The Redneck Riviera

I'm here in Panama City...well actually I'm in Southport, Florida which is a couple of miles away. I like the weather...the people are very friendly, but a little too country for my taste. I guess it's something I'll have to get adjusted to. I still haven't started work. It's mostly just some paperwork stuff now. Unless something changes (and that is entirely possible) I'll be starting on Monday. I went and picked up some new work clothes today. I also got a military ID since they seem to think that I still owe them time as a member of the inactive reserves...oh well at least I can shop on base and save some money... I think tomorrow I'll try and actually head to the beach for a while and check out the spring breakers...

I miss Michigan...for more reasons than I care to write about right now... I think I'll be heading back there in a year or two if a position opens up there with my company.

I'll be in Miami for most of May, and then San Antonio in August or September. I'm hoping I don't have too many trips like that, because it will mess up Aidan's schedule.

Anyway...enough for now. I could comment on MJ or the TS or any of the other big news stories, but I'm a little tired of them all right now...

more later
Tim

I'm moving to Panama City Florida some time next week. I just need to get everything taken care of with the movers. I'm going to miss the Michigan area. I really wanted everything to work out here, but the jobs just didn't come. I'll be working at the Naval Surface Warfare Center as a contractor.

I'm going to Canada tonight...I've never been, so I'm pretty excited. It's only about 30 minutes away, so I should take advantage of the situation while I'm up here. We're going to have dinner and play some blackjack...

Strained my back the other day packing stuff up...it's still a little stiff, but should be fine by tomorrow...

Executives at Nintendo are considering hiring Michael Jackson as the new spokesperson for their DS handheld since they feel Jackson would be totally on board with the DS's slogan of "Touching is good"...Yes, I need help...

Anyway that's about all for me for now... I may not post again until I'm on down in Florida...

Take Care

Friday night at the Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase...

Emo Phillips to me.."Don't be scared,you don't come here to be made fun of... from the looks of you, you probably came here to get away from that sort of thing..."

And for some reason he kept calling me "Ken"...

No word on a job yet...Wynne and Brian seem pretty determined to get me a job with them though...Brian is putting in a call to the Gov POC in charge of the contracts down there to request they do a "by name" request for me...I'm very grateful for that kind of support...They also told the recruiter for their company to "get him down here at any cost"...we'll see how it works out...kinda running out of time/$$... Still no regrets over leaving the AF though...I know wherever I find a job, I'll be happier than I was...that does not mean that I regret my time in the AF either..it was just not for me any more...I think only people that have been through it understand that...

I paid a resume service to shotgun my info out to like a thousand companies..hopefully some of them are interested in me...I'm trying to work as many angles as possible at this point...

I'm hungy...I'm always hungry after going to the gym...that's why I don't make any progress...I can run 10K just fine, but then I go and eat the 700 or so calories I burned up... I do like going in the pool after working out though... I think if I do move to FL,I'll eventually end up buying a place with a pool...