And now for an update. About the time I was starting to feel bored is about the time the management decided I wasn't working out. In the first week of June I got my notice and never looked back.

The intervening year was difficult, because I went back to looking for work in a very slack market. There was a smattering of piecemeal work for a few months, and we drained our savings account. Finally, when things were looking a little bit grim, I landed a short-term contract, then for the first half of this year, a six-month contract. Finally, just last month I landed a fulltime job working the intranet at EDS... doing a lot of Perl.

I am very grateful to God, and happy with my new job. My boss is good, my co-workers are nice, and the work will be interesting and challending... and lots of Perl.

I've been laid off twice and termed twice over the past three years, been depressed and concerned about feeding my family, but never lost faith that the Lord knew what he was doing. But I didn't like going through it, and don't want to go through it again.