"No" new job update

A lot of people have been asking me lately about Robert's job situation. Even my parent's long-time mailman is curious. Well, there is not much to report.

Robert is still currently working for the US Post Office as a Transitional Employee - going on three years now. Transitional Employee (TE) basically means that he has no assigned route, works long hours (12 hours/day, 6 days/week), works at different stations, and gets no benefits whatsoever - other than the good pay. Equally frustrating is the fact that yesterday he found out that two TEs who were hired this past February are getting promoted to permanent full-time positions - because they are prior military. As much as I appreciate the fact that they have served our country, shouldn't the preference end once the job has been given? They applied for and received the position because of their military experience but once they have the job shouldn't seniority kick in and count for something? Poor Robert's blood pressure is through the roof now.

We have applications in with the US Customs for the Northern border (we are already through the application process and waiting for a position to open up), the US Border Patrol on the Southern border, and also the US Forest Service as a Law Enforcement Officer in Idaho or Montana. Just waiting to hear back from any of those agencies and we'll take whatever we can get.

So there it is in a nutshell. We are so thankful that we are able to stay in my parent's house and save up for the time when we do move. After the non-summer we've experienced this year it is proof-positive why we are wanting to leave Alaska. Of course, if Robert were given a permanent full-time position with the Post Office we would stay longer. Who knows???

We are in God's hands and whatever will be will be. It's actually very comforting to repeat that over and over and over....