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| | I've been busy... No, not that kind of busy. You're sick.Yours truly has a job.
That's right guys, in a matter of weeks, I will be joining the American workforce and paying my taxes and building a new tomorrow, etc, etc. Actually I'm already doing all that, but this will be my first post-college, "real" job.
I'll be working for AirOne Flight Academy in Oklahoma City at Wiley Post airport doing flight instructing and aircraft sales. I'll get paid almost double what I get paid for flight instructing now, which is awesome, but not even the best part. The best part is that I will be making/performing presentations for companies who are looking to buy into a business jet. When they buy into the plane, AirOne keeps it, maintains it, and flies it for them. So in about a month.... I will sell shares in a plane and then get to fly the fancy business executives around in it, plus flight instruct in much nicer planes than the ones I'm in now. Oh, yeah, and 10% commission on stuff I help sell. FREAKING WIN-WIN.
I know. You're jealous that I have my dream job already. You should really work on that; jealousy is not a healthy feeling.
The parents have been taking this well, of course. As dad puts it, "we might launch one." They are looking forward to kicking me off the payroll, so to speak, along with the car/health/dental insurance policies and cell phone bill. Apparently I'm expensive or something.
The reason I kept looking for a job in OKC, though, is fencing. I've kind of become attached to the sport, and I find more and more that I want to devote pretty much all of my resources into becoming an elite athlete. I want to win North American Cups. I want to win World Cups. If I wasn't going to be 27 by the time the 2012 Olympics roll around, I would want to go win that, too. My coach says you have be a little crazy if you want to compete at this level. I think centering your career for the next four years around where the fencing center is located is just this kind of crazy.
Here's my logic, though. I have the talent, the desire, and the resources (hopefully). The only time in my life that I will ever be able to see how good I can get at fencing is now. Now, while I'm still young and single and stupid. For me, it isn't about winning or competing so much as it is about seeing what my best looks like.
That having been said, I'm skipping my own graduation ceremony for summer nationals qualifiers in El Paso! I called my parents up, and the conversation went as follows:
Me: Mom, do you mind if I skip my graduation ceremony? I've got to go qualify for summer nationals on the same day. I mean, I can probably file for an exemption if I need to, but I pretty much need to fence at the exact time of the ceremony. Is that cool? It's okay if you're not happy with it, I can figure something else out I guess. I mean, if you're not okay with it.
Mom: Pfft, whatever. If you want to go to the whole 3-hours-of-inspirational-speaking-about-how-you're-going-to-grow-up-to-be-a-millionaire-and-drive-a-Ferrari, I guess we can come and sit through it....... But you can go fence, too, it's up to you.
Me: Wait... Really? I thought Grandma was going to come down.
Mom: Yeah, that fell through. Do what you want.
Me: Should I at least call dad to make sure he's okay with it?
Mom: Oh, yeah. Good idea.
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Me: Dad, do you care if I skip my graduation ceremony to go to a fencing tournament?
Dad: No.
Me:........
Dad: Look, if you want to go through that whole tear-jerking walking across the stage bit, it's cool; we'll take pictures. But if you need to go, it's not going to bother me any. I wish I'd skipped my own.
Me: Amazing. | | | Posted 3/27/2008 1:41 AM - 1 comments
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