Big update. In the last several months I covered a lot of ground. On April 1 I drove to the Local 47 Union Hall in Riverside CA. and filled out an application for the Joint Area Apprentice Training Committee J.A.T.C. Next I drove to Washington an tested for Seattle City Light but in the end I didn't get in. Then I drove to Sacramento and tested for the Sacramento Municipal Utility District but wasn't excepted. Then I drove to Vacaville and signed the Groundman book 3 for the local 1245 Union hall. In October the JATC called me and said they wanted an interview so I drove back to Riverside and did an interview with them. On the way back from Riverside the local 1245 called me and said they found me a Groundman job working with Diversified Utility Services Inc. in Bakersfield CA. and I excepted. I've been working with them for the last 3 weeks doing a lot of transmission work 10 to 12 hours a day 6 or 7 days a week. Its good work, good money and good experience but my real gole is getting into a company that has an Apprentice Training Program so I can work my way up to Journeyman title. While working with Diversified the JATC called me and said I interviewed #17 out of hundreds of people. This is what I've been waiting for a chance at an Apprentice Lineman job. The JATC trains a few guys and gets them an Apprentice Lineman position working for contractors and then starts training a few more and so on. So I'm waiting for them to call my number so I can begin the program. Hopefully they will call my number but meanwhile I am working for the union. The people I work with are real hard on me degrading me in every way possible but they are a good team and they are teaching me the trade. What they are teaching me is everything I do has to be perfect no exceptions. If I mess something up it could be really expensive or cost someone their life. They take a lot of pride i their work and do not expect anything less from me. So this is where I stand as of right now, working while waiting for my number to be called. And the Journey continues.