathryn said she wanted to see stuff so we stopped at a pumpkin patch in Sloughhouse.  Later we went to Ira’s house and had coffee.  He showed us around the house.  We then walked to the UC Bike Barn from downtown Davis and later had Czech food.

I noted that the ride to SF was easy and Kathryn was tired.  I dropped her off around 830 and was in bed at 10.  I wrote that the next day I finished organizing my stuff after breakfast at 1030 and by 130 I was editing my contacts.  However, I didn’t really care about the job search.  By 330 I had talked with mom about borrowing the car and went to the grocery store.  I drove then to the Halloween store to drop the tails and then parked on Scott to have falafel and write.  That was where I stopped writing the last entry.

I quit writing abruptly because Kathryn had finished with her doctor’s appointment and I had agreed to get her.  We drove to Hyde and California and she and I bought stuff at Trader Joes and the pet shop.  Then we went to her house.  I found parking and stayed for dinner.  I left after a little TV.  I found out that it was Charlie’s birthday the day before.  I got home around 930.

I had been concerned about the BART strike so I got up at 4 and left a little later and took a nap in the parking lot at Peet’s in Walnut Creek.  I sat and wrote in Peets until eight and then went to my old job for an interview.  I was there from around eight until 1030.  I gave them my application and sat in the conference room.  Brian introduced himself and we talked about my experience.  He said that my SQL experience was strong and wanted to know about my cartographic experience.  He was also interested in my communication skills.

I thought that it was sad that they didn’t even consider the fact that I had applied for a job in the Mission District.

Dave walked me around the facility and eventually I saw all the old faces.  I said bye after confirming with Dave that they had made no decision.  Justin and Brian are the unit for which they had considered me for in San Ramone.  I left at 930 and immediately Kathryn wanted to know how it had gone.  I told her I didn’t know yet but that I wasn’t broken hearted.  I went to Peet’s the Walnut Creek town center.

Later I wrote about my job search priorities.  I decided that looking through my emails is a good way to do my job search but that I also needed to look into my bibliographies as well.  I also wrote that they bibs are useful but also started to realize that having three was difficult to manage.  I decided that the master simply needs to be expanded and the annotated needed to be “reworked.”

I noted that Craigslist, Monster and Career Builder are important when it comes to the bibliographies.  I noted that these three items constituted my “search base” and while there are others I noted that they were the most recognizable.  I went on to note that there were several other bibliographic types: recruiters, companies, government agencies and entities.  I also noted that there were staffing agencies.  This brought me to the government exams.  I noted that to apply for a GIS job with the government I needed to take an exam.  I also noted then that I had an interview coming up in Burlingame.  I then went through my email job lists and the Craigslist feeds I built with Yahoo Pipes.  I only found the job for which I had just interviewed.  I then went through my short bibliography.  I skipped Craigslist, Monster and started to shorten Career Builder.  I noted that I was seeing an empirical analysis emerging.

Later I went upstairs to read and have a drink.  I wrote that I needed to rewrite the Career Builder item before I looked through the site.  I then noted that I would need to update Monster and Craigslist.  I then went through my sent emails list and a few other things and identified jobs that I had not recorded in my master bibliography.

This is series chronicles my life at regular intervals. This Memo series is meant to be a retrospective of what I have written and experienced. In each of these posts I use my notes in conjunction with memory, mementos and souvenirs to create a snap shot of my life.