Well change is still happening for me. When I got the job at Luxottica, I also applied at several different places. I was contacted by Union Central Insurance for an interview. Last week they extended an offer and I accepted. It is pernament job and for more money. Plus I get to do some leadership as well as do programming. I start there May 4. So I am a gypsy no more.
I feel bad about leaving Luxottica. I enjoy the work, and have learned new things. People were nice - a good cooperative working environment. I guess that I hate to leave in the middle of a job. So I kind of feel guilty about that. It was a 3 month contract and I will leave at the end of the 2nd month.
The contracting has made me more confident. When I worked at Medco, I was so nervous. It was my first IT job outside of LexisNexis. Would I be able to learn new things - would I be able to learn a new system, computer languages, culture, etc. I was slow in the first month, then I hit a groove and things started to fall in place. So when I got to Luxottica - I came in calmer and with the knowledge that I can do this. So this should serve me well at Union Central.
Today has been tractor day. I got the alternator hooked up on the Moline in the morning. Then did some welding on the bucket where some of the old welds were cracking. Joe told me the garden tractor wouldn't start so I spent the afternoon on it. The teeth were ground off of the starter. Had to take a lot of tin off to get to it, then run to Eaton to get a new gear for the starter.
Chelsea is trying to buy a house. I am co-signing for it. I have co-signed so many student loans - why not co-sign for a house as well. It is a small story and a half house on a 1/5 acre lot. A good starter home for a young person. She is hoping to get it at a greatly reduced price as it is headed for foreclosure. We know the guy who did a lot of the work to the house (his daughter is the one that owned it and walking away from the property)and so we know that good quality was used inside. If we get for the price we hope to get it for then I can always turn around and rent it if some how she can't keep up with it or has to move away. She also may have a co-op job at L3 Technologies in Mason. She interviews in a week. But they sounded very interested from the email that she forwarded to me.
Helped Vanessa and Eric do a steel roof on their house. It is cheaper and 'greener' than traditonal shingles. It is an energy star product. We got it half done as the counter guy miscalculated on the number of sheets needed. He ordered exactly half the shingles, but got the felt, trim, and metal screws correct. Go figure. Once the other half comes in I will go back over and help them finish up.
Joe has prom next week. We let him rent a Tux. He is taking a girl that he met at McDonalds - Jeri. They are kinda sorta seeing each other. She is coming over tomorrow to visit for the day.
Chad and Sarah doing OK. Not much new to report. Sarah has been doing some part time painting and tutoring to make some extra $$ on the side. He is still rebuilding the Sprint. I think that it is a second job. That vehicle had better last another 200K miles after all the work that he has put into it.