As noted in my previous posting, I have unretired, and have started my new job in Stafford, Texas, a suburb just southwest of Houston, certainly part of the greater metropolitan area. After a very nice trip to Milwaukee, the wife and I came back to Tennessee, and spent the week continuing to get organized for this transition period. I left for Houston Monday morning, and got here Tuesday mid- to late-morning. I reported to work, and spent the day in-processing. I know it would be better if I could spend more time with my wife right now, she has an awful lot on her shoulders. She is trying to get her late aunt's house ready for sale, keep our house in show-able condition, go through things to prepare for our move, and all the while, run herd on our pack of three dogs. I try to talk with her as much as I can. This may be the first time ever that I will actually use all the minutes on our cell phone plan.
I must say, the Houston traffic is incredible compared to our rural little town in eastern TN. Even after work, at 7:00 PM, it was still bumper-to-bumper stop-and-go. Amazing. But this evening, at about the same time, it was flowing much better.
We had our first inquiry on the house in TN, just a nibble, really. A realtor asked about showing the house sometime soon. It has been almost a month since we listed the house, so we are a bit hopeful, perhaps overly so, about this.
The new job is going well, there is a lot to learn, with new systems, new procedures, lots of new names and faces. But I am excited about it. I started on my first proposal today. It is for a customer I started to court late last year, and we have progressed to defining and pricing some very specific tasks. And my first business trip is starting Saturday afternoon.
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