T-minus 90 Days, and Life.

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3 little months separate me from my Vegas.

Still locked into 4 nights at Hard Rock as of now. Great rate for a suite, don't see this reservation changing unless some high-level resort rooms comp up at CET.

On the job front, have gotten some nibbles and even a bite or two, I've been phone interviewing at least once a week and had 2 of those with Thermo Fisher Scientific to be onsite at a Merck plant last week. A little concerned as they haven't contacted me since. I would be interested in the job but I think the person I interviewed with last who would be my direct supervisor may think I'm qualified to do HER job, and may hold that against me. Politics get played in the business world sometimes before you even have a job.

Have another set of interviews onsite at another pharma firm in South City for Thursday, but that's a startup and startups make me leery. I had an interview with a startup company named Munchery back when I wasn't really looking for a job...and they just shut down for good this week. Possible close call there. If I had joined them I would have had a job for a month. I'm going to do some research on this place tomorrow and if it doesn't look like something top shelf I will likely cancel the interview. Still, I'm getting plenty of call backs and my skillset looks to be in demand.

I'm still in a position financially to be selective, too, I have nearly $6K in UI benefits coming to me yet and still $19K in savings. So I can still afford to be patient and wait for the right opportunity. What starts to work a bit against me now is I've been out of work for 3 full months now - that can be a red flag to employers so the longer it takes to get hooked up the more that can be a detriment. Still no where near panic mode though and won't be for months.

I also successfully renewed my Healthy SF coverage for another year today, so I'm good on the health care tip until March of 2020. Actually will be a little less per quarter too. It's SO nice not to have to be paying out the ass for COBRA during this job hunt. Thank you San Francisco.

That's about it, just a check in, probably will do so once a month or so until the trip starts to close in.

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