Less than 24 hours

It has kinda been a sucky thanksgiving break for me. Besides for maybe Sunday, because I went out with a friend and had vietnamese food and went shopping but mostly I spent my time alone baking large amounts of christmas cookies to send to family and shopping by myself. In less than 24 hours my beloved returns to me. Hooray! I'm silly I know but being in the house alone is just not as fun as you might think after a day or two. Plus with all stress at work of being a real financial type now I need some one to come home to, to be with, who always has my back. I'm so thankful to have Tim in my life.

I cannot be trusted...

...to blog in a timely fashion. even as I am unemployed and should have an abundance of time on my hands I seems to always have something to do. A month has passed and yes I still have not found gainful employment. I do have volunteer work I have been doing with a homeless women's drop in center, which has been rewarding and fun. I've missed volunteering since I left home. I especially miss the staff at LCM.
In other news, recently we had our first house guest since moving in to our new house, my best roommate ever from the college program came to stay with us for just under a week and while Lisa was here we also got to go see Ali in the City while he was there for a wedding. It was a nice mainstreet reunion. I will post some more pictures once I get them from Lisa, I gave up on my camera after a while out of sheer laziness. I will try and write again soon, I've sat down numerous times trying to blog and even have some drafts to finish one of these days but until then.

so bored

what surprises me about being unemployed is that I still manage to have stuff to do most of the time. My house is cleaner, we don't lack for laundry and the dishes are always done and I water the garden. I've been doing a lot of job applying mostly and also researching the series 7 exam (which I found out I can't take unless I'm employed by a company that is registered by the NASD) Anyway I'm bored out of my skull so feel free to call me and chat my ear off I won't mind. I'm going to go be super productive and hope I forget that I'm not bring home any bacon.

Downsized

There are so many good jokes that come to mind: We aren't picking up your option, you are part of an outplacement program, were movinging in another direction. The main gist of these is the fact that I just lost my job. The rent went up for my location and my company decided that we weren't profitable enough to merit paying more to keep us open. So I sit before you jobless in 2 weeks time with a lovely severence package and a soul full of worry.

"when one door closes another opens"...yes yes I've heard it, it's been a main theme in my life since yesterday, that and "it's for the best", and "you didn't really like that job anyway." My very favorite was "Do you want to go on vacation?" that was from my own dear, sweet Tim upon hearing the news between my tears and gulps for breath.

Overqualified. I've taken my time looking for the "right" job knowing that I had this one which I was good at I had been there for years and I had good benefits with. My biggest fear now is having to find another "in between" job. No one wants a bank teller with a bachelors degree in finance. Cold, cold world here I come.

PS this is a cute picture of Tim and I and his niece to brighten up this sad post.