Let the job hunt begin!

I'm a good girl. I’ve been on the computer all day. Looking at possibilities. Well, I did take a half-hour for lunch and some Invader Zim. Gir makes me laugh. Good to laugh today. There’s that grey sponge feeling creeping in... I'd rather be sitting on the couch watching a tear-jerker chick flick and knitting up a storm.

In some ways the possibilites are exciting, in others terrifying. I can do anything. No restrictions of location or strict salary requirements. I’ve been eager for change for three years now and too chicken and lazy to pursue it… Still, what if no one wants me? What if they think I’m over-qualified, under-experienced?

I have prepared a few applications and am working on my resume and cover letters. I will do my best to get out of immigration law. Today, I have focused on opportunities at universities in the area. Ironic that I discover what I want to be when I grow up and make plans to achieve my goals in the same week that the safety net which would allow me to do this is yanked away.

This being stranded is a new experience for me. Thus far in my life fortune has smiled on me. Things seemed to fall into my lap, I was never rejected from things I sought (well, the boys don’t count in this equasion). Until now. I give up a good job with people I love to work with for a new company only to be let go a year and six days later. I knew it was a risk, but I didn’t expect it to come down this way. Last Wednesday I was told that there would be no immediate changes. So much for honesty in that relationship. It was more denial that dishonesty, but nonetheless it was a chickenshit way for a boss/friend to handle things, I think.

So, I sit here, typing away, drinking lovely Aurora coffee out of my cute monkey cup. I will be paid through the end of the month, I have no rent payments due, and I am employable. I am not going to complain. Until the last paycheck runs out and I’m forced to seek unemployment benefits. That will sour everything. So, I go back to work. Send me your all your good, job-finding vibes.