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There’s Always Something

29 Monday Jun 2020

Posted by Tim Hughes Living with CML in Depression, Family, Retirement, Twins

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College, Job, Work

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I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything but I’ve been doing other things and I haven’t taken the time to post.  To be honest I’ve been rather depressed as of late.  The fact that I’m not working anywhere and not able to keep my mind off of things makes it difficult to not get depressed.

Both my daughters graduated in May and here it is the end of June and neither one has any job offers on the table.  One of my daughters has a teaching degree and has had a couple of interviews but no one wants to hire her.  The other has some sort of advertising degree and she’s got several applications in but hasn’t had any interviews yet.  They have six months to get a job to start paying their loans back.  My son went through the same thing and we were prepared to help him with paying back his loans but as luck would have it, he got a job right at the end.  Now we have two that we’d have to help and right now there is no way we can help.  We just can’t afford it.  I guess, if worse comes to worst, we could get some kind of load to help but I don’t want to get back in debt again.

The sight of my daughter getting so excited to get an interview and then wait for a phone call that never comes is more that I can handle.  She says she’s alright but I know just how disappointed she is and I’m disappointed for her.  What makes this thing a little worse is that she does have a part-time job working at the YMCA.  The thing is that they’ve hired too many people and now only works every other week so she’s not making the money she was promised. At least my other daughter is working, at least until the end of July until she has to move out of her apartment and then she will be out of a job.

I guess it’s all part of parenting. There’s a lot more I’d rather do as a parent than to watch them struggle.  My son, who I was worried about when he graduated, now has a job making nearly twice as much as I did when I worked thirty-two years and he’s only worked for about four.  Go figure.  Maybe my girls will end up doing the same thing.  I pray they will.

 

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Retirement

06 Tuesday Mar 2018

Posted by Tim Hughes Living with CML in Cancer, Uncategorized, Weight Loss

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Job, Life, Retirement, Work

Only 163 more days. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, although dim, I can still see it. Some days, like today, it seems that it will never get here. I’m not exactly sure what I’ll be doing once I retire but I’m sure it won’t be dealing with some of the crap that I have to deal with now on a daily basis. I know that I’ll have to find something to do otherwise I’ll get as big as the side of the barn. I have several hobbies that will keep me from sitting on the couch and there’s always yard work to do. Maybe I’ll find a job that I can drive people around a couple days a week. Who knows?

365 Day Photo Challenge 345/365 “Road Trip”

10 Thursday Dec 2015

Posted by Tim Hughes Living with CML in Photography

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365 Day Photo Challenge, HVAC, Job, Road Trip, Travel, Work

The good thing about being the only HVAC tech in a large company is that you get a chance to do a lot of road trips.  The bad thing about being the only HVAC tech in a large company is that you get a chance to do a lot of road trips.  During my thirty years I used to travel a lot doing preventive maintenance on equipment all over our state and even into Georgia.  Since we’ve gotten our new boss nearly two years ago my traveling came to a complete halt.  He wanted this hand picked team to go and I wasn’t included.  Didn’t hurt my feelings none because I’d rather go home in the evenings instead of being off somewhere away from the wife and kids. Now since we’ve been losing people left and right because of our boss’s attitude I’m the only one left and now I have no choice but to go on these road trips.  Tomorrow I leave again for another road trip.  It’s two hours away and I’ve got at least six hours of work there and then another two hours back.  Going to be a long day tomorrow.

“Life Goes On!”

365 Photo Challenge It’s What I Do

05 Monday Jan 2015

Posted by Tim Hughes Living with CML in Uncategorized

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365 Photo Challenge, AC Units, Chiller, HVAC, Job, Work

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For those that are looking at this piece of machinery thinking “What in the world is this?”  I’ts a chiller.  It’s what cools our building complex.  What you’re looking at is three 750 ton Air Conditioning units.  My main job is to see that these bad boys run with out any problems.  I have to take readings on these things every day of the work week making sure that the temperature and pressures are correct.  Most of the time they run with no issues but when they break down it can get very expensive.

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