It was a typical evening, and my typical routine: came home from work about 10:45 p.m., poured myself a glass of wine, and sat down to watch a few minutes of television before bedtime. What wasn’t typical was that I had exhausted my stash of recorded shows on my ReplayTV and was forced to channel surf in real-time. What also wasn’t typical was I ended up watching the Golf Channel. Usually, I ignore the Golf…
I haven’t slept well in months. Ambien is my friend. I didn’t take Ambien when I went to bed last night. That’s why I’m on the Internet at 4 a.m. Heck, even Ebay is asleep at 4 a.m.! Actually I do finally wind down around dawn. Either I drop from exhaustion, or the soothing voice of Carl Castle reading the morning news on NPR does the trick. Not sure which one it is. Sleep deprivation…
Okay, so it’s been a while since I updated this journal. In the interim, I started working full time at the IT training firm where I’ve been answering phones since September. I manage curriculum, making sure the students and instructors have the materials they need, when they need it. I still work until 10:30 p.m., but now I have a purpose and health insurance. I also managed programming for the World Horror Convention in April.…
The past few days have been interesting. Yesterday, a placement firm (i.e. headhunter) called to see if I was still interested in a marketing manager job. Oh yes. Definitely. It’s even in my preferred salary range. Oh yes. Definitely. Could I meet with the recruiter that afternoon? Oh yes. DEFINITELY. And I wore my new suit, too. Looks like a good opportunity. We’ll see next week after the hiring manager sees my resume. Today two…
Today is the first real workday of the new year, so I started attacking the classifieds with the new resume. There are still precious few jobs out there, but more than there were six months ago. Many of them are entry level positions. I just keep telling myself that something has to shake loose soon. I also returned to my ‘underemployment’ job as evening receptionist for a friend’s IT training firm. It’s not a bad…
