Went to bed at 3:30AM and got up at 7:15AM when Mom called me. I evidently did not set the clock last night. Alex boarded the bus and I promptly returned to the house. I logged onto the computer and started working with BlogShares.
I received a notice that I am to fill out for eligibility to serve in the United States District Court Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division. I hope I do not have to do this anytime soon. I am not enamored of sitting in a courtroom for hours.
I went on a deep search and found my resume again, thought I would post it here. Maybe someone knows somewhere I might find employment… not fast food, but somewhere where stress is not too high.
Jo Ann J. A. Jordan
Whitesburg, Georgia
Experience
2000-2005
Caregiver, Homemaker, Mother, Writer, Artist
Whitesburg, Georgia
During these years I have had many duties in the home and outside it. I am called on to do a great deal of driving. I have attempted to diversify my talents as a writer and an artist. I have had several assignments in photography and graphic design. I give daily care to my 75 year old mother who has Parkinson’s Disease and assorted other health issues. I have also volunteered in the local public library and in the public school system.
1999-2000
Homemaker, Mother, Writer, Artist
Kennesaw, Georgia
During this time I had full duties in the home and volunteered in the school system about 600 hours. I also worked as a photographer and in graphic design. Did a great deal of writing and artwork.
1997-1999
Homemaker, Mother, Writer, Artist
Whitesburg, Georgia
During these years I worked in the home, volunteered over 4,500 hours in the public school system, and worked on developing my talents as a writer and artist. I did some photography on a volunteer basis as well.
Awards: Volunteer of the Year in South Douglas Elementary School.
1993-1997
Homemaker, Mother, Writer, Artist, Small Business Owner
Mableton, Georgia
I worked in the home, home-schooled my son for a year, volunteered over 200 hours in the public school system, and worked on developing my skills as a writer and artist. I owned a small publishing business for two years and worked as an editor, publisher, photographer, and writer for my home-based small magazine. I also did a small amount of photography in a commercial related field.
1990-1993
EMRO Marketing Company, Homemaker, Mother, Writer, Artist
Mableton, Georgia
Operations Manager: Promote customer relations and increase sales, new-hire screening, selection, processing; scheduling, training, payroll, discipline, termination, book-keeping, cash and inventory control, banking, maintenance, sanitation, cooking, purchasing, advertising and more. Maintain exceptional inventory/cash control and excellent corporate inspections in this location.
Awards: Outstanding Service, Management Training, Charity Collections. Maintained home and did quite a lot of work on developing my skills in writing and art. Very involved in son’s education mostly at home.
1987-1990
Homemaker, Mother, Writer, Artist
Chattanooga, Tennessee
During these years I worked full-time as a home-maker and mother. I did some work developing my writing, photography, and artistic skills.
I think that goes back far enough there are more public employment positions as I go further back, but this gives a good overview of what I have done in the last fifteen years. Unfortunately my illness has had a lot of bearing on my work history. There were periods during these years when I was barely functional at all.
After all that I need a typing break so here are a few poems:
Friend of Great Places
Writing is the friend
I share my deepest secrets
With on lonely days..
I can not help but
Open up my heart and mind
To let words flow free.
Writing is the place
I go when I need to know
Myself much better.
The lessons I learn
Teach me to become closer
To the self I hide.
Writing is the great
Escape from every day that
Full engages me.
Then it surely draws
Me back to my reality
So revealing me.
© Jo Ann J. A. Jordan
September 29, 2002
Dribble
Drink in quiet
solitary ingenuity
individual light rhythm
bound between cool skin
beneath summer storm.
© Jo Ann J. A. Jordan
October 3, 2003
God’s Ways
His ways lead me
Beyond myself
Toward His higher
Purpose for the life
With which He gifted me.
I find Him in
The quiet when
I reach beyond
The troubles of
My everyday.
He holds me
In the safety
Of His capable
And loving hands;
In Him I can stand.
© Jo Ann J. A. Jordan
2001
Well that is all for right now. Thanks for reading, and I hope you have a wonderful day!
TTYL,
Jo Ann
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