Adios A Puerto Rico

Buenos Noches A Todos,

This will probably be the last email from this little island for a long while. While I am not excluding the possibility that I could eventually return, I hope it to be a long time from now should that happen.

Regardless, like every place in which I have worked, I have come away a better professional and a better person. I have had new experiences and met many new people. I have come away with more friends and more memories. But enough of the mushy stuff.

This island was crazy. The people, to their credit, are fully aware of their inability to drive or provide quality customer service in any restaurant, but that does not lessen the frustration. There are no vegetables on this island as the diet consists mainly of pork and roots. And not to be outdone by the indigenous people, the island itself loves to rain incessantly so as to make most days intolerable.

I thought it was great here, but my wife is much more irresistible than the lure of this island paradise. Take care and stop by for vacation. Just don't move here.

-Pooh out.

Good News - Job Free Bear

Hola A Todos,

Well, I got some good news to announce. I've been fired along with the rest of the expats here in Puerto Rico and I'm coming home on March 17th. Okay, that doesn't sound like good news, but it's actually something we always knew was coming and I was very ready to hear the news.

In truth it wasn't a straight firing. It was more of a temporary lay off until they find us other projects back in the States, and my arrangement was always to get back to Houston for the long term, so I am not worried at this point. Of course, if I don't hear anything by next week, I will immediately start working on a back up plan. If any of you already have a back up plan for me, please feel free to let me know.

The crazy thing is that my two week notice was not the quickest of the group. A few of the guys found out that they get to go home next week, and I don't know that they were as thrilled to hear the news as I was. I guess the truth is that it's always tough to figure out where the next paycheck will come from, but sometimes getting home is just more important.

Okay, that's the news. I'll see you when I get there.

Adios,

-Pooh