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Jeez its hot.  It hasn't been this hot in a year of so, since I think when we moved into this condo.  I really wonder why we moved in here knowing that there wasn't A/C. 

Well we got ID thieved again. Sucks.  Good thing I surf the bank so often, I think the guy was taking the money while we were on the phone with the bank.  I am pretty sure it wasn't random either.  1 time, thats random, but 2 times, our card info is out there someplace.  I'm just lucky that we are broke, so there wasn't to much to take.  Maybe thats the upside of being on the downside of this economy. 

We actually had dinner at the table today.  Kinda liked that.  I miss that alot, I remember when I lived in Corona we used to have dinner at the table almost every night.  Its one of those things, I suppose, that you look back on as family time.  Well, we discussed doing it more often, but I suppose it all comes from just being in the house all at the same time.  That doesn't happen to often.  Kids are getting to old to fast.

Its way to hot to write, so I'll catch up later...

Whirlwinds Ahead!

These past few days have really been pretty amazing.

By now you know I got the job offer!  Its been pretty exciting, for sure.  I told my current work that I was, well, I said to my boss, "Hey, lets talk about that XXX position."  He says, well, I don't know where we are gonna put him, and we don't have to do anything thats XXX responsibility.  "Well"  I tell him, "that XXX is me." 

Well, he was a little suprised, but not shocked.  I suppose he knows that if the government that I work for isn't going to pay people well, then the government is going to lose people.  So, whats done is done.

So people have been comming by my area congratulating me all day, which is kind of wierd, because most days nobody talks to me unless I talk first.  Well, Im not a loner, I just work in the back area and there isn't a whole lot of people that come around anyways.

What do I say?  I have worked for the government for 20+ years, and I was thinking that I will have to wear dress shoes to work for the first time....

Hurray us!!

Well just when I thought it couldn't get better, it did.  God is good and his mercy endures forever.  It doesn't get more real life than this day.

We had a family meeting the night before, trying to decide if we should cancel the cable service.  Tough meeting because its more than just canceling cable.  It felt more like acknowledgement that we were not going to make ends meet anymore.  Before then, we always seemed kind of impervious to disaster.  No mattter what happened, we always seemed to get lucky or things turned our way.  Not this time.  We were finally slipping into the poor zone, and there was no way out.  We had cut through our savings, used all of our retirement funds, and the bills that we HAD to pay we had no more money for.  I forgot what it was like to look into the eyes of dispair, but if I had, I know I would have seen my reflection.

I had, earlier in the morning, stopped at an ATT store to pay the bill, and realized that if I paid the full bill, I wouldn't be able to pay the cable bill.  No money for allowance.  Groceries were going to be slim.  That really sucked, so I new it was going to be a bad day, seeing as it was only 9:30 in the morning.  So, I paid half the bill, and just decided to go home early. Why stay at work when you can't afford to be there.

I got home, closed the door, went to the kitchen when the doorbell rang.  Looked in the fridge.  Crap, no milk, and no money to buy it.  I though it was my Iphone 4 Case that I ordered 3 months ago and paid for then.  http://www.elementcase.com/  (awesome stuff)  .  Why do I even have this phone?  Its cracked and I can't afford to fix the glass.  The tires on the truck are bald and aren't going to last another month.  The electric bill is due, the IRS took too much money out of the bank, and there is still check out that people haven't cashed. 

Wonderful, it was a letter from FEDEX.   Has to be a motion or another subpoena from MCWEW.  Batting 1000 today.  I noticed it had a Lockheed Martin address.  Well, I figured I lost that job, they were just doing it in writing because they weren't going to waste the time to call.  So I opened it.  I thought, wow this is kinda thick for a rejection letter.  Well, thats not what it was.

Lets just say that God works in mysterious ways, and, just when you think you can't escape, he reminds you that all is not lost.  If you have faith, you will be rewarded.  Maybe it was his reminder that sometimes you have to be humbled to be humble.

I must thank my wife too, who gives me the strength to keep pushing for a better day.  Thanks love...

All things electronic...

OK I promised myself I would fix this site, so this weekend I will.  Pics?  Twitter feed?  I haven't figured it all out yet but Im sure it will work.  I thought about switching to Tumblr, but Im not a 20 something and I take crappy pictures. 

I just got served..again...  More court papers from "MCWEW".  This sucks.  I need to move to Canada, but then with the conversion rate, I would actually be giving her more. 

Nothing

I thing this company that I interviewed for is, well, I hate interviews.  I can probably count on both hands how many interviews I have gone on in my lifetime, since this is only the 5th Job I have ever had.  Still, I know why people hate interviews so much.  If they only asked the questions I would have asked, things would be good..

Sir, do you enjoy working?  Yes I do.

Do you like getting paid?  Yes I do.

Will you steal from us?  No I won't.

Your hired!

Simple stuff like that.  Get your answer before you walk out the door.  Yes, your good, we like you.  No, you suck, you should never have been allowed into the building.

OK if they don't call tomorrow, Im calling them.  Either way I don't want to go into another weekend trying to decide if I want to go to work on Monday..

No results...

Had the interview, but I'm kinda thinking it didn't go so well.  I started out strong, but the interview was on the phone so I found my mind drifting after about 20 minutes.  Its hard to focus on someones voice when you can't see their face, so I found myself playing with the radio stations alot.  Maybe they didn't notice.

I felt after the first couple of minutes that they were looking for somebody who studies Lean Six or something brainiac.  Example, Given a situation where you might not particularly agree with a decision, but understanding that as a service provider we are obligated to provide solutions, how would you work around the deficiencies to complete the project, and give specific examples of when and how you accomplished it.  Yeah, all that in one sentence.  At least it was more coherent than my answer.  I wanted to reach through the phone and choke the guy, yell in his face that I have never failed to complete a project.  But I think I came up with some lame ass answer and left it at that.  It didn't go much better after that. 

Its freaking only Wednesday??  I'll just continue to download tunes on Limewire.  Isn't that legal yet? 

Big day tomorrow?

Well it could be.  I got an interview with Lockheed Martin for a position as the Deputy Regional Manager for the Non-Government Services Contract.  Could be good, Im actually pretty excited.  When I first got the job as a contractor for the Navy, I worked with LM setting up their training for the same contract, so I know most of  the people and did alot of the work already.  Guess we will see how it goes. 

Things are still about as bad as they were a week or so ago.  Haven't heard from the courts, but I know they got the motions.  Haven't heard from the bill collectors, but I know they got at least a partial payment..lol.  They haven't turned the lights off yet so at least thats getting paid.  The truck is about to crap out, if I don't get new tires soon I think its just gonna stop working completely.  I guess its a good reason to take the bus.