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Thanks,
Woj

Hello!

My Pathfinder Associates contract is finally trickling down to the end. I had one final long day of work this week and I believe my time is done on this project.

But, they did talk to me about possibly doing some future work. It's good news but not a full-time job. I'm still plugging away on that front.

Kevin Govender put me in touch with a friend who runs a small consulting company out at Abbott Labs. She's been working hard to get me placed there or elsewhere. She has offered me some hope and I thank Kevin for introducing me to her.

I'm also still doing some part-time work for Milano, Inc. (Milano is Tony Mattucci and Mike Mutter's new startup company.) It's odd work and keeps changing but I'll see where it leads. They want me to manage a small development project for them which I've accepted but, again, it's not long-term work.

Back to my job hunting.

Have a great weekend! Looks like it will be the last of the warm weather for this summer.

Woj

ANXIETY!!!!

This is the number 1 stress point I have nowadays. I have so much anxiety about this job situation that I'm going crazy. I hit the fumes point of my monetary reserves and then landed the 3 1/2 week contract I just finished and now have reserves again. Of course, I'm still on fumes until the first big check comes in which should be any day now. (That's additional stress as I pray that I get paid.)

October 15 is coming up fast and that is actually the one year anniversary of my layoff from divine. Talk about crazy... I can't believe this market and my inability to land a job.

Life at home isn't much better. My family is tired of having me around. It's time I got into an apartment but, alas, I can't do that without some sort of steady income. Starbuck's just doesn't cut the "coffee" when it comes to cash.

Last whiney-ass gripe from me... My Starbucks insurance is going to fall back to COBRA coverage now. I wasn't able to keep working a minimum of 20 hours per week to satisfy the insurance requirement so, they will drop me to COBRA coverage soon.

When will this all end ????

Woj