My furlough was ended after 4 weeks (a few days early) and I returned to Northrop Grumman yesterday, Monday, November 23rd. Ongoing employment is not guaranteed, of course, and never was. The prospects for keeping busy at my day job do not look good. Therefore I am still working on my resume and networking. It pays to be prepared. In the meantime I’m still looking for certain kinds of freelance work, locally based at this time.