Scottevest One Year Update

After a year of owning my Scottevest the verdict is that I cannot recommend purchasing one.

The idea is good and it is a seriously innovative piece of clothing. The pockets are great and the styling looks good.

However, the materials are cheap and it distributes the weight in such a way that it pulls on the back of my neck even with virtually nothing in it. When loaded it pulls much worse. The pulling is better if the vest is zipped but it is not practical to keep it zipped most of the time.

The vest is fading over the zipper flaps and in other spots and I have only washed it once or twice. It looks more worn than it should for its age.

I say this with regret since it is clear that they put a great deal of work into the design of the vest. They just came up short on the quality and weight distribution.

Job Application & Counting Calories

I've spent hours digging up old information and working on the job application. No wonder I haven't progressed very rapidly in my career. It takes forever.

References? I hated my last job and my boss and I didn't exactly see eye to eye. All my time is spent with my family. I don't chum abound with anybody. I can't tip off my current boss that I'm looking for another job or things will go downhill rapidly in that relationship. I love my current job and don't want anything to mess up that relationship. I'm only going for the new job because I'd like to provide better for my children.

The trouble with this potential new job is that it would be challenging to say the least. It would be at the very limit of my abilities if not beyond them. But hey, nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Counting calories is working. I had a bunch of M&M's in a gumball machine at work. I couldn't stay out of them so I gave them away. Had I not been counting calories I'd have binged on them thinking it would be the last time. If I guesstimated correctly, I still came in under the caloric limit.

Frozen vegetables are working well. Just warm them up and you have a healthy meal. I ate four servings of fruit and four servings of vegetables today.

BMI = 26

Coughing & some heartburn. I blame that on the chocolate. 

I hate filling out job applications

I've spent about four hours updating my resume and vitae and filling out a job application. Do you remember the exact date you were hired for your last job?

In the old days you sent in a resume and you could send the same resume to a dozen firms. Now you have to fill out one on their website for every job. It takes hours and 90% of the time the application process is a sham. Billy Bob has the job before it is opened. They just go though the motions.

And no you can't contact my current employer. Hello boss, yes, I'm looking for a new job.

That will get you in good with your current boss for sure.