Gone Fishing...

Headed with Dad to one of our favorite lakes for some fishing and relaxation.

See you in a week, blogosphere!

RIP: NBC's Russert

I'm sure many followers of national politics such as myself have spent a lot of time over the years listening to his commentary on NBC.

NBC's Tim Russert dead at 58

Congrats!

Big congrats to Aspen on her Master's and new job in Colorado!

Job Search: Round 2

Is going ok. Obviously, the market is tight...and even tighter in a line of work that is sometimes tight even when the market is better. I'm now back to the familiar routine of searching websites and doing cover letters, sending lots of email and snail mail, and in between doing tasks such as blogging, laundry and dishes. Today for instance, I'm running stuff through the dishwasher trying to clean it.

I have broken up the routine a bit...Friday was an MCPA board meeting, Tuesday I had lunch with some old friends, and yesterday lunch with a former coworker and attended a retirement reception for another. People seemed happy that I stopped in...there is no "bad blood" there which is a good thing.

Is this what I wanted to be doing right now? Not by a long shot. But it is part of life that sometimes things do not work out as planned. My hope is that the experience I have now, even a few months, puts me in a better position as far as being considered than I was at this time last year. All I can do is press forward.