Hey All!
Been a while, but I have been busy.
The US Government sequestion and subsequent shut down put me in serious panic mode. rather than curl up in a ball, I bullied my way into a new job...as the Plant Engineer/Maintenance Supervisor for a factory here in town. I know, I know. I swore I would never work in a factory ever again, but desperate times call for desperate measures.
Anyway, the new job is going exceedingly well. It is really nice to be a big fish again. This company was in real trouble before I started. The have never had a maintenance department before. I am building them one from scratch. For someone with my massive ego, that must be what heaven is like.
In other news, I still have not recovered from the loss of Po-dog back in April. However, I kept my oath. I swore I would rescue another pug. Today, I blew off work and drove out to Iowa to pick up a foster pug for the local pug rescue. He is about a year old and was an owner surrender. He is completely black and in good health. However, no one bothered to tell him he is a giganto-pug (just like Po was). He is extremely active and playful. My other pugs were a little sketchy with him at first. Chuy-dog, also all black, accepted him in about 10 minutes- something Chuy never does. My wife says "it's a black thing"...
My little meat-football pug, Roxie was not impressed at first, but she is warming up pretty well. I had them playing "pug-o-war" with a toy she used to play the same game with Po-dog. All three pugs are now forming a Pug Oreo Cookie on the couch. Also he likes to sleep on my head, just like a certain Pug I miss horribly...
He is just a foster, but it looks like he may be adoptable for me. If things don't go well however, I will help the pug rescue find him a good home, and foster another. I am a bit nervous as he has never had a name. My Wife calls him Carlos, but he doesn't respond to that.
I am still going to university full time. One more semester after this one and my degree is finished! I am contemplating getting a Doctorate, but I am unsure in what. I have always been a generalist, and to specialize in just one thing scares the piss out of me.
So, in short, things are going pretty well here. Now that I have the plant running well, I wont have to log 70-90 hours a week anymore, and will have more time to check in here. Hope all is well for ya'll!
Been a while, but I have been busy.
The US Government sequestion and subsequent shut down put me in serious panic mode. rather than curl up in a ball, I bullied my way into a new job...as the Plant Engineer/Maintenance Supervisor for a factory here in town. I know, I know. I swore I would never work in a factory ever again, but desperate times call for desperate measures.
Anyway, the new job is going exceedingly well. It is really nice to be a big fish again. This company was in real trouble before I started. The have never had a maintenance department before. I am building them one from scratch. For someone with my massive ego, that must be what heaven is like.
In other news, I still have not recovered from the loss of Po-dog back in April. However, I kept my oath. I swore I would rescue another pug. Today, I blew off work and drove out to Iowa to pick up a foster pug for the local pug rescue. He is about a year old and was an owner surrender. He is completely black and in good health. However, no one bothered to tell him he is a giganto-pug (just like Po was). He is extremely active and playful. My other pugs were a little sketchy with him at first. Chuy-dog, also all black, accepted him in about 10 minutes- something Chuy never does. My wife says "it's a black thing"...
My little meat-football pug, Roxie was not impressed at first, but she is warming up pretty well. I had them playing "pug-o-war" with a toy she used to play the same game with Po-dog. All three pugs are now forming a Pug Oreo Cookie on the couch. Also he likes to sleep on my head, just like a certain Pug I miss horribly...
He is just a foster, but it looks like he may be adoptable for me. If things don't go well however, I will help the pug rescue find him a good home, and foster another. I am a bit nervous as he has never had a name. My Wife calls him Carlos, but he doesn't respond to that.
I am still going to university full time. One more semester after this one and my degree is finished! I am contemplating getting a Doctorate, but I am unsure in what. I have always been a generalist, and to specialize in just one thing scares the piss out of me.
So, in short, things are going pretty well here. Now that I have the plant running well, I wont have to log 70-90 hours a week anymore, and will have more time to check in here. Hope all is well for ya'll!
