Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho, it’s….

January 17, 2008

That’s right. The funding for my contract was approved. I start next Wednesday. It’s a 26 week gig, 40 hours a week.

The money is good — a bit less than I was hoping for, but more than the minimum I would have accepted. No per diem as it’s a local job. Of course, this is in addition to my pension, plus we won’t have to touch our investments this year.

With this “bump” in my plans, I won’t be spending a lot of time trying to monetize my sites for a while.

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1 dcr January 17, 2008 at 9:16 PM: Mike, something’s wrong with your “The BIG BUMP revealed” link as it takes me to your admin login page instead of a post.
2 Mike Goad January 17, 2008 at 9:22 PM: Thanks Dan, fixed
3 teeni January 17, 2008 at 9:28 PM: Well, Congratulations, Mike! That is great! Looking forward to seeing some posts about your work adventures.
4 Mike Goad January 17, 2008 at 9:42 PM: Thanks teeni!

I doubt that I’ll be posting many things about any work adventures. Most of it’s pretty boring unless you’re involved with it, and some things that might be interesting, I wouldn’t post on Exit78 because people from work and other retirees occasionally take a look to see what I’m posting. On a rare occasion, some have commented here.
5 teeni January 17, 2008 at 9:59 PM: LOL! Okay, then. You are just going to have to have a more interesting life outside of work to post about then. No pressure though.
6 Opal Tribble - Vegan Momma January 18, 2008 at 7:01 AM: Congratulations Mike, I knew you would receive it. I think it’s a smart move to keep the work activities quiet you don’t want to potentially offend any of your coworkers by talking about your work activities on a public blog.
7 Beth Ellen January 18, 2008 at 3:42 PM: Best wishes on your new project.
8 Mike Goad January 18, 2008 at 4:14 PM: Thanks! I think I should be able to handle it since it’s precisely what I did before I retired.
9 CatherineL January 20, 2008 at 9:17 PM: Well done Mike. Hopefully you will still get time to blog too. Hopefully some more of those restaurant posts, which are great. You seem to have something odd happen to you everytime you visit a restaurant.
10 Mike Goad January 20, 2008 at 9:31 PM: Thanks Catherine We actually eat out more often that we should and, usually, it’s all pretty normal, so there’s usually nothing to write about. I’m sure I’ll have time to blog. I was doing it before I retired, so I should still be able to now that I’m contracting.