Finally! A Break!!!!

For those of you who haven't heard, I'm officially employed again!

After what seemed like a very short (in a bad way) interview at 10am yesterday morning, I got a call around 2pm with a job offer!!

I'm now (pending a successful drug test) an Application Developer with Carter Logistics, LLC!

Words cannot describe how truly happy I am with finally getting what I'm certain will be a great job with a great company doing what I LOVE. I start on Monday at 8am so I'll try and post again after my first day to record what I think.

Until then...

An update...

So... I've been back to losing weight for a month now and I've shed over 10 lbs. Unfortunately, it's 10 lbs I'd already lost, once, but I'm down from 330 to 318 so I'm moving in the right direction. I recently read the book An End to Overeating by Dr. David Kessler and it was a real eye opener concerning why many of us overeat.

And, speaking of eyes, I had an appointment with my eye doctor today to check my glaucoma which is still running rampant at a pressure of 30 in my left eye (it should be around 20) and he says that if it doesn't come down with medication in the next month, I'm in for more eye surgery.

Physical health aside, my mental health is of a questionable nature right now as my ADHD daughter is driving me insane. Everything is a fight and a tantrum and I'm at my wit's end. We've got her on medication and in counseling and none of it seems to be working... I mean, the medication makes a difference, but it doesn't seem like enough...

I'm still unemployed so that's not helping me, mentally, either. I'm stressed and depressed and frazzled. I am continuing my pro bono stuff, though, hoping that I can add it to my resume and improve my chances of getting a decent job.

So, anyway, that's all for now.

Another Day...

Well... For those of you who didn't know, already, I got laid off from Foxconn in February of this year and have been unemployed ever since. In that same time, however, I've completed my Master's Degree and have started several projects to try and build my resume.

One of these projects is Quick Mobile Weather (QM:W), a Windows Mobile Today Screen plugin that provides current and forecasted weather data. It's still in the planning stages at the moment but I hope to start coding on it soon.

The other project, which is on the front burner, is the design, development and administration of a local neighborhood group's Web site. Cold Spring Road Neighborhood Community Engagement Initiative sent out a survey a couple of months ago and asked for any volunteers. Being unemployed and in need of experience, I happily volunteered to do their Web site and help with any other IT needs. I'm hoping that this volunteer work goes toward improving both my skills and my resume.

So, today, I have many things to do, and one of them is to get a decent design figured out for CSRNCEI... I've had designer's block for the past month or so and I'm finding it very challenging to design this site but the domain should be ready soon and it needs a site!!

Anyway, I'm off to go get my allergy shots. I'll be thinking about design the entire time. Hopefully I'll come up with something...

P.S. If anyone knows of any programming or network administration or even help desk jobs in the greater Indianapolis area, please let me know. I've had 0 success landing a new job and things are starting to get ugly... LOL

After All of These Years...

Well... It’s official... After all the long years we spent together through thick and thin in an ofttimes strained relationship we’re going our seperate ways.

It’s not my choice... All I wanted was a little respect and some appreciation but even without them I wasn’t in any hurry to give up what we had together. I’m patient and I was willing to wait. Alas, I was told that I would be ousted on the 4th of May. That’s right, I’ve been dumped... by HP.

I can only hope that my new job with Foxconn come May 4th treats me better and doesn’t give me the boot as well...

I Got A Raise...

Well it seems that I only find my blog when I'm having a bad time and this post is no exception...

I got notified today that I will receive a raise today effective on my next paycheck. Normally people are happy when they find out that they're getting raises but not me! No... I got my yearly raise and it amounts to about forty dollars a month assuming I work all of my scheduled hours which, I might add, is a very unsafe assumption...

I really hate to be sour over this as I could have received no raise at all... I should probably be thankful and, trust me, I've tried... However, the fact that my raise doesn't even cover the increase in the cost of gas puts a serious damper on my raise celebration. And, of course, this raise does not take into consideration things like hard work or the fact that I earned a degree and should be making double what I am... It's just the standard 'you qualified' raise.

I don't know what I expected or whether I expected anything at all but this raise feels far more like a slap in the face than a recognition of achievement. I can't understand why a company that had record earnings all year last year and is on par to do it again thus far this year would treat its employees in this manner. I've always heard that HP is a great employer but I've yet to see it in my six years...

I've said it many times and will do so many more, I'm sure; I need a new job.