Still No Start Date

I did, however, finally get through to the person with MDA in Huntsville who needed to talk with me last week. Today, however, she didn't need to talk to me. And she had lost my file. And her supervisor was out with an injured knee, so she didn't have any details about anything. Here's what I did learn: I will start no sooner than September 17, and they are supposed to communicate additional information in the coming days (which I interpret to mean when the decision-maker is back in the office). I had missed the deadline to start September 4, which was the original availability date I gave them, and the next possible start date was September 17. They only in-process at the start of each pay period, that is every other week, so the next possible start date is October 1. This is the government we're talking about here, so it may even be November before I get started. I could dress up as an out of work engineer for Halloween.

I went to school today to see if Dr. Moeller wanted me to explain the programs I've written and am giving them. It's the stuff I've done for my thesis - they just want the background info so they can continue to use it once I'm gone. Today wasn't good for him, so it's going to be Wednesday morning before I finish that up. I've got a little more data to run for him, so I'll do that tomorrow and give him everything Wednesday. I then plan to be gone Thursday and Friday, and possibly Tuesday, since I won't have a work conflict.

Speaking of travel schedule, as it stands now, I am hoping to leave Tullahoma Wednesday after lunch and be in Memphis by early evening. I'll stay through at least Monday afternoon, possibly Tuesday, depending on how stir crazy I'm going at my house. I'll be back in Tullahoma by 7-ish whichever day I drive back. I don't really need to be any more precise than that because it's not like I'll have any responsibilities to the school. I probably won't be back in Memphis again until after I start my job, which is now guaranteed to be after I move. I'll be about 90 minutes closer to my house in Memphis than I am now, though, so I'm going to try to be in Memphis a little more often. When I was down there before, I was home either 6 or 7 weekends out of 9. It's not a bad trip to make after work or Sunday afternoon. Somehow that extra hour and a half makes this drive seem much worse than maybe it should be. Oh well, I don't have to drive it that much more.

Forensic Something-Or-Other And Angel From Buffy Have Chemistry And Solve Crimes is a good show. I enjoy it. I somehow can't seem to fit it into my during-the-season schedule, but I'm watching it now, and it might make the fall lineup this year. Unless it airs opposite Heroes, or Smallville, or NCIS, or The Unit, or CSI (original recipe), or Shark, or any good SciFi Fridays, or Numb3rs. More tomorrow.