Another New Job!

So, I'm at work at my little short-time contract job (where they have just assigned me more responsibility and were very complementary about my work and wanted me to do this extra stuff 'cause I'm the only one they'll trust it with), when I get a call from my recruiter at TEKSystems to say I have a job! This is at Zurich - the international finance and insurance company - which he submitted me for on Monday. He said they would probably act fast on their decision and I might start next Monday if everything goes well. The money is right, but the health benefits from TEKSystems suck, and the work is second shift - 4:00-midnight. Anyway, he calls me this morning and says I have the job but they need me to start today!

So, I hurry down to my supervisor's cube to give him the bad news. He totally understood and asked how much notice I was giving and I told him none, really. However, my current contract was scheduled to finish the end of July (about two weeks) so I offered to start there at 7:00am and do the work they have for me and then go to my next job at 3:00. He actually said that would be great and thanked me for the extra effort and not leaving them in the lurch. Kewl~!

So for the next two weeks (or as long as I can stand it) I will be double-dipping as they say which will really help things around the house, dontchaknow. ;-)

The job is going to be very cool in that I will be monitoring several hundred servers and taking calls should anything happen with any of them. We are also decommissioning a bunch of them and adding new ones. I'll learn a lot here! Plus, my coworkers say that when it's slow with projects or anything we can do what we like - which for me will studying for more certifications. It's a win-win.

My only concern is Mary Lynn getting to work. We have found the the chair lift in the new van is a lot harder for her to manipulate than we thought it was going to be. She really strains her back when pushing or pulling the scooter in and out. At least once the day job ends for me I'll be around most of the day to help out. Pray with me that she doesn't injure herself in the meantime. That would make the new job not be worth it!

Gotta go now. All skate; all skate....