Back on the Job!

So, last week a recruiter called; said he had a couple of openings available and could I send him my current resume, so I did. Called me back a couple days later to say he wanted to submit me for the network admin job; I said fine, go ahead. Called me back later that day to schedule a phone interview with the IT manager; I said okay. Couple days later spoke for about half an hour to the manager - seemed like a real nice guy; we seemed to get along okay. Couple days after that the recruiter called and said I had the job and I start Monday! Whoa! Felt like the late 90s for a change where a good resume and a pleasant attitude could get you a job in no time! Happy day! Anyway, I start Monday on a three-month contract-to-hire position with a company in West Chicago which is about a 25 mile drive one way, so gas may be an issue once again - on the other hand, I'm getting more pay here than at Abbott so that'll make it better. So, all you who were praying for me, thanks!! Nice part is it's a stable firm with a great reputation making a product I have greatly admired for years. It'll be great to be a part of that! Whew!

Lessee, my daughter, Kelly, just finished taking the Rhode Island Bar Exam - Yea, Kelly!! So I congratulate her on that and with her the best on a high score. This is her second exam since she already took the Massachusets exam when she graduated from Boston College. She and her hubby are living in Providence right now 'cause he has a teaching job there and she has a law firm job part time that will probably go full time once her scores come in, so since it looks like they'll be there for a while it made sense to take the exam again for that state. Hard work for that, though. She is to be commended.

Aaand after having Comcast off for a few weeks we're back online with them ("All ya need is dough; Yat-da-da-daaa!") and we took the opportunity to get hooked up with HD since we got an HD flat screen TV for Christmas and right now we're watching the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics. Looks gorgeous! 'Course, the problem is that NBC and Comcast cut a deal for joint presentation and the opening festivities are chopped to hell with commercials - very disappointing! I looked all over Comcast and online for a commercial-free presentation but none was to be found. Apparently if you have a satellite feed you could see the whole thing live and uncut. Guess we'll have to wait for the DVD. Anyway, we're appalled with the crass commercialism and the disrespect shown the event and the athletes by NBC et al. You guys suck!!

Okay, enough of that. I'm gonna go play Nutrinopets for a while and add some more YouTube videos to my sidebar for your enjoyment. Aaaand watch some more anime! (they're re-running the opening ceremony at 1:30 so maybe we'll try it again with, hopefully, less commercials.)

Oh, found an AWESOME website for anime images - wallpapers and scans - at http://www.animepaper.net/ check it out!