As I've noted before, I am not actively employed at the moment, so finding positive things to do is important. I have been involved in job-searches; however, with the upcoming trip, it's a little difficult to become a desirable job candidate for positions needing to be filled immediately.
I've not been blogging as much lately as I have found some work that doesn't care if I am leaving the country in a couple of weeks. I was hired to edit and proofread an e-book for a woman from Wyoming. She has authored a book on barrel racing. Now you might say, "Scott, what do you know about barrel racing?" The answer would be, "not much!" That said, I do have knowledge of horses in general. Shortly after leaving the military, I found a job as stable manager for a residential treatment facility near Pittsburgh. I was responsible for 18 horses, some goats, a sheep, rabbits and chickens . . . what a whoot! Being a "quick study", I soon found myself giving rudimentary riding instruction to the children at the "facility". It was a rewarding experience in many ways.
So, with my meager but credible background in horsemanship, and my writing and editing skills, I convinced the young lady to hire me to work on her book -- some 142 pages. She's not a bad writer. Her grammar is decent, although she, like me, uses "however" far too often. I'm about half done at this point, and thought I should take a few moments to scratch out a blog article.
What does this have to do with the Philippines? Nothing really. It does, however, provide a little more income and the idea that maybe writing and editing may well be the work I need in order to pursue my goals for working with the school children of Bohol. Time will tell.
Worthy cause!
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