January 18, 2009

• A short personal note

  B"H

  As most of my regular readers know, I don't often write many personal things regarding our family life. This information isn't exactly a change in that policy, but I thought that I should share this news.

  Last Sunday evening I received a visit here at work from my manager, Christine. A lot of potential changes have been floating around this department for several months. I thought that Christine had come to ask some more questions or share a possible decision in reference to changing our schedules. As it turned out, there's going to be some changes in the schedule, but I won't be a part of it. After 8 years and 7 months my time here has finally expired. This coming Weds morning I will say my final goodbyes to the Northwestern NOC (Network Operations Center).

  I started here in June of 2000 on an assignment from the technical agency I work for and was told that this would be a 6 month to perm position. If the University liked me and the work I was doing, they would hire me on after 6 months. Well, that never happened. For various reasons I have been retained as an outside contractor all this time. The pay has been good and the working environment pleasant, but working from week to week was sometimes stressful as I never knew if I'd still have a job this time the following week.

  So now it's almost over. I'm not sure what the immediate future looks like, but I feel that we'll be ok. I have looked on the Internet for telecom jobs in this area and so far all I see is a few field installation positions. I'm sure I could do that kind of work again, but I'm not so sure about the driving from place to place everyday. I really need a site position where I go somewhere in the morning and stay there all day and then come home. At my age (almost 57), and without a college degree, things in the natural don't look very promising. I, on the other hand, basically feel that the LORD knows our situation better than we do and He will provide something in His time. I want to be faithful and responsible, but I think this will all turn out for the best.

  That is all for now my friends. Please do pray for us and feel free to share any thoughts or job leads for either me, or my wife.

  Blessings,

  Shlomo

   

   

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