Well, I found out this evening I'm being transferred to Milton, FL. I have to report to my new job location Dec. 20th. It was the closest location on the list of possible transfer locations. It's about 120 miles away. I'll most likely be living in my motor home over there and come home on the weekends. I'll have to change job titles to boot. I'll have to leave the installation side of the house and go back to where I started, the line crew. Right now the only positive thing I can think of is I still have a job.
I've still got a nice set of sharp gaffs around here somewhere, but I got rid of my T-40C (cherry picker) with the reel carrier and running cable stringer set-up. <Sigh>, those were the days...NOT!!! I can't imagine gaffin poles again. Love the smell of creosote though. My dad always smelled like that at dinner time. I am third generation gaffer. Grandpa work power, as did dad. Us kids all went into telecom after initiation in power. I hung up my hooks and never looked back, thank God. I did always like blowing stuff up with 40% Forcite tho.
I thought ATT was doing OK. I deal with them often. We are working a project with them now. I've notice a reduction in sales orders coming into my office in ATL, but we are still damn busy.
The housing market is still dropping like bird crap from a buzzard. If you can sell now, do it. Then rent. In Michigan, where I have an empty house once worth $400k on the market for sale or rent, I just found out that there are 1 million homes in foreclosure that have been held back that will be released for sale by tyhe banks hitting the market perhaps in 2011. That is a very scary thought. My house has been on the market for 6 months at $196k w/o a nibble. The ktichen is worth $25k, the hydronic in-floor heat is worth $35k. People want to give me $110 for the entire 3-story house!!! I still owe $196, so i am stuck.
Keep your spirits up, buddy. Either the world will end on 12/21/12, or the economy will finally start to rebuild as it always does. Either way, your situation is not permanent.
And just pray to God your family stays healthy. My latest medical bills just came in. From 10/15 - 11/12 the total is $400k for my little girl.
See? things could be a whole HELL of a lot worse! HahA!. It's just a matter of perspective, is all.
Bensen Days 2011 - be there, or be square! Feel the love yet? We're all behind ya 100%. You have friends here by the dozens, at the very least.