Just got back home after a driving downstate yesterday for 200 miles like a maniac. Snow squalls, whiteouts and bad road conditions be damned when your nurse sister calls crying from Mom's hospital bedside. My wife and I got there to find a chipper Mom and perplexed medical staff. Blood oxygen levels low and blood gasses in the danger zone earlier in the day should have been her end. The pulmonary specialist and nurses are just shaking their heads. She should be gone, but instead has rebounded, may be discharged on Monday.
OK, that said, my next step is to shoot a scan of this off to my BIL. Wake Forest grad and legendary scorer on the BAR and what not. He's a very sharp cookie and I'm going to ask his advice on it as advised here.
FWIW, here's some more grist for the mill. I'm in a salaried position and wear many hats due to it being a small company. I work in sales, supervision and also put my tool belt on when things get busy. There's no geographical limitation the the non-compete, just a 2 year limit. It's also a low population area. We, like everyone else, serve a large area of many counties. A big town in the area might have a year-round population of 5-8 thousand people, so it's impossible to not dangle a hook in front of a fish someone else has reeled in previously. The limitations of the non-compete are stifling.
I've been trying to find work elsewhere and 1 company has shown strong interest, but I'm at a level where lateral moves are difficult to find and while I'm hoping something might work out there, probability is low. Financially, I'm not able to start my own business, though I'd like to.
Again, I'll be putting this matter before my BIL and will base my decision on his advice.
Thanks again, guys.
