Sometimes you can't quite anticipate what life is going to throw at you. As you all know I was laid off from my job end of October. As you all also know I was given the choice of accepting a new job in customer service, which for a variety of reasons I declined. Well the unemployment gods do not want to give me any money. Per my employer I "voluntarily left work because of her unhappiness about working as a customer service specialist." and that I "had scheduling concerns but did not pursue available options or accommodations", along with a bunch of other junk that frustrates me and frankly pisses me off. I chose to not accept the new position for a lot of reasons, one of them being that as a CS I would have to bid for my schedule and that with no stats to put me higher on the list I would not be in any way guaranteed a schedule that would let me off work in time to pick up Miles from daycare. The management does not make special considerations for anyone based on daycare schedules so no, I did not ask for any. Grrrrr....... I am going to appeal, but I don't know what will come of it.
Its all I can do right now not to just become a big emotional mess that is unable to function at any level let alone find a job. All I want to do is go hide in my room and pretend the world does not exist. Some birthday week. All I can think is "now I am 32, what have I done with my life so far?"
I know this is major Pity-Party and all that, but, hard not to be right now. Hopefully tomorrow will be a brighter day, even with the possibility of snow. Mmmm, I have a whole pumpkin pie, a can of whipped cream and a bottle of wine that one of my dearest friends brought me......I wonder if my husband would be put out if I didn't share.....
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Hi Molly,
I wish I had something inspirational and classy to say about your current predicament. Unfortunately, that's not really my style. I'm not classy by any measure, and I can't be very inspirational since I'm a pessimist. Honestly, there's a reason I'm a geek: I don't (normally) have to deal with people.
It's funny we both started in Customer Service together, huh?
You have a lot of things going for you (whoa, here's the inspirational part. Brace yourself). You're smart, resourceful, funny, and a hard worker. You also have a college ed du ma ca tion, which is something I am currently lacking. I know you will land that perfect job eventually. It's only a matter of hanging in there, sticking to your guns, and keeping your head up. There are very few things more discouraging than being employed, but you can slog through this and come out the other side in an even better place.
You can do it. Really.
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