BAMM Employed!

I am so excited! After almost three months of no work and almost a year of no work in my field, God has answered all of my prayers.

The job is kind of in my field, it is using GIS type skills to take location data and information on all street signs within the county. It is kind of a ton of tedious and monotonous work, but I am excited and kind of like it. Currently it is just an 8-10 week contract, but there is the potential for more work in Essex, and even more work in the future as the inventory that we are completing is supposed to be done on an annual basis in order to meet MTO standards.

The work is long hours, about 50 a week. Which is a drastic change to staying at home and occasionally babysitting. So far I am enjoying it. I am realizing that we cannot have plans every night of the week and still be able to function come Friday evening. The uniform is kind of ridiculous as women should never wear men's pants, but I am the only female so it's a hard argument for me to make. I make it work.

So the basis of the job is that every single sign in the county needs to be recorded. We stop at each sign and I take data such as a GPS location, direction it is facing, condition of it, what kind it is etc. Meanwhile my partner is putting a barcode on it and taking reflectivity readings. So pretty much it is a lot of in and out of the van and having my head down working on a tablet. So far it is hot and exhausting, but I am getting to see a ton of the countryside, which is kind of beautiful (read flat, corn and windmills) and the people are super nice and interesting, so its good.

So that is that. I have been working two weeks and love it and am so thankful to be back to work. So thank you for those who have been praying for me. God is Good!