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It’s been freezing cold here this week and I’m desperately awaiting the warmer weather local weatherman @joshclassen<\/a> has been predicting. A -20C drop overnight to get us into this mess and a jump from -30C to -10C to +3C over a few days to pull us back out of our cold weather funk and back into the sunlight. I miss grass and leaves. I hope spring patio season arrives soon!<\/p>\n

In non weather related news (is that even possible?), I received my formal end-contract notice today. My name was spelt wrong on the letter and it was dated two days ago. Despite being hand delivered to me today. I suppose I could complain but why bother? It won’t change anything. When I think about it I realize that I shouldn’t be surprised. It’s a fitting representation of my time here over the years.\u00a0 I might even frame it.\u00a0 Or at least post it on the fridge for a week or two after Drew comes home.<\/p>\n

Still managing to get things done while we wind down work here. One more course finished and handed over. 40+ more to go. I don’t expect to have more than 10 finished (approximately 1 per week) before we leave so I do hope I’ll receive a priority listing for the courses soon. It would certainly help me determine which ones need to be worked on first!<\/p>\n

Seems today is the day for jobs to post in my field. I’ve got leads on 4 new ones and will be applying to them as soon as I can tailor my cover letters and contact my references. Before the weekend certainly. This makes me feel a bit better about the probability of success in the on-going search for work. I just wish my field was a little less specialized and a bit quicker to hire. Lengthy posting and interview processes mixed with openings that are few and far between tend to make me nervous.<\/p>\n

With so many of us vying for the same jobs it’s sometimes hard to remain upbeat and confident. After all, in positions where other co-workers and I are both applicants, I know exactly what my competition’s skill set and capabilities are. It’s not a case of hoping to get selected for an interview or an offer over random guy you’ve never seen before<\/em>. It’s a case of hoping to find work knowing that the job you accept is one more that a former co-worker won’t have available to them. Then again they might not be feeling as guilty when it comes to their own job searches.<\/p>\n

Whatever the end result may be I am grateful for their support during this process. If nothing else our cohesive group continues to share a very strong bond. Many of the new friendships I’ve made since beginning this project have made the price of playing in the big leagues <\/em>well worth it in the end. Y’all know who you are.\u00a0 Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s been freezing cold here this week and I’m desperately awaiting the warmer weather local weatherman @joshclassen has been predicting. A -20C drop overnight to get us into this mess and a jump from -30C to -10C to +3C over a few days to pull us back out of our cold weather funk and back […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/screamingpages.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/screamingpages.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/screamingpages.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/screamingpages.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/screamingpages.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1337"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/screamingpages.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1343,"href":"https:\/\/screamingpages.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1337\/revisions\/1343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/screamingpages.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/screamingpages.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/screamingpages.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}