Plus ca change... plus ca change

According to my posty thingy, the last time I wrote anything in here was July 2, 2007.

So. where am I now?
Sort of where I was the last time I wrote anything. Unemployed. Again.
But things are a little different now.

I'd been having some questions about whether the ways that I made my livelihood were really all that good. High stress job with lots of conflict. Very money centered. The situation sort of resolved itself by my getting fired. During the whole "sorry sean, you just aren't a good fit..." talk, I found myself being remarkably calm.

I wasn't able to do a repeat of last time and find a new gig in 17 days. I'm hoping to get an offer next week sometime. Going on six weeks now.

But, I've been put in another situation. Move back to oregon (one of my potential jobs is in Oregon) or leave the Guard. Why? My long-suffering wife wants to go back to school. Very few day care options, particularly when I have drill weekends, get mob'd, etc.

I was pondering all this tonight and I realized that a big part of my identity has or may be aken from me. Life is always right in the end so we'll see how that goes.