While I am grateful for the job application invites to become a pizza delivery or Lyft driver, call center representative, warehouse associate, insurance agent, receptionist, dog walker or pet sitter, day care worker, financial advisor, sales representative, machinist, and more, I remain fixated on my dream to return to a career that puts my background and education to best use. And after experiencing an extremely low emotional start this week, these words of inspiration received from Arnold Schwarzenegger (by way of Alexa's Inspire Me skill) helped remind me to stay focused on my vision, give 100%, and never stop believing that my dream will happen.

Thanks, Arnie.  I'll be back - most definitely.

Now that Alexa has officially moved into my house, I am having all kinds of fun telling Echo Dot to share the following skills:

• Meowing to the cat (arguably the most useless and annoying skill of all)
• Playing Jeopardy, Deal or No Deal, and Three Questions
• Listening to Prince, Natasha Bedingfield, and Hawaiian music via Spotify
• Learning about who won the Wimbledon singles finals
• Adding Red Moscato to my weekly shopping list
• Researching to learn more about Chris Hardwick, a new America's Got Talent judge
• Getting words of inspiration during my Sunday Power workout

Things just got way too real around here.