Hey non-readers....I'm back.

First things first. My prognostication that we would get an interview from my earlier proposal came true. Now let's see if I can land this job. Most of the time, and please note I said "most", I get a job if it goes to interview. I can usually charm my way in, and I'm not planning on holding back on this upcoming session. It'd be a great job for the summer that has absolutely nothing to do with our other fields of engineering practice here at PB.

The Jeep is no longer taking up any space in our driveway. Better yet, the check cleared from the guy that bought it. Whoo-hoo! Down to a mere three cars. I spent last weekend moving boxes from one side of the garage to the other trying to figure out how to get rid of stuff. There is so much pure junk out there from some of my crap I bought off of e-bay to my sister's wierd clothing (most of which I suspect was taken from my dead aunt's closet....home made and 100% polyester) to boxes of paper from Beth's old office. The temptation to just rent a roll-off dumpster and park it out front for a week is hard to fight right now. Maybe I'll actually talk to Beth about that.

My overall mental health seems to be improving. Maybe its because I haven't had any real work pressures for some time now. It feels good. Now all I have to do is get my ass out on the cycle so I can have some athletic outlet for the remainder of the year.

Oh yeah, I still want to get back into scuba with Joseph. I'm also thinking real seriously about adding Lucero to my name. How cool would that be?

Peace.

Allan K. Lucero Porter (sounds good)

And so ends a short week for me. I took Friday off. Still have no billable work, which is starting to get on my nerves some. Hopefully the proposal I finished up last week will be fruitful. If so, it needs to at least multiply, and maybe do some basic integers.

I am truly bummed that my attitude caused a minor rift between me and Ruan. He is the last guy I want to be pissed at me. I value all our candid conversations, and maybe that's all this was. He and I have shared a lot of life, even though he grew up in Santa Fe. I need to watch my mouth and keep from griping so much. It does affect everyone, and maybe my friends even more. Damn those Cancers!!

I have managed to get to work on time, and damn does it feel good. The day goes bye faster and I don't have so many guilt trips about not being there, etc. The proposal I wrote is pretty good, and I'd bet we get at least an interview. Once I get my foot in the door, our chances of landing the job get pretty good. We could make some money on an interesting project and maybe I can retreat to the shadows a little.

Its a beautiful Saturday, still a little cold and some snow on the ground on the north side. There has been so much snow this year, and its actually been sticking around. I am enjoying the wet weather and hoping that some of the long term predictions about increased drought in the SW are overly pessimistic. Maybe a cycle ride is in the works. LOL...yeah, my lazy ass exercise? Stranger things have happened.

Its time to embark on a house cleaning journey. I'd like to get some crap on e-bay and start emptying the closets.

It's gone, I hope. I sold the Jeep today to one of Jim Thomte's friends. I took a bath on it, with all the money and upgrades I made. Oh well, its money I didn't have and we could use some cash inflow right about now. Pay off some bills.

A Tom Tomorrow follows.

Peace.