Triple Nickel!

Hey, hey, hey! Just checked the counter, and Five Hundred and Fifty-Five (五百五十五) of you have come by to visit! Another milestone - next stop... one thousand!! Whoohoo!

The kick is up...

Howdy, howdy! Well, had the interview on Friday, and it went good. In fact it went better than good - it went great! I will be putting some on-line paperwork in this week, and maybe within a few more weeks I should know whether or not I got this job. If everything goes puppy dogs and fairytales, this could be the culmination of everything (Like what? Everything!!!!) that I have worked for since returning from Japan. I am crossing my fingers (and toes). This is the BIG job that finally pays grownup money, and makes all the hard work and hard times worth it.

When I got back from Japan I had a plan. It took a loooooong time, but all the things I wanted to do have come, or are coming, into place. It is amazing what persistence can achieve...

Hang on, Dear Readers, for the exciting final act of the employment roller coaster!

海行かば

It has been raining a lot, but it is finally summer! Yes, Dear Readers, it is good to feel the sun again (between intermittent showers). The job continues (with varying degrees of success). Next week I am going in for an interview. If it is successful, then things could possibly change. Way back when, in the early days of this blog, I had the hope of finding some seriously-good employment, and start a new and better life. Things haven't been easy, but the place I am at now is much different from where I was at. At this moment I can honestly say that it has been a long and difficult journey, but I wouldn't have changed a thing. If (and this is a mighty big "if") everything works out next week, I might be looking at the culmination of five years-worth of effort. Not the end-all-be-all final step, but a pretty big one. I have already achieved part of my goals (the commissioning-thing), and now the civilian-side is starting to line up. Crossing the fingers and hoping for the best!