Again, Things never go as planned.

Well, good intentions often get derailed. You get the job you want with people you like and doing the kind of work that you are best suited for. You even have the opportunity to complete with other firms and WIN projects that are meaningful to society. Then the Economy goes to hell. Never thought that I would get laid off. Well, hoped. I made two cuts, but got it in the end. Oh well. Such is life.

So, though I have more time on my hands than I did befre, I still have troble getting on this thing to post. Nothing like emasculation to take the impetous out of your life.

So, instead of using this thing for my therapy, I have been busy doing things to improve my house, my life, and my marketablility.

I the pattern of doing more with less, I studied for and passed my LEED exam for attempting to get this world, or at least Texas on trac with the motto: Reduce, Recycle, and Re-Use!

Next on the list is to get on with studying and taking my ARE's. It seems that having a job always gets in the way of getting that done. Well, I am now studying for and getting ready to take them all. Hopefully, I will have them all passed by the end of the summer. The thought is tht I could find a job now and possibly get paid less than what I am used to or I can get this out of the way while waiting for the economy to turn around. Once it does, I will have he ability to get a better position with more credentials.

In the meantime, I will be heading to Italy to work in Castellammare di Stabiae with my Alma Mater, the University of Maryland, at documenting annd creating a 3D model of the existing ruins covered by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. (Yes, I know that today people like using B.C.E. and C.E. for before common era and Common Era, but I prefer B.C. and A.D. I believe in Christ, so sue me.)

Thus, I will be switching to posting on another site. So, if you accidentally happen upon this site, I will be posting messages for the next couple of weeks on the following website:
http://restoringancientstabiae.blogspot.com/

I will be back to this blog when I return.