I agree with what Kathy said. As a Fed we are regularly warned/taught about what we should and should not say regarding political issues to others and on social media. The furlough sucks financially and environmentally. Im actually stressed about not working because I know all the time sensitive issues I was working on will bottle neck. Time sensitive analysis document regarding the potential to protect species in rapid decline. I’m a non-essential so I’m not being asked to work without pay, thankfully. Most of my coworkers have filed for unemployment and some are working for temp agencies. I’m using this time to tackle big projects at home since we bought our house and moved when I was 9 months pregnant. Money is tight! Daycare doesn’t care if I’m not getting paid and if we withdrew our kids to save money they’d loose there positions plus we’d have to pay registration again when re enrolling them. The paperwork we got at the beginning of the furlough to share with creditors has expired. Issuing a new one sounds easy, but not when over 90% of us have elected to not have paper communication and all of our accounts are set for email notification and all of our government equipment is forbidden to be used and government website for our branch of DOI haven’t all been able to be maintained. All of my information coming from leadership has come in the form of novel length text messages and extremely short notice conference calls. We are all just trying to ride the big wave and cope the best we can. I’m really proud of my efforts to learn how to restore our back deck and our new landscaping will look great when it’s completed. Hopefully my garden will be productive coming out of this as well. Missy DOI, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Employee in Arlington, TX.
Sent from my iPhone On Jan 22, 2019, at 2:03 AM, Michael Gibbons <6453...@gmail.com<mailto:6453...@gmail.com>> wrote: Trump signed a new bill into law a few days ago that will back pay the furloughed federal employees with very few exceptions. It was democratic sponsored bill that passed the Senate and the house and was signed as soon as it hit trump's desk. But of course the media didn't cover it. They don't like covering anything good the man does. Funny thing though it takes the thunder away from the dems that sponsered it. Kinda takes away the motivation to do anything bipartisan. But the media is really our friend. On Mon, Jan 21, 2019, 8:56 PM Katherine Arens <ar...@austin.utexas.edu<mailto:ar...@austin.utexas.edu> wrote: yes, he may get paid IF he’s actually working without pay — and it’s likely the interest will add up. THis is a rotten situation for federal employees. Write your local congressperson .. . whatever side you’re on katie On Jan 21, 2019, at 8:50 PM, Michael Gibbons <6453...@gmail.com<mailto:6453...@gmail.com>> wrote: They will all get back paid when it's over. I'm sure his mortgage company will understand. Especially if he drops them a line. On Mon, Jan 21, 2019, 1:25 PM Cathy Winfrey <cathywinfr...@gmail.com<mailto:cathywinfr...@gmail.com> wrote: How David. If a Federal Employee wants to go the distance, they will keep their opinions very close. Not air them on a public forum. My brother works for the Forest Service, and will talk to me, but never where his opinions can be overheard. He's NOT watching the news, and doing woodworking projects. Perhaps fretting about his mortgage next month, a bit. On Fri, Jan 18, 2019, 2:48 PM David <dlocklea...@gmail.com<mailto:dlocklea...@gmail.com> wrote: There is all sorts of stuff to talk about, yet it seems quiet out there on CaveTex. Any of you affected by the gov't shutdown. I recall there is a caver who works for the Border Patrol or something similar to that. I know a semi-retired caver it east Texas ( who would prefer to remain anonymous ) has been on furlough. I imagine there are cavers in Carlsbad or that work for caves on land controlled by the Federal Government, that might be affected. I can only guess they are using their spare time to go caving. I do not think the shutdown is affecting me. I sometimes deliver court summons for the Federal courts, but that is not really any significant part of my income. The news media is making a faithful effort to make it sound like Armageddon is about to begin. There is plenty of fun exciting news going on, but you have to hunt for it. Watching YouTube, occasionally one will find an interesting video. There are other places on the web with interesting videos. ( I do not watch much tv. I just found out yesterday that, I missed Season One of Star Trek Discovery ) On a lighter note, an enormous gigantic wall is being built in Houston. This wall serves several purposes, but one of which is security. It is only a mile long though, and is much more sturdy than they walls shown along the southern Texas border. Yet, not a single person is protesting this wall, paid for by Texas taxpapers. _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com<http://texascavers.com/> Texascavers@texascavers.com<mailto:Texascavers@texascavers.com> | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com<http://texascavers.com/> Texascavers@texascavers.com<mailto:Texascavers@texascavers.com> | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com<mailto:Texascavers@texascavers.com> | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ************************ Katherine Arens Phones: Office(512) 232-6363 ar...@austin.utexas.edu<mailto:ar...@austin.utexas.edu> Dept. 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