Rainy Sunday on the outside but a bevy of activity on the inside. I was in the UK last week for my job and today I am putting my luggage away and catching up on everything else at home, hopefully, including my sleep. I apologize for the gap in writing;…
. . . in a land far, far away, lived a Princess who was put into a high tower by a Evil Witch named Unemployment. For three long years, the Princess was unable to continue her career in the Land of Opportunity. During her time in the tower, she wore…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
