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Nick, thanks for the update. I'm sure everything will work out man, it always does. I would hate to lose a fellow Axiomite in the Des Moines area.

Absolutely Nick, keep up the good spirits. Don't forget to take advantage of the bit of down time as soon you'll be back to work and wishing you took better advantage of the free time you had.

It's kind of ironic. With a move looking like our only option (which is better than no option) I spent the last 2 days really cranking down on home home projects. Things like painting hallways that needed it BADLY, touch-up painting everything else, putting up some window treatments that we've had for about 6 months, fixed a wooden spindle on the deck, fixed the door stop in our bathroom where my wife slammed the old door stop right through the door (she was mad at the door not me, whew), fixing the screen door to our deck and from our basement to outside, etc, etc...

The ironic part was that I also spent about 2 hours painting a geometric design on the one large wall in my home theater. Something I wanted to do a couple of years ago, but never got around to it.

Other things range from simple to more involved like building a second closet in our master bedroom since the existing closet is about the smallest "walk-in" closet I've ever seen, and making the linen closet at the end of the hall a little bigger with a bigger door as well.

These projects have made the days go by quickly and have been pretty low cost, but will either help with the resale potential or just be nice to have done should something come up locally...

Glad to hear you're staying busy and positive (I think?) throughout this process. I'm not sure I'd be able to do the same.

Nick:
No matter what the current job situation, you can take pride in the home improvements that you made! Keeping busy would be tantamount for me, and you might as well have something to show for the "down time".

And don't forget pictures of this geometric design in the HT.
And a hint if it's actually some sort of secret Masonic message.

Well, I haven't updated anyone here in some time.

While I read the forums multiple times a day, being unemployed has had this strange effect on me that I just find it hard to participate like I used to in my hobbies. I really miss giving advice, tips, tricks, smart-alec comments, and so forth.

Anyway, it is closing in on the end of month 6 and still no job.

I do have a very good prospect in the works right now though. Today I had my 5th interview for a job. I would be working for an outsourcing company but at one of their customer sites. While I won't go into the details of the job, I would be traveling quite a bit for the first six months to places that I have never been to like Little Rock, Cincinnati, St Petersburg, Los Angeles, Charlotte as well as some places that I have been to like Atlanta, New York, and Denver.

Good thing is that it would only be about a $5000 a year pay cut (vs. the possible $25,000 pay cut I was facing with another position), the bad part is that it would still require a move. I would need to move to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, which is where I lived for a couple of years about 10 years ago. It isn't a *bad* place at all, but just less than ideal. Then again, any move is "less than ideal".

The interview today was where the outsourcing company presented me as their choice for the project, so things are looking pretty good, but until the contract is signed, and until they actually offer the job, I am trying to not get my hopes up too much.

Anyway, that is the latest.

Hang in there. I hope it works out soon. If not with this one, then with something else closer to ideal. I'm rooting for you.

Nick, the economy is starting to show some signs of life in the last couple of months, so hopefully there will be more doors opening....

Its a tough thing to go through Nick, but in the end you will find something that suits you.

We just went through a buyout and merging of two offices. The company offered packages and 90% of the IT group took them. It seems that most people found other work.

They are still looking for people. Its Toyota Boshoku and the head office is in Erlanger KY. Don't think they pay well though.