Field Of Dreams: "I Got the Job!"

“You can only go forward by making mistakes.  I’m twenty-seven, not fifty-seven.  I’m not GIVENCHY.  I’m Alexander McQueen.”--Alexander McQueen n the book by Dana Thomas, GODS AND KINGS
I love Malibu.  There’s something about it.  Alan and I had lunch at a place called GEOFFREY’s.  It has such a pleasant mood and good food.  I love it there.   I found a MALIBU postcard for mom and wrote to her this week.
March 4, 1992 Dear Mom,
Here’s where I’d love to be living.  Although after those heavy rains I wonder if the shoreline homes are still there (?) Ha-haI’m really excited about the possibility of this new CHARLES SCHWAB job.  I’ll keep you posted.Jerry Brown is moving-up in popularity.  I hope he makes it as our new President.I sent Holly a postcard of the HOLLYWOOD sign.Love You Lots!Michael
Dorothy isn’t too pleased with her current work environment.  Her latest note in the mail demonstrated that:
Michael,The attached image will give you an idea of the “sick” sense of humor around my office (and company; our corporate office faxed this to us)!I found this on my desk one morning and my boss (Bill Beard) comes over to me and says, “I really wish you wouldn’t use our XEROX machine after hours for personal use, Dorothy.  If you want pictures of yourself, use a camera!   Very, very funny!D.
Alan wrote me the biggest card I have received in a long while (it was 8 x 10 in size).  I loved the image and his handwritten words on the back of it:
3/8/92MICHAEL,Since the day I realized it (1989), I knew we were best-friends and would be forever.  I may not be the girl in the photo but I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH and think of you and me bike-riding in the FIELD OF DREAMS.Love You,I will always be there for you.Love,Alan
The day after Alan gave me this card a new dream occurred.  I got the phone call that I was hired at CHARLES SCHWAB & CO.  I’m so happy.   I got the job!  They want me right away.  The fact that IDS-American Express already processed my Series 7 and 63 license helped.  I’m already registered and they want someone that is ready to go without having to take the test.  Exciting.
The mirror which reflects (but also threatens to supplant us) can be sinister or good, fearful or beautiful, depending upon how it is perceived.  --Suzanne Jill Levine (in the book by Adolfo Bloy Casares:  THE INVENTION OF MOREL)