Hitting the... Trail!

I don’t know what it is about terribly old, run down buildings that fascinates me but I have a really strange feeling when I’m around them. At the moment it’s 630 on Saturday morning and I’m sitting at Teck Cominco in Trail.  Some of the buildings here are astonishing to look at.  Perhaps it is their pure defiance to old age and their insistence of being useful that gives them their aura, or most likely it’s the fact that many of them were build up to a hundred years ago out of brick and include lovely dormer windows and little details that are lost on most new buildings built for industrial sites.  Granted most people who come to and work at Cominco call the place an ugly shit hole but I believe there really is more to see it just happens to be under the surface.

I haven’t had the energy in the past few days to write.  By the time I get back to the hotel (which yes, does have wireless internet!) I’m completely exhausted.  We start our morning at 500 everyday and usually don’t get back to the hotel until about 630 that night.  Seems rather long and I assure you it is.

While pondering what my next career move is going to be I’ve been increasingly thinking about sales again.  Not specifically consumer sales mind you but rather sales from a supply end.  I’ve always known I’d be good at this but frankly the thought of being on commission terrifies me.  The ‘what ifs’ are absolutely staggering.  Just another dragon to be slain; of course the simple fact that I know this is just an irrational fear helps to take away the dragons claws… but his fire breathing capabilities are still more than capable.

I’m dying for a cup of Starbucks coffee!  Hell any decent coffee would do about now.  I don’t know why because I rarely if ever drink caffeinated coffee but I just love the taste.  So the simple fact that I’ve been craving Starbucks is a strange mystery to me.