Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Update: Job Hunt

For those following along with my efforts to make a career move I have an update.

The company I've been talking with for the last seven weeks and who has interviewed me multiple times sent me an email today. It seems that the woman who wanted to hire me as soon as the contract was signed with an unnamed (for SEC reasons) US client is no longer in charge of the department. In her email to me today she said that there had been a major shakeup and that someone else was now heading up the Managed Services team. She went on to tell me that she had passed along my CV (did I mention she is in Europe?) and recommendations to her replacement and that he would be in touch at some point.

So now I'm in a state of limbo. I have no idea what the new guy is like, what he thinks about adding someone in to the position that I'm being considered for or what sort of timetable he might be working on. I don't even have the guy's name yet. What I do have going for me as several good interviews with other people in the company and my own set of references and letters of recommendation.

I hope to get a better lay of the land when I get a chance to talk with him but once again the ball is all in their court.

Tuesday, June 06, 2006

It Ain't Easy Being A Dad

Today I'm finding that it ain't easy being a dad. I'm on nearly the last leg of my trip home after being away for several days to attend the memorial service of my grandfather and while I sit in the train station waiting for the 507 to roll in my son is in the hospital back home. And it's killing me.

The procedure he is having done is a simple one that lasts less than 15 minutes under anesthesia. It's the sort of thing doctors have been doing for more years than I've been alive and we have no reason to be concerned. But it's still killing me to not be there.

The wife of our pastor has taken our girls to the zoo today and allowed Taleena to concentrate fully on Harris and his needs. It's great that she's done that and I know that Taleena is grateful too. She can spend all her energy on the boy. And yet it's still killing me to not be there.

I'm about to take a new job that will allow me to provide for my family better than I ever have before. It will give the the the opportunity to work from home even more than I do now. And it's an exciting career move to boot. But it comes with some travel. Not the amount that would brand me with the title of Road Warrior but enough to probably ensure that I'll miss the occasional T-Ball game, ballet recitals or scout meetings. So I guess I'll have to get used to it and that's killing me.

Update: When I got home that night, all was well. The procedure had gone off with out hardly a hitch and everyone was home safe and sound.

Sunday, June 04, 2006

World's Smallest Political Quiz

A conversation at dinner tonight brought up a fresh interest in this link:

The World's Smallest Political Quiz

Take a few moments to follow the link. You might be surprised be the results.