The Winds Of Change ...

... have blown through my world again.

My upcoming plans are still essentially the same but events of the past couple of days have put a new spin on them.

I'm still heading off to Evansville to work on the Yankeetown dig for the next couple of weeks. Leaving in the morning for that adventure. I'll report in on that as time permits.

Afterwards I'm back in Fort Wayne for a short while. At least during the week days. Will be working at the Strawtown site, near Indy, for the first 2 weekends in October.

Still have to make the move into my new place early in October but at least I'll be in the area so that will be easier to accomplish. Oh, and I won't be moving across the street anymore. Will only be moving into a new unit upstairs within the same building instead. Can't get much easier than that.

But here's where the big changes come in...

Effective as of October 17th I will no longer be working at my current place of employment. Went in last night and gave them my final notice. That seems kinda like a ways away yet but since I'll be spending most of my time between now and then away on vacation, it works out that I'll only have to go in for 9 more nights. WOO-HOO!

So where am I going after that? Well...

To start with, I won't be looking for work through ShovelBums. At least not right away. And maybe not at all depending on how things go.

Instead, I've been offered a full-time staff position right here at good 'ole IPFW working with the Archaeological Survey crew. :D

It's not going to be a permanent position but it will last well into the winter months. I'll get to work on various site-related projects (starting with a return to the cemetery project, where I'll be until it is completed) as well as spend more time in the lab doing curational stuff. During which time, I'll get the chance to make a variety of professional contacts throughout the region. Ideally, these contacts will lead me to future employment to the south when the winter slow-down hits this region. So, instead of going out into parts unkown in search of prospects, I'll be able to explore more opportunities in advance. The end results will be the same, but the road getting there will prove to be much less bumpy.

And there you have it!