As I mentioned, I started working at GAO on 5/14. But I still had a final trip to do. This was the Arkansas - West district, that is located in Fort Smith, AR. Its on alright little town as little towns go. This was the smallest site that I have worked and it was myself and one installer, Seth. Seth is a 23 year old kid, just got out of the Marines. Its funny to listen to what a 23 year old sounds like. They say the stupidest things. I can only image the stupid things that I said when I was his age. As things went, everything turned out well with the installation.
It wasn't until 5/9 that I was able to speak to my manager at US Resources and explain why I was leaving and that I could stay on through the install in AZ. I thought this was what he would want me to do. But as things turned out, he kind of copped an attitude and told me I could leave at the end of the week. This seemed kind of weird, and I confirmed this with him. After I finished this call, I called Prism and told them I could start 5/14.
Later in the day, I contacted my manager of the project. He heard that I was leaving and that he wanted to know if I could stay on through the next deployment. I called back Prism, but they had already locked into starting on 5/14. The whole thing wasn't the greatest situation, but that was the fault of my US Resources manager.
On my last night of the trip, I went across the border in Oklahoma and played some poker in their casino. It was fun. All in all, I did enjoy my time on the US Attorney project, I'm sorry it ended like it did. But I'm home every night, and this is important. It takes a lot of pressure off of Teri and Gram, and all parties around here.
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