They are NOT ruining my summah....yet.

So the while the Yankees are tripping over themselves getting swept in the Bronx by the Tigers, The Red Sox have come back to life scoring 11 runs both last night and tonight. The Sox are now behind The Empire by 6 games and the wild card by 2 games. For the first time all season they seem to be finally running on all cylinders, but I'm, of course, not holding my breath.

It's also very cool to see David Ortiz make both the All-Star team and the Home Run Derby. I'm gonna have to tape both as I'll be enjoying the AAA All-Star festivities at McCoy Stadium and Downtown Providence those nights.

I'm still working on this horrible project at The Gulag but I hopefully will be done with it tomorrow or Friday at the latest. The powers that be told me today that my work on this is greatly appreciated and will not be forgotten "when things get better around here"....whatever that means. I really don't think that "things will be better". I still think this company and the people working there are eventually gonna be screwed sometime down the road. So I'm still looking for something new, looking on the job boards and sending our resumes.

I still haven't heard from the company I interviewed for a few weeks ago, but I haven't gotten a "No Thanx" letter from them either so I'm still gonna keep my hopes up. I have to. I need to stay positive. When I hear on the news that the economy is getting better and jobs are coming back I would love to know what land they are reporting from so I can go work there.

I've had people ask me if I was offered a position in the industry I used to work in would I take it. I have to say at this point that I would have to consider it. As much as I mostly liked the job I left after 12 years mostly because I didn't get anywhere career-wise and working nights, weekends and holidays every week were wearing down on me especially with having a family. I have to admit that life, compared to the last 4 years, was easier working there, but I never saw a light at the end of the tunnel career-wise and every time I got close the door was slammed in my face. But if I was offered something I would have to have some conditions that would make family life less stressful like at least a weekend day off every week. But I doubt that would fly......

So for now I'll chug along.....humming "Sixteen Tons" to myself every morning.