7 MAY 2010 The Inevitable

This is take two of "The Inevitable" as the internet ate the first copy. So much for auto saving.

The Job I was hoping to get fell through. The contractor was trying to back-fill some slots on a temporary basis, but could not get approval for all he was trying to do. So, I am left without a job. The other contractor that is bidding on the simulator has not made contact with me and I am not willing to gamble on an offer that may not happen until June or July without some sort of reassurance, either written or verbal. Therefore, I am not willing to pay my rent ahead to keep my apartment. I also cannot stay in the country unemployed, so that's that. I made contact today with a fellow that needs a lot of household stuff, so I have sold him my washer, dryer, refrigerator and 32inch LCD TV.

Kim has made contact with her KTTA friends and has arranged to sell some of her sewing stuff that was just too big to hand carry back or would have have cost more to ship than it was worth.
Kim is also upset that I sold the fridge because she will not have any cold sodas to drink. We will figure something out.

So I have until tomorrow to try and get rid of some of the fridge items. I guess I can do it. I have survived hurricanes with very little spoilage. LOL..

1 May 2010 - The thrill is gone..

The thrill is gone away, I received my lay off notice today and will be officially unemployed in 2 weeks. I need to close my apartment here and sell my household stuff. I do have an application in with another contractor here in Kuwait but I don't know when or if I will hear anything from them. I physically handed a printed copy of my resume' to be hand carried to the above mentioned contractor. Hopefully they like what they see and can make a place for me in their organization.

I have a lot to do here, packing and cleaning, deciding what to keep and what to sell, and if I can't sell it or give it away I guess I will trash it. I may bring Kim over so she can go through her stuff and her sewing room, and in general just help me get packed out.

My biggest problem at this point is what to do with the extra (baggage) stuff. I priced FedEx and they are just cost prohibitive. A 25 kg (55lbs) package of personal things will cost about $350. So I need to make sure the things I want to send back are worth the cost of shipping it. Old clothes I can replace. Just looking around I have a lot of photos in frames that I can sacrifice the frames if it came down to that. Bed stuff can be replaced ( pillows, blankets and covers ) and since I have a California king size bed here, I will not be needing the covers for it at home in the states, only the quilts Kim made me.

Stayed "tooned" for more on this ongoing saga. It is kind of funny, don't you think? I have worked on govt contracts for 30 plus years and you would have thought I had learned a lesson by now.. Some people are just hard headed and I must be one of them. Oh well...

TTYL - Mike