The Aerie
On one of my final days of unemployment the spouse and I were headed to coffee and books at the local Barnes and Noble, made possible by a very generous gift card provided by our friend Terry. As I was parking my cell phone rang - would I like to spend a week in London teaching an information security course?
So the last 24 hours have therefore been a scramble of activity, examining the feasibility of taking this trip. First we considered taking the family if we could find a home-swap. No luck. At last discussion, my spouse has declined the idea of coming with me herself, to my disappointment. But finding someone to watch the kids was going to be a big challenge. Meanwhile I'm waiting for solid confirmation of the underlying training. But if things work out, I may get to spend a week in Ol' Blighty.
Aside from that, I finally did get some homework done, and tomorrow is another class session. Hopefully I can get my brain working in time for class.
And I got my full pay for the very brief job I did for a firm last week. This place has brought me in on several jobs, each one of which was a botch for some reason or another, and usually they're about two years apart, so I'm pleased to get this check and be done with them til 2009.
Now it's Friday, and time to start mentally gearing up to return to employment on Tuesday. It will be good to have some income... too bad I have to work for it!