Another Day 15 through 19: Life Goes On

 

Today is day 12 of being unemployed, because holidays and weekends don't really count. 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 it looks like that may happen soon. For now, I consider this time off to be a vacation. I got paid for 12 vacation days and today was day 12 of that. In reality, I'm getting severance equal to 50% of my annual pay, so I'm basically paid through November.

As of yesterday I hadn't heard back from Kurt. I thought the problem was I don't have a Bachelor's degree, as far as he knows. Monday I came across a job req on Accenture's website that appeared to be the audit role I was hoping to get. I thought he was ghosting me because the job req says a Bachelor's degree is required. So, I decided to claim to have a Bachelor's degree and applied for the job. If they ask, I will say I was too embarrassed to use it on my resume because the school has a poor reputation after several scandals. If they ask for "proof" I will tell them I lost any paperwork I had in the 2017 fire and never had a reason to replace it. I searched online and settled on Kaplan University, who had an online Bachelor's program back in the day. I'll say I "graduated" in 2004. The worst that could happen was they decline to hire me. The pay range is $58k to $160k for New York and I'd be happy to start at $80k. I really, really want to get this job because I think I would be really good at it and could stay there until I'm 65 or ready to retire. If all else fails, I do have the option to start collecting Social Security at 62 and I can also collect my pension, so I think I will survive financially.

I wrote most of the paragraph above yesterday and updated it just now. Here's the good news: I got an email from Kurt today and he still wants to hire me ! The problem is Accenture wants to give internal candidates first choice. I get that - AT&T always did that too. He has 3 openings now and plans to have more later. Internal candidates aren't panning out right now and he has one other external candidate that he thinks will do well. So at least I'm still in the running ! I let him know about the job I found and applied to and he was surprised it was out there, as they told him it wasn't posted. I guess somebody forgot to take the posting down ! At least I'm now formally in their system and know that he wants me on his team. That's all I really needed to know. I can wait as long as it takes to get this job.

I've been spending my days on the couch watching YouTube and playing Cookie Jam. I need to get out of this funk and start exercising and doing stuff around the house. I just don't know how to do that. I'm hoping that getting a job will help me climb out of this hole. I haven't been able to write much lately because Minnie wants to spend all her time snoozing on my lap. I think she is enjoying having me all to herself. Princess monopolized me for years and once she passed Abby took over that role. Minnie was the youngest and she was still a very young kitten when I got sick in 2009, so Alex took care of her for most of that six month period. We had the dogs and a bunch of cats so she missed out until Abby passed. Minnie had me to herself for the first time in her life starting March 1. It's hard to believe Abby has been gone over 3 months now. So the point here I am happy to put my computer aside and spend the time with a purring cat sleeping in my lap. 

I haven't received my severance payment yet. I keep checking my bank account for it. They did say 45 days so I am sure they are in no hurry to write that big fat check. I have plenty of money in the bank to cover bills, so I can wait.