Yes, I Am Still Alive!

Well, at least this time it has been four months since my last entry instead of a year! So I have some updates since.

The job that I had didn't work out after all.  I learned that I didn't like doing customer service phone support for Verizon.  I mean I really hated it. I HATED IT A LOT!!  There, I feel better now. I wasn't really sure if I wanted to bail on it because, after all, I needed the job, so I let Fate decide: 

The family was planning a reunion where we all got together from around the country for a week long fun fest. Well, I didn't want to miss any of it. The activities started on Tuesday and ended on Saturday. My work schedule went from Sunday through Thursday. I thought that wasn't too bad, I would miss three days of work. The job was still in the midst of 14 weeks of training. The way it dragged on, it could have been done in half that, so I figured I can catch up three days of it. I asked my trainer for the three days, she said she would have to check with her boss. Her boss said she would have to check with HER boss and would get back to me by the end of shift. Really? I have to go through three people to get three unpaid days off?  So at the end of shift I asked what the verdict was. They said "No." I said,  "Do I turn my badge in now?" I was feeling a lot of satisfaction when I walked out the door.


It all worked out. I went ahead and started my Social Security benefits. Then I became a free lance technician, picking the jobs I want to do and loving it.

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.  Charlotte Bronte

Remember Me?

  Omigosh, it has been almost ayear since my last entry! My bad! So sorry, Readers. A lot has happened that has kept me too busy, or I have simply been uninspired. Maybe a bit of both.

  Since my last ramblings, we have sold our home in upstate New York and headed West to the state of Idaho to be closer to family. As one gets older, one really can get attached to kids and grandkids and when they are far away, it really makes a void in one's life.

  So here we are in Idaho. The place isn't foreign to me as I had lived here some years back. Which would explain why I have family here. Just call me Mr. Obvious.  We bought a home and settling in nicely. However, my wife and I are not enjoying the aging process, who does? Ongoing afflictions are preventing her from resuming work and although I am able to continue work, albeit a bit slower then before, I have been finding it difficult to find employment in my venue. Although prospective employers never bring it up (that would be illegal), I think they tend to defer me due to my age.
I have found a situation that may seem to work out. Time will tell.

  I can't get over how much the area has grown.  It was going through a growth spurt when I lived here before and it continues. It use to be a five mile drive from downtown would put you into farm country. Now it takes a ten mile drive to do that. And that is only certain directions, otherwise you are driving into neighboring towns.

  My wife and I agree that one thing we DON"T miss from the Northeast is the humidity, bah!

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. - John F. Kennedy