The search continues

On a snowy road to nowhere in a treacherous mountain pass a young career was lost 7 weeks ago and searchers have yet to find it. "We haven't given up hope," Ms. Jones proclaimed this morning, "but we are starting to worry about the chance of finding any life." With that she sadly walked away trying to look strong, but we could tell she was losing the strength to keep searching.

Over the past several weeks there have been many promising leads but just as many dead ends and missed chances. The career is young, only 4 years out of college with what had looked like a promising future ahead. The search will continue, but when found how much rehabilitation will the career need to be back to where it was when originally lost?

Stay tuned for continuing coverage.

Sid, back to you......

Not to be underestimated

I sent a resume the other day to the local conference center to see if they might want me as setup crew or some-such for events. I figured it would be good experience and that might be easy work to get and at least supplement my current $0 income. On Friday they called me to come in and meet with them, so today I put on stockings and a skirt and all the interview accoutrement and met with two of the managers. What surprised me was that they were looking at me more for a supervisor or manager position rather than just grunt work. This should just remind me that although I think little of myself and my experience, I actually have quite a bit of good history in many areas and that they would be damn lucky to hire me. So, I have no idea at this point of they liked me or not, but I do hope to hear from them.......yikes

I ain't no spring chicken anymore...

What is it that happens to us as we age? I don't mean the wrinkles or the hair in weird places either. What I mean is the "party skills". When I was in high school and college I could stay up all night, get up first thing in the morning and be good to go and get through the day. And that up all night part usually included alcohol, junk food and lots of sugar. If I do that now I am dead on my feet for days. Last night friends were here and I stayed up 'til 1 am maybe, hadn't had anything to drink since dinner and of course this morning Miles wakes up at the ass crack of dawn and I can barely drag myself out of bed. I am up now, just long enough to have just dropped him at daycare and to check my email, because I am going to take advantage of the lifestyle of the unemployed and go back to bed. My poor husband, he stayed up later than I did and had to go to work...I suppose that was his choice though.I just have to get over the guilt of dropping my child into the care of someone else and enjoying the cozy warmth of my bed.

So, good night to the world, or is it a good morning? The best kind of morning, one with no place to go. "theres nobody I would rather do nothing with than you" - great lyric - about a significant other of course, but it could be about my bed, or my cat...same thing right?

I'm a loser baby....

What is it about applying for jobs that freezes me in my tracks? I see job postings and instead of shooting off my resume I think about it and usually let the opportunity pass me by. Like just now, I did actually apply for a job from craigslist, sent an email with my resume and everything. Then I see a second job, this one with a good company that I know, and it says, "send resume and cover letter" so what do I do? I think to myself, "hmm, cover letter, I have no idea how to do that" and instead of looking for resources to help me write one I come to my blog and complain about how I should be doing more to find a job. Am I so afraid of rejection that I reject myself before I even know what the possibility is? Yes, I am, and I am a loser.

Its the same thing with all the projects around the house that I would like to get done. I have so many that I never do any of them. And that is really dumb.

C'mon Molly, Get it together......Go out there and conquer!

Maybe I will take a nap first.........