I am working again, about halfway through training. I'll be customer service for Verizon Wireless, a company that actually impresses me quite a bit in regards to its customer service policies etc. And they don't outsource to other countries! Woo!

So in my copious spare time (ha ha) I am working on my Spiral Path website and helping with the Beltane Papers, a magazine for women's spirituality. (Nw site found here www.freewebs.com/starmother/index.htm)

The pay isn't great during training, but it's activity-based and also quality-based. So if I have good quality, I have to get in fewer calls than somebody who has lower quality to make the same amount. There's a base pay to make sure I don't go below minimum wage and quite a few reps make 16, 17, 18 dollars an hour or more. And I'm carpooling too. That's good because I work 30 miles from home now. Anyway it's good to have some security again. The benefits are good, and the most part, and I can freely relocate. There's also a good possibility of advancement. Our General Manager started out as a rep just a few years ago... I have already been through the wringer of customer service tech support, so I figure I can handle this just fine.