Pounding the Pavement...again

It’s been awhile since I last posted anything but it hasn’t been from lack of activities. It is more from the lack of that precious thing that we all wish we had more of and the one thing you can’t buy…time. As I have hinted in previous blogs, we are going to start working. So, let me back up and bring you up to speed on what has happened in the last three weeks. Reta and I left Marathon and drove about 4 hours north to a little city called Lake Placid. No not the one in New York. This one is on the northwest corner of Lake Okeechobee here in Florida. It was here that we went for our 3-day training with our new boss. The three days flew by, as we had to learn the pricing structure, paper work and proper procedures. Now at this point you might be wondering what it is we are actually doing! We are working for a company based out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. As you might guess it is in the printing industry. Sorry but it’s in my blood and there is no getting away from it. We travel around the country going to different campgrounds, marinas, fairgrounds and executive airports. The company prints site maps for these facilities. Inside of the site maps are the local businesses that the guests might find useful to use and go to during their stay. Our job is to sell the spaces to these local businesses. It requires a lot of cold calling and a lot of knocking on doors but the pay off is well worth it. Aside from staying at the campground for free while we work the area we are paid on a commission basis. If you put in the hours you could walk away with a nice check at the end.
Once we finished our training an opportunity came up for us to work our first job. It was only a couple of hours up the road and we decided to jump in and start right away. We find ourselves here in Blue Spring State Park. It’s about an hour north of Orlando. The park is beautiful and is home to manatees this time of year.
I have really been enjoying going out every morning and working. I feel that this is pretty stress free. No one to look over your shoulder. No reports to write up. No voicemails left at all hours of the day inquiring about my sales. I get to go out and meet people. For those that know me you know how difficult that can be for me.
I am still trying to figure out the best work schedule. I found out today that Monday’s are the worst day to try and find people, especially in the restaurant business.
We should finish up here at Blue Spring State Park by the end of this week. Don’t know where the next stop is but I can only hope it is somewhere warm.