ChrisRodkey.com - Can't rush - December 3, 2007

Can't rush

Sunset on the snow-free fields.

I'm trying not to give in to my human desire to place blame in this situation. But I do not like the feeling of being hopeless, and I am coming to the abrupt end of many of my last options.

If you had asked me in July, when I was offered the job, if I had to wait until December to start working, I would have said I couldn't take it. But here I am. Waiting.

t's tremendously warm out. 60 or so degrees, they say, which means that any remnant of snow on the ground outside is completely gone. Completely.

My employment frustrations saw little relief today. The lawyer working on my case spoke with the government and found they can do nothing to expedite my case, saying that all such applications are considered "urgent."

He tried to comfort my boss and I by noting that the government will be reviewing my case within a week, meaning some sort of progress will actually be occurring. However, it's unknown how long this review process will take. A few days, a few weeks, it's unknown. And it's frustrating.

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