You`re messing with the G, pal!

Howdy, howdy! Well, folks, a week has nearly passed, and the new job is proceeding reasonably well. If you work for the Government in any capacity you must be prepared to be briefed on a ton of stuff. Everything from equal opportunity to drugs to terrorism. It took two days to get up to speed on how not to act at work. Now we are training for our actual job, which should take about a month, or so. I`m not doing anything too exciting or vital, but it is a nice little job for the time being, and the people seem friendly enough. It is hard to believe that I have finally found a real job with pay-you-can-live-on and honest-to-goodness fringe benefits (Insurance? 401k? Pinch me!). My apartment is coming together nicely (got the bed on Tuesday). Gosh, if things keep going like this I might be respectable in six months... The best part is that a few other opportunities are floating around, and if any of them come to fruition they could lead to some rather majorly cool career choices (mmmmm...). Very nice to contemplate, indeed!

We have Touchdown!

Yes, Mission Control, The Ushiku has landed! Moved into the aparto yesterday afternoon (no water still, but it is coming soon, they say...) and I just got a phone call from a company that does cyber systems work for the G - I got the job! I have to report in this afternoon to start my security background checks (oooh, mysterious!). I called my temp folks and gave them the bad/good news (depending on your point of view, I suppose). They were very happy for me - I will miss my temp-friends at the warehouse (we had a pretty unique crew - we bonded rather quickly, and really worked efficently together). I also have my interview tomorrow morning with Akebono. My head is spinning with the possibilities, and my heart is full of hope and - dare I say? - joy. It is very nice to experience these feelings after so many months of disappointment and hard work. I may not be able to update my blog for the next week or so - I need to get a high-speed hook up at my new digs. Please be patient, and I promise that Ushiku Person will be back with more thrilling stories soon!

Darkest before the Dawn

Well, Loyal Readers, it has been just over three months since I started this blog with the intention of documenting my transition to a New Life, and this week marks the beginning of a lot of things - exciting, good things! Yours truly, Ushiku Person, has been working another temp job (this time at a warehouse the size of Rhode Island). The people are very friendly; the work is tiring, but my co-workers keep me laughing, and that goes a long way towards off-setting the ten-hour days (or, should I say "nights", as we work the late shift). Last week I finally found an apartment and I'll be moving in tomorrow (hooray!). Also, I had a big job interview with a company that does a lot of work for the G on Fort Knox, and they will be contacting me this week on a possible position. Also, I have an interview with a Japanese autoparts maker on Wednesday - seems that when I was working (briefly) at Ambrake, they were interested in my Japanese business experience. They referred me to their parent comapny called Akebono (not to be confused with the sumo 横綱 yokozuna wrestler). This is all great news, but wait, there's more! I am also currently up for consideration for a number of other positions - all of which are great opportunities. It has been a roller-coaster ride for the past few months, but if at least one of these things works out, then I will be ecstatic. Please cross your fingers and lets hope that by this coming Friday I'll have a new home, a new career, and a New Life!