I have recently learned something interesting about me, and my job situation.

I've been seeing a counselor for the past month - trying to understand "what I want to be when I grow up". I sat down at a computer and answered questions about my abilities, interests and values - and what did I learn?

Well, if you can picture a clock, my abilities and values range between 9 and 12 (marketing and sales) and my interests lie exactly 180 degrees away - between 3 and 6 o'clock (science and technology and arts).

NO WONDER I'M SO SCREWED UP!

Ironically, however, I am currently interviewing for a job that meets these exact criteria!

My Mom and Sheryl (God bless them both!) have been praying their hearts out for me to get this job. I know there are lots more out there praying for me, too, and I cannot thank you enough!

A week from this upcoming Sunday (October 23), I will be celebrating my third "rebirthday". Lance Armstrong celebrates October 2 - the date of his cancer diagnosis - like a birthday. For me, it is the date of my last cancer treatment (my diagnosis was March 23 for those keeping score). Currently, Sheryl and I are planning to celebrate my rebirthday with my mom - who celebrated my zero and first rebirthdays with me - and Bill watching football.

With all of this stupid (and extremely stressing) lack of job and money bullshit going on, one only needs to celebrate a rebirthday to understand what truly is important in life. And as a result, I thank God, Buddha, Allah, and all of the angels and guardian angels nearly every day for all of the amazing people in my life now - and those who originally helped me get through my cancer treatments.

One of those people - who probably never reads this blog - is Liz Anderson. If you know Liz, you know that she is an amazing person. Liz has great dreams and plans, and her biggest fault is not realizing how easy it would be to achieve them.

So I suppose that if I were Aesop, and you were looking for a moral to this story, it would simply be: Be thankful for the little things. Live and dream big - you've got nothing to lose.