Post by Paul Sylvain on Aug 21, 2010 13:11:48 GMT -5
Well, I guess you can take the boy out of New England, but you can't take New England out of the boy. As much as I love Texas, and thought my move here 18 months ago would be my last stop, me and the missus will be heading back to southern New Hampshire in just a few short weeks.
We have a small "field office" in Manchester/Bedford, NH. In almost nine years of commuting from N.H. to Boston and back, I had only seen three or four job postings for that office. Competition is always fierce for those rare openings, and I never managed to get selected for any of those. Well, in May they posted a supervisor's job there, and I gave it a shot figuring it would never happen. I also applied for a similar position at our San Antonio office about a month later and figured that one had a good shot.
I never heard a lick from S.A., but imagine my surprise when I was notified a few weeks ago of my selection for the New Hampshire job. They interviewed a boat load of people over 2 1/2 days. I figured they had someone in mind for it, or would look beyond me, seeing as I turned down a sup's job in Boston to come to Texas (and Manchester is part of the Boston District). I guess I figured wrong.
Two lessons came out of that experience: (1) Don't ever burn your bridges when you "move on"; and (2) you can't hit the lottery if you don't buy that ticket. If I hadn't applied for this, despite whatever I thought, this opportunity would never have happened.
I will never, ever love the ice, snow and cold of a New England winter. However, three out of four seasons isn't bad, and it it will give me something to look forward to escaping from for the HHDs in San Antonio each March. Oh, yes, I plan on being there with y'all for the 175th anny.
But, I truly have missed family and friends -- especially my music-making buddies -- in N.H. and Maine, and can't wait to seeing our kids, grandkids and so on. I especially can't wait to get back to jamming with those music guys.
Returning to New Hampshire also puts me closer to my Abenaki-French/Canadian roots. In fact, one of my N.H. friends, who also is part Abenaki, and I have been planning a Native music project for a couple of years, and we'll finally have a chance to get it going.
I will be pulling stakes in Euless/Dallas on Sept. 16 and rolling into N.H. on Sept. 18. Hope to see everyone next March in San Antonio.
Paul
We have a small "field office" in Manchester/Bedford, NH. In almost nine years of commuting from N.H. to Boston and back, I had only seen three or four job postings for that office. Competition is always fierce for those rare openings, and I never managed to get selected for any of those. Well, in May they posted a supervisor's job there, and I gave it a shot figuring it would never happen. I also applied for a similar position at our San Antonio office about a month later and figured that one had a good shot.
I never heard a lick from S.A., but imagine my surprise when I was notified a few weeks ago of my selection for the New Hampshire job. They interviewed a boat load of people over 2 1/2 days. I figured they had someone in mind for it, or would look beyond me, seeing as I turned down a sup's job in Boston to come to Texas (and Manchester is part of the Boston District). I guess I figured wrong.
Two lessons came out of that experience: (1) Don't ever burn your bridges when you "move on"; and (2) you can't hit the lottery if you don't buy that ticket. If I hadn't applied for this, despite whatever I thought, this opportunity would never have happened.
I will never, ever love the ice, snow and cold of a New England winter. However, three out of four seasons isn't bad, and it it will give me something to look forward to escaping from for the HHDs in San Antonio each March. Oh, yes, I plan on being there with y'all for the 175th anny.
But, I truly have missed family and friends -- especially my music-making buddies -- in N.H. and Maine, and can't wait to seeing our kids, grandkids and so on. I especially can't wait to get back to jamming with those music guys.
Returning to New Hampshire also puts me closer to my Abenaki-French/Canadian roots. In fact, one of my N.H. friends, who also is part Abenaki, and I have been planning a Native music project for a couple of years, and we'll finally have a chance to get it going.
I will be pulling stakes in Euless/Dallas on Sept. 16 and rolling into N.H. on Sept. 18. Hope to see everyone next March in San Antonio.
Paul
