Welcome Tang, New Beginnings Options

[moon_beam]

Hi, Tracy, CONGRATULATIONS on your interview for tomorrow and all the responses you've received. I am sooooo excited for you!! I am hoping and praying with all my heart that ONE of these opportunities is ONE for you!!! And not just a job, but a GOOD JOB with a salary that will provide you and your precious furkids good financial stability and security. I look forward to knowing how things go for you, my friend.

Once again, my friend, I hope you, your precious Theresa and little Tang will have a very peaceful and cozy evening. Please know you and your precious furkids are in my thoughts and prayers, Tracy, and that I always look forward to sharing your news and your treasured memories of your beloved Sir Thomas.

Peace and blessings,
moon_beam

[Tom's Dad]

Thanks moon_beam

I'll let you know.

[LoveMyMickey]

Hi Tracy.....Congratulations from me too! Like moon-beam said I hope the job you do get will pay well, so you and furbabies can feel secure.......My thoughts and prayers are with you for your interview tomorrow.

I hope you and furbabies have a peaceful evening without the game players. I had to smile about the cell phone. ....TTFN..


LoveMyMickey

[Tom's Dad]

Thank you LoveMyMickey

Years ago (in the 80s) I worked for a cable company. One of the perks was free service. Of course, that was before the internet and digital phone service, so I'm not not sure that still applies. But even a discount would help. I'll let you know.

[moon_beam]

Hi, Tracy, good afternoon greetings to you, your precious Theresa and little Tang from Noah and me. I hope this finds you and your precious furkids doing well and in reasonably good spirits.

I am so anxious to hear how your interview went today, my friend, and if you have any other interviews pending.

Early this morning Noah and I saw a couple of very young deer walking along the outside of the fence in the woods. It is always a blessing seeing these beautiful woodland residents. I also worked on better organizing my personal property and real estate tax receipts, so that's finally done. And today I was finally able to order new cartridges for my HP inkjet printer. The pop up window that lets me know the ink levels has been letting me know they are at the "critical" levels now. I needed to wait until after I got groceries. I will wait until after next month to see about getting the Snapper mower fixed. And my precious little boy is now taking a well deserved afternoon nap snuggled next to me as I'm writing to you.

Tracy, I do hope with all my heart that your interview went well today and that the job is yours for the taking if it is what you want - - and need. I hope today is treating you and your precious Theresa and little Tang kindly, and that you and your precious fur family will have a very peaceful and cozy evening. I thank you for the blessing of your friendship, Tracy, and of your precious furkids. Please know you and your precious Theresa and little Tang are in my thoughts and prayers, and that I always look forward to sharing your news and your treasured memories of your beloved Sir Thomas.

Peace and blessings,
moon_beam

[Tom's Dad]

Thank you moon_beam

Well, I got lost finding the place. I called the guy from the agency, and he met me at the closest land mark and drove me over. I met with a very pleasant woman. She basically informed me that the people she would be seeing today (7 in all) are being offered the positions, she just wanted to talk with each one to make sure it's a good fit. It's on the business side, not residential. I used to envy those reps at LG&E because it seems like they had less stressful calls. Being that it's business, we take all the calls from basic trouble shooting to billing questions. The pay is in exactly the middle of the range I was quoted. Tomorrow I go to the agency office for orientation at 1:30. I filled out a background and drug screen authorization on line. Hopefully I can do the drug screening (if I get the auth email) downtown before I head over to the east side for the appointment.

So, let's all pray the "paperwork" comes out OK and I can start Monday. Theresa and Tang are as well as can be expected. I have talked to each of them about how they will have to get along without me for 12 hours a day, give or take. I'm hoping for a "day" shift after training. Otherwise, I'll have to walk about a mile to catch the nearest bus. But that's about as far as I have to walk to the Save-a-Step, so it's not the end of the world; maybe I'll get a bicycle if I can find one cheap. Oh, thanks for sharing about the deer. It's always nice. Hope you and Noah are well. TTFN

TTT

[moon_beam]

Hi, Tracy, thank you so much for sharing with us how your interview went. I am hoping and praying that this works out for you, my friend. How nice that the agency rep rescued you so that you could get to the interview. Was there any mention of a discount for company internet user employees? Is this a permanent position (I hope) as opposed to a temporary one? Perhaps you will still want to follow up with your other responses if nothing else than keeping your foot in the door so to speak.

Once again, Tracy, I am soooo glad this interview went well. Please let us know how things go tomorrow with the orientation and drug screening. I hope you, your precious Theresa and little Tang will have a very peaceful and cozy evening, my friend, and that I always look forward to sharing your news and your treasured memories of your beloved Sir Thomas.

Peace and blessings,
moon_beam

[Tom's Dad]

Thank you moon_beam

It's contract to hire. The woman said they are averaging 6-9 months for transition to regular employment. But they are growing; 7 new people to a dept. that's only about 20 now. So, who knows. I didn't want to ask about any service discounts, especially being a cotractor to start. But I'm sure someone will ask, and I will keep my ears perked. Even if I get a day shift that fits with the express bus schedule, the extra money spent on that would probably eat up any discounts (sigh) But it sounds like a good opportunity to get back into call center and to sharpen my help desk skills.

It's not too far from the Banfield location Tang's orginal vet went to. So, perhaps when I have saved up enough. I can take a cab that day and do a drop off on his procedure while I'm working. Just have to see, but it was one of many thoughts that crossed my head today. I'll keep you posted. TTFN

TTT

[DannysMom]

Hi Tracy,

So glad to hear your job interview went well! Things are really looking up, and I am so happy for you! Good luck with everything! Maybe you could even find someone you could ride into work with. I am sure that after a week or so Tang and Teresa would get used to you being at work. Cats tend to sleep a lot when their humans are gone, so it shouldn't be a problem. And it's good that you can drop off Tang at the nearby Banfield vet.

My girls are fine. They enjoy playing together, and last night Mindy held down Shelley's head with her paw while she gave her a long, luxurious bath on the head. What a sweetie! Shelley sure enjoyed it and she likes Mindy. I would NEVER have seen this kind of interaction between Tina and Mindy as Tina was always totally focused on me.

I hope your neighbors are giving you a rest. I chuckled when I read about your cell phone trick.

[Tom's Dad]

Thank you DannysMom

It's kinda back to my call center/help desk roots. Limited training "sink or swim" from the old NPC days. But I managed OK back then. In fact, I was the only one from the desk I started on to ever cross train and make team lead. As far as I know, that record still holds.

I'm going to take it one step at a time on the transport. I have looked at all the bus schedules and Google mapped the possible walking distances. I'll make it work somehow. Always glad to hear about Shelley and Mindy. Theresa and Tang don't do the communal bath thing. Maybe that's a gender thing. Hope you and your girls contunue to do well, TTFN

TTT

[moon_beam]

Hi, Tracy, greetings to you, your precious Theresa and little Tang from Noah and me on this Friday afternoon. I hope this finds you and your precious furkids doing well and in good spirits.

I know you are at orientation now, and I hope all is going well. I hope and pray so much that this job will turn out to be a blessing to you, my friend. I hope you were able to get the drug screening part taken care of as you wanted to, and am looking forward to knowing how things go for you today. I hope you will be able to smooth out any rough edges on the transportation as well. Perhaps once again if this job turns out to be a good one for you, you may be able to find suitable living accommodations closer to the transportation route - - maybe? But if you did move would you still be able to have the assistance of your cabbie friend?

Not much going on here today. I gave Noah a needed pedicure before lunch. Nail trimming is not his favorite activity, so getting his lunch afterwards helped him to know that all is well. He is taking his afternoon siesta as I'm writing to you. We're under a tornado watch until 9 this evening. The regional radar is quite colorful but so far all that has happened is the sound of thunder in the distance. Right now we are enjoying bright sunshine.

I hope today is treating you and your precious Theresa and little Tang kindly, and that you and your precious fur family will have a very peaceful and cozy evening. I thank you for the blessing of your friendship, Tracy, and of your precious furkids. Please know you and your precious Theresa and little Tang are in my thoughts and prayers, and that I always look forward to sharing your news and your treasured memories of your beloved Sir Thomas. And I do look forward to knowing how your day has been going, my friend.

Peace and blessings,
moon_beam

[Tom's Dad]

Thank you moon_beam

I am still waiting for the background/drug screen. Hopefully by Monday and can start Tuesday. The one snag I see in my schedule is working Sunday. My off days are Saturday and Tuesday. This will start after 2-3 weeks of training M-F 8-5 - The problem with Sunday is even taking the bus that I have to walk a mile from the bus stop, the earliest one would get me there 30 minutes late. So, I would probably have to take a cab in to work. And that part of town would run about 35.00, give or take (sigh) The KFORCE rep said it would not be out of line to see if they could work with me on the schedule due to having to ride the bus. Just have to see

I can certainly relate to nail clipping time. Theresa and Tang BOTH hate it. Tom at least tolerated it. Home now and seeing to the kids. Not much else happening. Hope you and Noah are well. TTFN.

TTT

[moon_beam]

Hi, Tracy, Caturday greetings to you, your precious Theresa and little Tang from Noah and me. I hope this finds you and your precious furkids doing well and in good spirits.

Sounds like your orientation went okay yesterday, and I do hope that HR will see its way clear to switch your schedule so that you don't have to worry about transportation on Sundays. I presume that $35 price tag for cab fare is one way? Gulp - - even if it is total round trip fare that would eat up your earnings big time. Please let us know how this goes for you, my friend. And I hope HR gets your background and drug screening back by Monday so that you can begin your new job. I presume you will get a call or e-mail confirming your start date?

Noah is giving his feet a good scrubbing as I'm writing to you. He is perched on his window box with the sunbeams shining through with the big door open and gated so that we can enjoy the sounds and songs of the woodland critters. Last night's tornado watch came and went uneventfully, at least over the homestead here. Got a brief rain shower with an occasional thunder rumble in the distance, and then the sun was out just in time to call it a day. Today is supposed to be in the low 70's range - - very pleasant indeed.

I hope today is treating you, your precious Theresa and little Tang kindly, my friend, and that you and your precious fur family will have a very peaceful and cozy evening. I thank you for the blessing of your friendship, Tracy, and of your precious furkids. Please know you and your precious Theresa and little Tang are in my thoughts and prayers, and that I always look forward to sharing your news and your treasured memories of your beloved Sir Thomas.

Peace and blessings,
moon_beam

[Tom's Dad]

Thanks moon_beam

That cab fare is one way, which is all I'd need because I can get home on the bus. I figure that to be a cost equal to about 1.00 per hour pay on a work week. Which would still have me coming out way ahead of UE, but it would just be so wasteful. Even if they could just move my sechedule back an hour on Sunday that would work for the bus both ways. I've already got the 1.00 each way extra for the express bus on the weekdays. What a scam TARC has going on that; and they are about to go up across the board again in July. I'd sure like to know how the guy that got M-F 9:30-6:00 rated.

Smiling at Noah enjoying the sunbeams and his woodland neighbors. It's fairly cool here today so I'm letting Theresa and Tang have Balcony time for a bit. Hope you are bothj doing well. TTFN

TTT

[DannysMom]

Hi Tracy! Happy Saturday to you, Tang, and Teresa. I hope the weather is nice in your neck of the woods, and that your neighbors are keeping quiet. Not much going on here. I watched my two girls happily chasing each other this morning. Shelley did her usual whine in the kitchen about a fresh bowl of water. She really does "whine" -- it's long, drawn out meows, and she sounds almost like a little baby. Oh, the exuberance of the young! We got lots and lots of rain late last night, and a couple thunderstorms. The girls didn't seem to be bothered by it. I remember how my Danny always used to run and hide under my bed whenever he heard the first rumble of thunder.

[Tom's Dad]

Thank you DannysMom

Weather is nice today. What a funny story about your girls. Especially Shelley's whines, bless her heart. "Moooooooom, I wants fresh waaaaaaater" I hope they continue to entertain and comfort each other. TTFN

TTT

[moon_beam]

Hi, Tracy, sunny breezy Sunday afternoon greetings to you, your precious Theresa and little Tang from Noah and me. I hope this finds you and your precious furkids doing well and in good spirits.

I'm glad to know that the cab fare would only need to be one way, but am still sorry that you are having to face using this as an option. I can so understand your feelings about "I'd sure like to know how the guy that got M-F 9:30-6:00 rated." Most of my working life I have always wondered when it was going to be my turn to wear the glass slipper. The only thing you can do, my friend, is your best under challenging circumstances whether or not anyone else notices it. Please know each of us here DO notice your valiant efforts, even though there may be little we can do to change your circumstances. Still I hope receiving validation from us will offer you encouragement and support to keep trying and enduring.

We are being visited by a very young deer this afternoon. It is always a welcome delight to see the deer on the property. I hope today is treating you, your precious Theresa and little Tang kindly, my friend, and that you and your precious fur family will have a very peaceful and cozy evening. I thank you for the blessing of your friendship, Tracy, and of your precious furkids. Please know you and your precious Theresa and little Tang are in my thoughts and prayers, and that I always look forward to sharing your news and your treasured memories of your beloved Sir Thomas.

Peace and blessings,
moon_beam

[Tom's Dad]

Thank you moon_beam

It's a blow to the budget (so much for the Tang fund, in the short term anyway) but if it get's me closer to my goal of security, so be it. It's a great chance to get back up to speed on the latest in communications tech. Perhaps I can try to get Tang to Banfield (when I have the money) on a Sunday so the expence isn't totally wasted; just have to see.

I appreciate the support from you and the others that have visited and posted. Always good to hear about the deer and other local wild life. It makes a me a tad envious. I hope you and Noah are having a pleasant Sunday. TTFN

TTT

[LoveMyMickey]

Hi Tracy,

Just stopping by to let you know you are in my thoughts and prayers for everything to go well for you and furbabies.

LoveMyMickey

[Tom's Dad]

Thanks LoveMyMickey

Word on the background/drug screen is maybe tomorrow (at the soonest) Should come out OK, but who knows these days