countdown's on

Well, the countdown is back until I am (probably, yet hopefully temporarily) unemployed again. You might remember that my Development Tech position at the city of Halifax was a 90-day temporary position.... And, yep, those 90 days are going to be up mid-December. Boo. However, there is an upside. There was a Planner I position posted a while ago, and they've done their interviews for it. (I applied but wasn't interviewed; word on the street has it they want 2 years of development tech experience before they bump you up to planner. Argh.) Anyways, two of the interviewees were people with permanent development technician jobs. So if one of them gets it, then their position opens up, and I can apply, along with the two other temporary development techs. So that's relatively good news, but I have no idea how long it'll take to filter all of this through the union and HR. (Best guess: too slow!) And on the other hand, there's always consulting...

Countdown #2 - Three and a bit weeks until Steve's done in Saint John! He wasn't on call this weekend, so came back to Hali, and we had a great weekend. Pretty lazy and VERY relaxing, but we did manage to do most of the Christmas shopping. And he took the car back to Saint John, so I am now without wheels. (Not that it really affects my day-to-day life: when I got home from Vancouver, I drove home from the airport and the next time I drove, I was heading to Saint John two weeks later. Just means no trips to the power centre, which is probably good for me!)

Countdown #3 - This is on a longer time scale, but we drove by the condo today, and there's actually been a bit of progress! They've got all of the windows and sliding doors done on the first four floors. Nothing on the top floor yet. And according to our email update from the developer, some kind of progress is happening inside as well. (Not enough progress for a tour though - that's been postponed until the new year...)