Earlier tonight my husband told me he was going to look up a guy’s phone number in the phone book. He told me this at a diner where we were having dinner. His BlackBerry was sitting on the table right next to him. I told him I can’t be with…
Month: February 2011
It’s Not About The URL But What You Do With It
I have been thinking about the direction of my blog and where it’s headed. I thought it would move forward organically, but I feel it’s unfair to draw people here to talk about the job search when I now am starting Month 3 in a job. Would you continue to…
Rowing Down The Turnpike
I am so sorry for not posting for a few days. I am still leery about posting from work and the nights have been filled with the stuff we can’t get done because we are at work. This leads me to what I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. I…
I Am Waiting To Get Good At Waiting
I am learning the ebb and flow of my new company and my new job and much like the job search, I have no control over when and what comes my way. I am supposed to be traveling next week but that may be cancelled. Other meetings assigned to me…
Malarkey Not Served Here
I saw that the Unemployment rate has dropped to 9%. For a long time, I was part of that statistic but when I was, I never really thought about the numbers. I had to keep my head down and everyday dig deep to keep doing what I had to do…
Ice Capades
I had to stop at the cleaners on the way home tonight. I went there this morning but the parking lot was a sheet of ice so I didn’t get out of my car. Life is very different in the winter and you’ve really got to plan ahead. I don’t…
Let Me Give You My Card
My new company has its you-know-what together in a lot of ways. On my first day of work my laptop was set up and so was my desk phone. Over the last seven weeks, I’ve been waiting for other things to arrive such as my shirts (we have a company…
Hibernation
More snow and a wintry mix is headed this way and let me be perfectly clear that “wintry mix” is not some form of a salad. “Smarter than the average bear” is looking pretty damn smart to me.