I just wanted to take a few moments to wish everyone a happy 4th of July and share an update and some random thoughts. Sorry for the lack of updates this week, as it has been very busy with the job hunt and such. I’m also finding it more difficult to find the time to write now that I only have my desktop in my home office to work from instead of my work laptop where I could write while watching the kids or enjoying an episode of Deadliest Catch.
Today we celebrate our nation’s independence and everything that makes this country great, however it does seem like the celebration is rather subdued this year. The economy it hitting almost everyone hard with more and more people recognizing that although we may have won our independence from the British more than two centuries ago, we are losing a lot of that independence due to our dependence on foreign oil and debt. I do really worry about where this country is headed with the stupid tree-huggers preferring to have our country at the mercy of foreign nations rather than drilling for the oil we have right here in this country and our politicians continuing to spend like drunken sailors. The debt our government has racked up is absolutely astounding, and sadly the Republican Party that many thought would be the ones to bring fiscal responsibility back to government has shown in the last ten years they are little better than the Socialists Democrats. Our choices in the presidential election this year show there will be no change coming soon, as both of the major party candidates are criss-crossing our nation and showing that neither of them are fit for the job, as well as that they are both depriving some village of their idiot. It will be a house of pain whenever the foreigners that hold the vast amounts of debt this country has issued refuse to take any more and want us to actually make good on what we owe.
Anyway, so much for the anti-government rant. To update everyone, the job search is still going. Unfortunately I got word that I could scratch quite a few of the opportunities I have applied and interviewed for off of my list. One didn’t give a reason, but at least finally confirmed my status five weeks after my second interview. Another had me interview and even had me go complete a drug test only to come back and say they wanted someone with more experience, as if they couldn’t have figured out how much experience I had from my resume. Yet another said they liked me and my credentials, but thought I wouldn’t like the job because of the size of the company.
Thankfully I do still have several active opportunities here in Houston, and I also now have two active opportunities back home in Louisiana. One of the Louisiana opportunities I interviewed for yesterday and was told that they would like to schedule time with me next week for me to meet their executives at the main office in Louisiana. The other they are working to schedule a phone interview with the hiring manager for sometime this coming week. We have really been praying to get the family back to Louisiana, so our hope is that the lack of offers so far here in Houston is Heavenly Father’s way of making sure I don’t accept something here when a better opportunity awaits us back home.
Anyway, that’s what is going on around here. I will work on being a bit better with the regularity of my postings, as I have received word from my loyal readers (yes, all three of them) that they have been disappointed on a few recent visits to find no updates. If anyone has suggestions for new blog posting topics, feel free to leave a comment and let me know.