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May 31, 2006 - Wednesday, 11:48 p.m. I need to jump in with both feet and find a new job. I had a call last week on a possible job with Boeing, but have heard nothing since then. I�ve heard nothing from North Carolina either. I am beginning to panic. The math isn�t working out. The sum of my monthly bills exceeds my income and it a few months my student loans will start requiring payment. It seems the student loans will be rolled together into a 25 years payment plan. GAH!!! I�m going to be 70 years old before I�ve paid them off. That sounds AWFUL!! I am working on a refinance of my house. This will be the last refinance I�ll do. Credit card payments have increased substantially, hence the onslaught of panic. I need to spend the next few weeks seriously searching very hard for a new job, and if I don�t find anything then I�ll need to start a second job of some sort. I�m thinking I�ll be one of the best educated pizza delivery guys of all time. Memorial Day weekend was busy. I did a great deal of yard work. I�ve prepared the areas on either side of the driveway for crushed rock. I�m hoping to have a few tons delivered in the next week or so. I am happy to say that I dug, shoveled and wheel barreled quite a bit of dirt over the weekend and am no worse for the effort. I was a little worried that it would bother my back, but I was determined to get it done and I am not having any problems. Yeah!! I am hoping to get a roto-tiller rented over the weekend and get the front and back yard ready for installation of a sprinkler system, which I intend to do myself. It is my plan to have my yard looking good by the end of July! I planted a number of flowers over the weekend as well. It looks good and I can see the completion down the road. It feels good. My sister Char called me last Friday and asked me if I might be interested in going to the east coast with her. She is traveling to Philadelphia on the 16th of June � Philadelphia, Princeton and New York City. She told me all I needed to do was purchase an airline ticket, the hotel, the car and the meals will be covered by her work. The thought of getting to see these places with a guide (Charlotte) was far too tempting. I got online and had purchased an airline ticket before I went to work on Friday!! I am going some place!! I�ll fly into Philadelphia Friday morning and meet her at the airport. We�ll drive to Princeton to stay at a hotel there. We�ll make a trip into New York City on Saturday via the subway and see the sights. Sunday we�ll spend the day roaming around Princeton. She has some meeting at Princeton on Monday and then we�ll drive back to Philadelphia and I�ll fly home and she�ll fly on to Canada for a trade show. She asked me what I want to see in New York. We�ll only go to Manhattan. I told her to plan whatever she thought would be good, my only request was to see the site of the Twin Towers. I am looking forward to this trip. I had really wanted to make some sort of a trip as a reward for finishing school, and Viola!! It�s very strange. Andy, my boss�s boss, seems to have accepted the fact that I�ll be leaving as soon as I find a job. Phil, my boss, is hoping hard that I don�t find anything, he�ll hate losing me (though I know he�d be happy for me if I find something that�ll pay better). It�s a double-edged sword for him. I find that I am trying to wrap up projects and organize files on the network. I sure hope I can find something that I�ll enjoy as much as what I am doing now. I�m feeling a little bit empty. I think I need to read something substantial. Significant. I feel a little adrift. I�m tired. I need to sleep. Tomorrow is another day. Sweet dreams� M. |