August 9, 2005

So it's been a week now in Tampa... and just wanted to post an update. My friend Chris stayed with us until about thursday the 4th. So I didn't get much done until then. We had a lot of fun exploring, hiting the pool, and visiting the local hangouts every night. I've met a lot of people already which is great. The people here seem very friendly. I'm always being waved by on the road and it seems pretty easy to meet people.

I'm pretty much settled in although I have a couple of boxes left that I still need to unpack. Today I went to Bank of America and set up a new account as there isn't a Navy Federal Credit Union anywhere in the Tampa Bay area. Bank of America gave me a lot of good deals though including a rewards credit card with no monthly fee so I'll definitely be using that a lot for buying plane tickets. Last saturday I joined the local gym. I'm so sore as I haven't worked out in ages. Hoping I'll get back into it here. I've set up my car insurance but have not gone to the motor vehicle place yet. I'll probably go tomorrow to get my car registered here. The timing couldn't be perfect because the law is pretty laxed here with regards to your automobile. There is no safety inspection or emissions test (which would have been due for me if I was still in VA). You only put a license plate on the rear. Doesn't seem to be a restriction on Tint (probably because of the heat).

My big good news of the day though is that I received my first job offer. The job offer is for AT&T for a contract position at Macdill AFB. I had a phone interview with them last friday and I knew it went very well. I was interviewed by like 5 people over the phone. I never expected them to call me back today though and actually present me an offer without even meeting me in person. I did very well in the interview though... and probably on top of me having a clearance that was transferable to this job... put me in the running. I also had my 2nd interview with Raymond James (in person). Raymond James is the same company that my roommate Tom works for. It went okay although I think I messed up a couple of times. Tom has been really hooking me up though and mentioned to his boss that I got an offer from AT&T today. Sounds like I got some good feedback so I may even get a 2nd job offer. Cross your fingers! If I do get that 2nd job offer... gonna be tough to make a decision.

Anyway, miss the family! Now that it looks like I might be working soon I'll probably be able to make the trip out to NY for Ben's christening.

-Danny