Love my new job
It is great being
back at work again and I am getting into the grind of putting bids out to get
projects done around Alaska
this summer. The group that I am working
with are great and now that my official State of Alaska email is up and running
I have started to receive emails 'welcoming' me to DPS and 'congrats' on the
new job replacing a long time employee who is retiring at the end of the month.
My first email
this morning was from one of the troopers who sent this to me so I know I will
fit in just fine with this bunch of characters.
Missing Wife Found by Alaska State
Troopers
The day after his wife disappeared in a kayaking accident, an Anchorage man answered
his door to find two grim faced Alaska State Troopers. "We're sorry Mr.
Wilkens, but we have some information about your wife," said one of the
troopers.
"Tell me! Did you find her?" Wilkens asked.
The troopers looked at each other.
One said, "We have some bad news, some good news, and some
really great news. Which would you like to hear first?"
Fearing the worst, the ashen Mr. Wilkens said, "Give me the
bad News first."
The trooper said, "I'm sorry to tell you, sir, but this
morning we found your wife's body in Kachemak
Bay ."
"Oh my God!" said Wilkens.
Swallowing hard, he asked, "What's the good news?"
The trooper continued, "When we
pulled her up, she had 12 twenty pound King crabs and 6 good-sized Dungeness
crabs clinging to her, and we feel you are entitled to a share in the
catch."
Stunned, Mr. Wilkens demanded,
"If that's the good news, then what's the great news?"
The trooper smiled and said, "We're
gonna pull her up again tomorrow."
As you can see I think I will fit
right in with this group and I am sure there will be some pretty interesting
things that will happen around this great big wilderness we call home, Alaska .
Meeting all the new people and
starting my travels around to the different facilities is on tap for me over
the next couple weeks. I will be seeing
what needs to be done and making introductions so I can bid the work.
Springtime in Alaska . . . and I just received the notice
that summer will be on a Saturday this year, probably the third week of July.
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