2024 - Getting Back To Where I Was

  Holidays and weekends don't count, so today marks 62 days unemployed. Considering I'm getting paid, am I really unemployed ? I guess so. It's going to continue to be a scary place until I have a job. For now, I consider this time off to be an extended vacation. I haven't been unemployed since 1985, so this has been a difficult adjustment. I really thought I'd have a new job by now, but in reality I haven't applied to that many jobs, I'm probably setting my salary expectations too high and I need to do more work on my resume. I see a lot of people posting online that they've applied to hundreds of jobs and are going nowhere, so I don't feel too bad. I think hiring managers are super picky right now because they know how many people are desperate for a job. Companies don't want to pay anything but they want you to have an MBA for the simplest job ! I'm going to revamp by resume to show the different roles I've had over the years and see i...

  Holidays and weekends don't count, so today marks 60 days unemployed. Considering I'm getting paid, am I really unemployed ? I guess so. It's going to continue to be a scary place until I have a job. For now, I consider this time off to be an extended vacation. I haven't been unemployed since 1985, so this has been a difficult adjustment. I really thought I'd have a new job by now, but in reality I haven't applied to that many jobs, I'm probably setting my salary expectations too high and I need to do more work on my resume. I finally got a reply from Kurt today .. and he basically said an exception is not going to be granted and he's been told to interview other candidates. So there goes the perfect job .. all because I don't live close enough to an office. It is totally their loss but I'm the one sitting here without a job. So tomorrow I will work more on my resume and blast out as many applications as I can. It's kind of perfect that the...

  Holidays and weekends don't count, so today marks 40 days unemployed. Considering I'm getting paid, am I really unemployed ? I guess so. It's going to continue to be a scary place until I have a job and unless the Accenture job comes through, I don't know when that's going to happen. For now, I consider this time off to be an extended vacation. I haven't been unemployed since 1985, so this has been a difficult adjustment. I really thought I'd have a new job by now, but in reality I haven't applied to that many jobs and I'm probably setting my salary expectations too high. I really, really, really want this Accenture job to come through ! I haven't heard back from Kurt. It's possible he was impacted by the Crowdstrike outage and may be still having trouble. He may also be trying to get a final answer before he reaches out. I won't be surprised if I don't end up getting the job, but I will be incredibly disappointed.  I still haven...

  Holidays and weekends don't count, so today marks 39 days unemployed. Considering I'm getting paid, am I really unemployed ? I guess so. It's going to continue to be a scary place until I have a job and unless the Accenture job comes through, I don't know when that's going to happen. For now, I consider this time off to be an extended vacation. I haven't been unemployed since 1985, so this has been a difficult adjustment. I really thought I'd have a new job by now, but in reality I haven't applied to that many jobs and I'm probably setting my salary expectations too high. I really, really, really want this Accenture job to come through ! As of noon I hadn't heard back from Kurt. It's possible he was impacted by the Crowdstrike outage and may be still having trouble today. I was awake before 7 today and got up shortly thereafter. Once the cats were fed and I had breakfast, it was YouTube and Cookie Jam time. I had a Jimmy Dean Delights break...

  Holidays and weekends don't count, so I'm holding at 38 days unemployed. It's hard to believe it's been 8 weeks since my last day with AT&T. Considering I'm getting paid, am I really unemployed ? I guess so. It's going to continue to be a scary place until I have a job and unless the Accenture job comes through, I don't know when that's going to happen. For now, I consider this time off to be an extended vacation. I haven't been unemployed since 1985, so this has been a difficult adjustment. I really thought I'd have a new job by now, but in reality I haven't applied to that many jobs and I'm probably setting my salary expectations too high. I really, really, really want this Accenture job to come through ! I couldn't wait, and sent that follow up email to Kurt today. I was awake shortly after 7 am and got up just before 8. Once the cats were all fed I settled in to watch some YouTube and enjoy my coffee. Breakfast was a piece o...

  Holidays and weekends don't count, so I'm holding at 38 days unemployed. It's hard to believe it's been 8 weeks since my last day with AT&T. Considering I'm getting paid, am I really unemployed ? I guess so. It's going to continue to be a scary place until I have a job and unless the Accenture job comes through, I don't know when that's going to happen. For now, I consider this time off to be an extended vacation. I haven't been unemployed since 1985, so this has been a difficult adjustment. I really thought I'd have a new job by now, but in reality I haven't applied to that many jobs and I'm probably setting my salary expectations too high. I really, really, really want this Accenture job to come through ! I thought about mowing the lawn today, but before I got around to it Doug mowed it while he was mowing the house next door. With that task out of the way, I decided to go get gas and buy some groceries. I was super low on gas so ...

  Holidays and weekends don't count, so today marks 38 days unemployed. It's hard to believe it's been 8 weeks since my last day with AT&T. Considering I'm getting paid, am I really unemployed ? I guess so. It's going to continue to be a scary place until I have a job and unless the Accenture job comes through, I don't know when that's going to happen. For now, I consider this time off to be an extended vacation. I haven't been unemployed since 1985, so this has been a difficult adjustment. I woke up this morning feeling so proud of myself. I have a very long history of procrastinating and being lazy when it comes to tackling anything that seems mildly challenging. Replacing the window glass seemed like a huge complicated task, yet in the end it was quite simple. The best thing about it is the fact that plexiglass is so much lighter, so the windows are easier to open and close. I just have so little confidence in my abilities and I let fear run my li...

  Holidays and weekends don't count, so today marks 37 days unemployed. Considering I'm getting paid, am I really unemployed ? I guess so. It's going to continue to be a scary place until I have a job and unless the Accenture job comes through, I don't know when that's going to happen. For now, I consider this time off to be an extended vacation. I haven't been unemployed since 1985, so this has been a difficult adjustment. Last night was rock and roll bingo, so I was able to get out of the house and forget about not having a job for a couple hours. I actually completely forgot about it until about 4 pm ! I had to scramble to do my hair, feed Minnie, put on some makeup and get dressed. I'm glad I took a shower Tuesday night ! It was just Kim, Joe and I as Rich and Barb went to Virginia for a few days to see Nicole and the grandkids. They're back today for the National's. I haven't heard from Kurt, so I'm still going with "no news is good...

  Holidays and weekends don't count, so today marks 36 days unemployed. Considering I'm getting paid, am I really unemployed ? I guess so. It's going to continue to be a scary place until I have a job and unless the Accenture job comes through, I don't know when that's going to happen. For now, I consider this time off to be an extended vacation. I haven't been unemployed since 1985, so this has been a difficult adjustment. After yesterday's thunderstorms the weather has cooled. It's 74 now (at 9:42 am) and the forecast high is only 78. It's still humid, so it feels a bit warmer but it is definitely comfortable ! What I love best about summer is being able to have all the windows open. Today there's a little breeze blowing through the house and I love it ! I'm trying to do little things each day to keep the house in shape. I'm vacuuming the carpet every day since I discovered Minnie had fleas. I'm also taking care not to bring any mor...

Holidays and weekends don't count, so today marks 35 days unemployed. Considering I'm getting paid, am I really unemployed ? I guess so. It's going to continue to be a scary place until I have a job and unless the Accenture job comes through, I don't know when that's going to happen. For now, I consider this time off to be an extended vacation. I haven't been unemployed since 1985, so this has been a difficult adjustment. I applied for 2 jobs yesterday and already got a "thanks but no thanks" message from one. It was a job I didn't really want, so I'm ok with that. I'd really like the job with Thomson Reuters if Accenture doesn't come through. I think I'd be great at it ! I spent a couple hours searching on LinkedIn today and found nothing to apply for. It's shocking to see the salary some jobs are offering. They want you to have a Masters or Doctorate and the pay is less than what I made at AT&T ! Yes, I did know how lucky ...

  Holidays and weekends don't count, so today marks 34 days unemployed. Considering I'm getting paid, am I really unemployed ? I guess so. It's going to continue to be a scary place until I have a job and unless the Accenture job comes through, I don't know when that's going to happen. For now, I consider this time off to be an extended vacation. I haven't been unemployed since 1985, so this has been a difficult adjustment. I didn't write this weekend as I was out on Saturday and not inspired yesterday. Saturday I went to Boscov's and Turning Stone with Kim. I bought a set of earrings and a ring at Boscov's. We stopped and had lunch at a place in Vernon called 3 Bastard's Brewing. Kim has been there before and I've been wanting to try it. It's a great place and at noon on a Saturday the place was deserted. I had a wonderful strawberry lemonade beer made by UFO Beer Company. If I wasn't driving I'd have had a second one ! We shared...

  Holidays and weekends don't count, so today marks 33 days unemployed. Considering I'm getting paid, am I really unemployed ? I guess so. It's going to continue to be a scary place until I have a job and unless the Accenture job comes through, I don't know when that's going to happen. For now, I consider this time off to be an extended vacation. Today marks 7 weeks without a job. I haven't been unemployed since 1985, so this has been a difficult adjustment. I am such an idiot. I totally forgot my tv was being delivered today ! I remembered as I was getting out of the shower this morning. As a result, my casino trip with Kim will be tomorrow morning.   Since I was fresh and showered early, today was a good day to push myself back to the treadmill. As I sat here writing this at 9 am, I resolved to get dressed and put on my sneakers. It's cooler today, so it was a perfect day to get some exercise started. I was dressed by 9:30 but my tablet with iFit on it was...

  Holidays and weekends don't count, so today marks 32 days unemployed. Considering I'm getting paid, am I really unemployed ? I guess so. It's going to continue to be a scary place until I have a job and unless the Accenture job comes through, I don't know when that's going to happen. For now, I consider this time off to be an extended vacation. Tomorrow will mark 7 weeks without a job. I haven't been unemployed since 1985, so this has been a difficult adjustment. I didn't write yesterday as it was so hot. I just focused on trying to stay cool ! I did get a load of laundry done and I vacuumed the downstairs, so the day wasn't a total loss. It's cooler today so the plan (it's 9:30 am now) is to get the upstairs vacuumed. We had some rain yesterday but the worst of the storms passed to the west and north of me. That happens a lot and I suspect Lake Ontario has something to do with how weather moves around here, as storms often miss me during winte...

Holidays and weekends don't count, so today marks 30 days unemployed. Considering I'm getting paid, am I really unemployed ? I guess so. It's going to continue to be a scary place until I have a job and unless the Accenture job comes through, I don't know when that's going to happen. For now, I consider this time off to be an extended vacation. This past Friday marked 6 weeks without a job. I haven't been unemployed since 1985, so this is a hard adjustment. I haven't heard anything from Kurt, but I'm going to be patient. He is trying hard to get me hired and it's going to take time convincing the upper management. If he had any news to share I know he would. I guess it's good that he hasn't given up yet ! I put out the trash just before 10 am and even though the thermometer said it's "only" 77 degrees it felt a lot hotter because of the humidity. The forecast high is 85 and rain is expected early tomorrow morning. Even so, the f...