Hello everyone,
Success.....well, almost. I am 2 days away from securing a full time position at my number one choice of work. Minor details to iron out such as a mandatory urinalysis....etc. Fairly sure I have mentioned something about urinalysis in my blog before....somewhere down the line.
Several days ago, before I had confirmation that I would be called in for the second interview, I applied for unemployment benefits. Never had done that before....but am happy to write that I did not need to collect anything from them. I am still on military leave and had a buffer.....albeit a small one. April 13th would have ended my leave and subsequently, my pay.
All is well. As a matter of fact, I had two calls this morning. The second call was from a Casino nearby in regards to my inquiry about a security position. Just to re-affirm.....the jobs are out there.
I also want to give kudos to Work Source of Washington. I am pretty sure every State has a Work Source program. Here is the hotlink to the one in Washington State.
https://fortress.wa.gov/esd/worksource/Seeker/skrLogin.aspx
I also want to sincerely thank all my family and friends for their support and assistance in my efforts to secure a job. I will still be looking forward to being on the ballot in 2016, but it is a good feeling to again have a job.
Have a great day, and a super weekend!
Trevor
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Still looking
Hello everyone,
Been an absolutely busy couple weeks. Always hoping to post more often and create more videos, but I am still job hunting. There are jobs available and with President Obama's promise that more veterans will be hired through tax credits and tax cuts for companies that hire us, I am assured a job...somewhere and sometime.
The weather has finally begun to cooperate and we are doing some home maintenance ( starting with washing our immense bay windows ), but ahhh, to let the sunshine in is such a good feeling.
After our vacation and return, it snowed or sleeted or hailed and rained nearly every day until about 3 days ago.
I still have about 3 weeks of vacation and will continue job hunting and visiting friends locally as I am able.
Hope your weekends were great.
Until next time.
Trevor Dodge
Been an absolutely busy couple weeks. Always hoping to post more often and create more videos, but I am still job hunting. There are jobs available and with President Obama's promise that more veterans will be hired through tax credits and tax cuts for companies that hire us, I am assured a job...somewhere and sometime.
The weather has finally begun to cooperate and we are doing some home maintenance ( starting with washing our immense bay windows ), but ahhh, to let the sunshine in is such a good feeling.
After our vacation and return, it snowed or sleeted or hailed and rained nearly every day until about 3 days ago.
I still have about 3 weeks of vacation and will continue job hunting and visiting friends locally as I am able.
Hope your weekends were great.
Until next time.
Trevor Dodge
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Ahhh. To be home. MORE SNOW???????
Hello friends,
Yes, it is true. Woke up this morning to cold temps and more snow, near 4 inches as of this posting. It is beautiful up here...all white and pristine, but really. I realize Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow and foretold of another six weeks of Winter, but it would be nice if we were able to drive somewhere without having to chain up. All is good and I will try to keep the satellite clear of snow so that I may continue to post. Have a great day everyone.
Trevor
Yes, it is true. Woke up this morning to cold temps and more snow, near 4 inches as of this posting. It is beautiful up here...all white and pristine, but really. I realize Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow and foretold of another six weeks of Winter, but it would be nice if we were able to drive somewhere without having to chain up. All is good and I will try to keep the satellite clear of snow so that I may continue to post. Have a great day everyone.
Trevor
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Vacation....the Wild Wild Weather and other such stuff.
Hello everyone,
We have returned from our vacation....the one I had hoped would take us into Kansas to see my grandmother.
I will submit a short synopsis of the vacation. We headed South through Oregon into Northern California then East into Reno Nevada. That was the first day. From Reno, we headed East and got snowed in when we arrived at Austin Nevada on Hwy 50. That was day two. For the next twelve days, give or take, we headed back West until we made it to the Californian Coast and North back to our house. Some highlights were the townsfolk of Austin Nevada who were great conversationalists. We talked about many things; the weather, jobs and just about everything....but mostly about the weather. The snow storm was heading East ( as we were trying to drive East )....we would have continued if we weren't at an altitude over 7,000 feet. Yes indeed...pretty steep drops on either side of the road.
We met some fantastic folks along the way. Northern Californians are awesome people and we wished we had more time to chat with them before we headed West towards Blue Lake. The next day we traveled North along the coast to Orick California and the Giant Redwoods.
We have returned from our vacation....the one I had hoped would take us into Kansas to see my grandmother.
I will submit a short synopsis of the vacation. We headed South through Oregon into Northern California then East into Reno Nevada. That was the first day. From Reno, we headed East and got snowed in when we arrived at Austin Nevada on Hwy 50. That was day two. For the next twelve days, give or take, we headed back West until we made it to the Californian Coast and North back to our house. Some highlights were the townsfolk of Austin Nevada who were great conversationalists. We talked about many things; the weather, jobs and just about everything....but mostly about the weather. The snow storm was heading East ( as we were trying to drive East )....we would have continued if we weren't at an altitude over 7,000 feet. Yes indeed...pretty steep drops on either side of the road.
We met some fantastic folks along the way. Northern Californians are awesome people and we wished we had more time to chat with them before we headed West towards Blue Lake. The next day we traveled North along the coast to Orick California and the Giant Redwoods.
After the Redwoods, we traveled the coast of Oregon and loaded up on Pirate Booty ( reproductions of the old Pieces of Eight that were carried on Merchant ships long ago ).
We left Astoria Oregon this morning as it was snowing...only to discover that it was snowing at home too. Looking forward to Spring and Summer. Have a great day everyone!
Trevor
Friday, March 2, 2012
First short video log....available on YouTube too!
Hello everyone,
Made my first video today and will be making others, even during our trip to Kansas to visit family. Will go more in depth in later videos, but still try to keep the videos under 5 minutes.
Made my first video today and will be making others, even during our trip to Kansas to visit family. Will go more in depth in later videos, but still try to keep the videos under 5 minutes.
This is a short video. I have raised the amount of pay I would donate if elected to 50%. I would send the money or supplies as needed throughout the year to North West Harvest, Bridge Town Inc. of Portland Oregon, Sponsor the Troops in Pennsylvania and Operation Spirit Inc. of Ohio. Future videos will be forthcoming and I look forward to talking with everyone. Have a wonderful weekend.
Trevor
P.S. If you want to find me on YouTube.com,, my username is SSGVET1970
Thursday, March 1, 2012
My apologies for the delay....weather and other stuff.
Hello everyone,
Been home a couple weeks now and have been super busy. A recent snowfall we had knocked out our Internet for a day or two. I will do my absolute best to get a video made in the next day or two. Have had some great brainstorming in the last week....just need to buckle down and get it done. Will have to give me some leeway since I don't use cue cards or teleprompter when I speak. Just tell it like it is. Have a great day and see you all soon FOR SURE !!!
Trevor M Dodge
Been home a couple weeks now and have been super busy. A recent snowfall we had knocked out our Internet for a day or two. I will do my absolute best to get a video made in the next day or two. Have had some great brainstorming in the last week....just need to buckle down and get it done. Will have to give me some leeway since I don't use cue cards or teleprompter when I speak. Just tell it like it is. Have a great day and see you all soon FOR SURE !!!
Trevor M Dodge
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