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It wasn't even noon, and I ran out of patience for work for the week.

New job.
Starts tomorrow.
Last location.
Different company.
Doing Robotics.
Better pay.
Opposite schedule.
More later.

I just got a call.
I've been laid off.
I'll be one of the first ones that gets hired back.
AAAARRGGHHH!!!

On the plus side this means I can help out more with the move to Camalot and have more time to look for a better job.
Also I can head home sooner to pick up my furniture.

Mixed feelings, I has them.

I had some interesting thoughts I wanted to post today.
But after work I'm just too goddamn tired to think.
Oh and I think my back is filing a grievance with the rest of me.
May end up taking off work tomorrow if its still really bothering me in the morning.

Ok,
I got a call from my employer again this morning.
I'm now back on for today.
I hope this isn't a trend.

The Good News:
1. I still have a job
2. I will get to participate in gaming weekend
3. Our house in Camalot has a CoO!

The Bad News:
1. Instead of starting tomorrow as planned. I will start next week. (see #2 above)
2. They are paying me crap, but at least its money.
3. Getting a mortgage is proving to be a problem.
4. I will need somewhere else to live if we don't get a mortgage by 4/1.
5. My friends will be unable to come up for GW as I have nowhere for them to stay (and other life issues on their part).

I'm employed! I start friday. Wish me luck!

I just got home from a job interview. Things went really well, I think. I'm totally psyched.
I should hear back from them on monday or tuesday at the latest.
*crossing my fingers*

And now for something completely different: A meme

The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you.

This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:
- No guarantees that you will like what I make!
- What I create will be just for you.
- It'll be done sometime this year.
- You have no clue what it's going to be. It may be a story, a CD, something blinky or shiny. I may draw or sculpt something. I may bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure!
- I reserve the right to do something extremely strange. I promise that it won't be a pile of boogers on a piece of paper.

The catch? Oh, the catch is that you have to repost. We can all make stuff!!

I baked cookies!
Chocolate chip and butterscotch cookies to be precise.
And people actually liked them!
Maybe this cooking thing isn't so hard after all.

In other news, still no word on the new job.
I have made the decision that I need to make a move for this to happen.

My plan is to drive up on the 20th.

Big changes, here I come.

I just got a call from the recruiter I met with last monday.
He says he has something for me, could start within a week, maybe two.
I could get an "on the job" interview, contract position for a mechanical assembler.
Pays $3/hr more than I'm making now, indefinite contract period, 30min from worcester.

I'm supposed to hear back from him within half an hour.

Life is a fucking roller coaster right now.

I just got laid off.
Kicking up the job search a notch or 8.

I just got out of an impromptu meeting with my boss.
Things are not good. We got screwed hard on an order that should have kept us in the green for the next 3 years after spending 8 months bending over backwards for the customer, including moving to a new building, hiring new people, and getting new office furniture so we don't look podunk.

He's been aware of my desire to move to MA for some time now, I was very up front about it.
He's just told me to start looking for a new job in MA again (as I haven't spent any time looking since april) he even gave me the ok to start browsing job sites here at work.

This is worrying.

I need help from you guys. Anyone know any good job recruiters or headhunters in MA?
I'm a motion control programmer with assembly and management experience.
Suggestions for companies to hit up for a job also welcome.