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I feel like a jerk

Posted on July 05, 2009
I was awakened last Tuesday night by flashing lights outside my window. They were from an ambulance in front of my elderly neighbors' home. As I was contemplating whether to go offer assistance, an EMT got in the rig and left. I never saw them load anybody into the ambulance and there were no lights or sirens and no apparent hurry...

A little advice

Posted on July 04, 2009
Do not shout to whatever random deity may be listening, "Can you please throw a little more shit at me? Please?" Because, the answer is "Yes." It can always get worse.DH and I hopped in the car today to run an errand. About 30 seconds after we pulled out of the driveway, the A/C stopped blowing cold air...

Ugh!

Posted on July 02, 2009
I just received a phone call from my former secretary--at 5:15 on the eve of a 3-day weekend. I assumed it was DH calling, or I probably would have let it go to voicemail.She said that I had received a magazine from an industry organization that my firm had signed me up with, and wanted to know if she should forward it to me...

Stupid Mom Move

Posted on July 01, 2009
I told the twins to let the guinea pig run around in SS's room while PS cleaned out her cage. We have a little carrier, but the poor creature spends her whole life in a cage, and I though she might like the chance to roam a bit. (She is more timid and apt to scratch than our previous guinea pig-maysherestinpeace-so the kids don't play with her as much...

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Weird Facebook Friend

Posted on June 30, 2009
So a handful of my Facebook friends are people that I went to high school with that I don't really remember. I'm sure that we went to high school together, but we didn't hang out together and I have only a vague recollection of them.Once such person, we'll call her Sue, friended DH shortly after she friended me...

I have a case!

Posted on June 29, 2009
LegalAid finally called me back today, and I agreed to take on a pro bono case. I am excited and freaked out at the same time.It's a divorce case, and one that could turn nasty. I do not practice family law--although it is a direction I would have to take if I end up going solo...

The Evil Force

Posted on June 29, 2009
At some point in the middle of the night last night I moved from my bed to the couch. I kept having bad dreams and would wake sitting upright and trying to figure out what was happening. I can't really describe what the dreams were about--but I had this sense of something closing in on me, sort of encapsulating me...

Grumble, Grumble

Posted on June 26, 2009
I just received an email from Conservative Firm that they do not intend to conduct call back interviews for another 3 weeks!On the one hand, I take it as a good sign that they bothered to tell me this. On the other hand, I need to start working. My psyche needs to start working, and my bank account needs me to start working...

The most interesting interview to date

Posted on June 26, 2009
Today I had an interview at a firm 60 miles from home. Their offices are in a turn-of-the-century house that they have fully restored. It was just gorgeous--beautifully restored and beautifully decorated.They obviously observe casual Friday, as all of the staff and the first partner (Partner A) whom I met were wearing jeans...

Today ...

Posted on June 24, 2009
I applied for at least 5 jobs. One was a temporary position at a firm with an office dog. I like the idea of an office dog.I took PS to the library for a workshop on making flip-flops out of duct tape. (Don't ask me-but it was so popular that not all of the kids who showed up could participate...

Interview

Posted on June 24, 2009
I was pretty apathetic going into today's interview. I am tired of being rejected, and I wasn't sure how interested they would be in me because I have virtually no exposure to the type of law that they practice.But it went much better than I anticipated, and now I'm afraid I have my hopes up once again...

Another day another hill to climb

Posted on June 22, 2009
I think the hardest part about job hunting is the roller coaster emotional toll. Initially I was rolling uphill--I was leaving old firm, but I had several interviews lined up and I convinced myself that my unemployment would be short lived. I eventually hit the peak and plummeted downward when none of those interviews transformed into jobs...

"Don't be such a pu$$y!"

Posted on June 18, 2009
That's what one of my twins told the other when she started freaking out about a bug. Being the fabulous mom that I am, I burst out laughing. "Wha-at?" said SS."Sweetie, do you know that is not a nice word?""What do you mean--it's just another word for kitty?"By this point SS is obviously embarrassed and realizes that she unintentionally said something that she shouldn't...

8 pounds

Posted on June 15, 2009
No, not the sequel to the Will Smith movie. That's how much I have gained during my one moth of unemployment. (BTW, today is my 1 month unemployedaversary--yea for me.)Apparently I should have been following gudnuff's workout advice. It's not hard to figure out the source of these 8 pounds...

Inlaws

Posted on June 13, 2009
I love my inlaws--I really do. But I though I might strangle my FIL this weekend.DH and I made an impromptu road trip Friday afternoon to help out FIL because MIL, who had been receiving outpatient treatments at a cancer center 700 miles from their home, was admitted for inpatient care...

LC Unveiled

Posted on June 11, 2009
'Cause I know you've been dying to know what I look like. (I love it when I get sneak peeks at the bloggers that I follow.) DH found this app and has been making Obamicons of the entire family. PS picked out the caption.On the job front, I have been much more relaxed since the girlies have been out of school...

Kid Funnies

Posted on June 10, 2009
To make up for my downer post yesterday, here are comments from random children I have encountered lately.My little monkey girl, SS, got a little carried away climbing a tree at a park and got stuck about 10 feet of the ground. I eventually went to rescue her, but she was well above my head and I had to coax her to back her way down the tree...

Sadness

Posted on June 09, 2009
DH attended the memorial service today for a teen who took his own life last week. I simply can't imagine a worse pain for a parent to endure.This child was getting ready to go to college--on the cusp of a whole new life. But at that age, and in such a state of depression, I guess it is hard to have perspective for what is in front of you...

Contemplations

Posted on June 08, 2009
So my little unplanned 3 week vacation has had me thinking. I really like spending more time with my kiddos, cooking real dinners for my family, not having to cram all of my errands and chores into the weekend. And the relief from the constant voice in my head saying I should be working more, working harder, doing something other than whatever I happen to be doing at the moment...

No more teachers . . .

Posted on June 05, 2009
Yesterday was the girls' last day of school. We did the awards ceremonies and then went out of ice cream. It's hard to believe that I now have a 6th grader and 2 3rd graders. I don't feel old enough to have a 6th grader--although my brother, who is 3 years younger, will have a high schooler next year!PS still has friends over who spent the night--they are blessedly past the running around and

Why yes, yes I have been wallowing

Posted on June 03, 2009
This week has been tough. No interviews and no prospects. Yesterday I got a rejection letter from a firm where I thought the interview went really well. I have worked just about every networking contact that I know of. I am beginning to sink into a deep muddy pit of depression...

No napping today

Posted on May 27, 2009
Met with temp agency recruiter. Definitely not the highlight of my day--meeting the recruiter, who was wearing a polyester suit, in a bare-bones windowless office. But they'll help me out with finding a permanent position, and in the meantime, there is a doc review project starting in another week...

I am such a wussie

Posted on May 26, 2009
I got all teary when Sotomayor was talking about her mom. I thought her speech was pretty good, although she was obviously nervous. I will be interested to learn more about her as the confirmation hearings progress. I like that a female Hispanic was nominated, but I don't want to see someone on the Court merely because of her ethnicity or gender (coughPalincough).

Okay, so I may have wallowed a little bit today.

Posted on May 26, 2009
I watched a little too much television. I made good progress through a book (it really seems to be dragging--I am sooo tempted to peek at the end and just get it over with). I took a nap. A temp agency called to set up an interview for a doc review project...

The Great Outdoors

Posted on May 24, 2009
This morning we headed out to go geocaching and hiking at a nature preserve about 40 miles from home. We ended up hiking about 8 miles. I am shocked--we usually get about a mile before the kids are ready to give it up. And the terrain was quite a bit more rugged that we are accustomed to...

Still not wallowing

Posted on May 22, 2009
I've managed to stay remarkably busy for someone who doesn't have a job. In fact, my kitchen still isn't painted. I though I was ready to hit the ground running with the paining on Tuesday, but instead spend half a day taping and draping--a bigger project in the kitchen than in other rooms...

The Ancestral Tree

Posted on May 21, 2009
Today's interview went much better than yesterday's. It is a smaller, start-up firm and seems to be a really great environment. But apparently every firm that I have interviewed with stems from the same great tree.We'll call that tree C & T. I actually had a co-defendant who worked for C & T and mentioned all of the offshoots (groups of partners and associates who left to form their own firms)

Disappointed

Posted on May 20, 2009
I can't say that today's interview went particularly well. Although I perfectly fit the description in the ad that was posted, I would now not even consider this position if I were not unemployed.First, it is coverage work. I have done coverage work and I do not like it...

Today I scheduled two interviews for later in the week

Posted on May 18, 2009
For real jobs, not contract jobs. Woot!One is downtown, a few blocks down from old firm. The other is in the 'burbs, a few blocks down from DH's office.Hopefully one will pan out, but I applied for several contract positions today, just in case.

I will not wallow

Posted on May 18, 2009
I refuse to wallow in a pit of self-pity--which would be oh so easy to do--during my unemployedness and while the girls are still in school. So I got up and started prepping the kitchen for painting. I painted the rest of my downstairs the last time I was unemployed, right after the bar...

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