Last week I had a job interview that was....let's optimistically call it practice for the future since it was extremely clear I wasn't going to get the job. During the job interview, I could barely get a word in edge-wise as the hiring manager basically kept up a monologue on whatever entered her head. The economy featured prominently in the monologue as she had a talent pool for this position unlike any she'd seen in the past filled with top candidates such as myself due to the recession. And 75% of the applicants for this position had recently been laid-off from their previous jobs due to the economy. Well, that news cheered me to no end. That's just what you want someone to tell you in a job interview. This person also told me flat out that I was "grossly underpaid" at my previous place of employment. Also good news that cheered me. And to cap this 40 minute extravaganza of joyous little tidbits of information, she decided to close the interview with the name of her contact at a temporary agency that I could sign up with for temporary employment. Yeah, she's gonna call back for a second interview.
Roomie and I have been working on redoing the deck in our patio. It's not really a deck, per se, more of a three step staircase that extends halfway around the patio with planters at the end of it. I'll have to post pictures of the finished product soon. The whole goal of this is to make the patio look like something other than the pitiful cement slab that it was. We're hoping to be done with the patio by the end of next weekend. We have paint touchups on the deck to do, a major cleaning and sweeping, re-arranging all of the plants and staking 2 of the forsythia bushes that have decided they want to grow out intstead of up.
This would help so much with my boredom and frustration if I had an outdoor place to retreat to for some sunlight and outdoor time that isn't cluttered with painting supplies, exercise equipment, you name it. I've been on a little "de-cluttering" binge since becoming unemployed. In an effort to conserve gasoline I wound up deciding that while I'm unemployed I would not drive anywhere a minimum of 3 days a week, which essentially means I'm stuck in the house for those 3 days a week. So I need activities to keep me occupied on those days. I started cleaning out my file cabinet and shredding things but that's slow going.
One of my decisions to keep myself occupied is to start catching up on all of my craft-y activities, such as scrapbooking and cross-stitch projects. I've decided to spend a minimum of 2 hours per night on some type of craft in order to make some headway towards getting caught up before I wind up employed again. So far, so good. Last night and tonight I've been dutifully working on my craft projects whilst watching (and this is a tad humiliating to admit) "Big Brother After Dark." I've got another hour to go on tonight's craft before I'm finished for the night.
Another decision that I've recently arrived at is I don't care if I am unemployed, I have to find the money somewhere to continue my personal training sessions. I do so much better with exercising on a schedule if 2 or 3 of those scheduled times I have my trainer kicking my @$$ and telling me to do more reps. My first session is tomorrow. I am totally looking forward to this - I can't wait! Don't get me wrong - I'm not one of those weird exercise fanatics that live to exercise and all that, but I do find that it's easier to keep diabetes under control with regular exercise. And quite frankly, since I've been unemployed, I've been snacking WAY more than I should. Discipline has gone out the window - it's so much easier to be disciplined if you're working!
And since tomorrow I'm leaving the house anyway, I'm also planning on getting my haircut and my nails done for another job interview I have scheduled on Thursday. I'm really looking forward to some pampering that I can't really afford but want to look my best for the interview.
Roomie and I have been working on redoing the deck in our patio. It's not really a deck, per se, more of a three step staircase that extends halfway around the patio with planters at the end of it. I'll have to post pictures of the finished product soon. The whole goal of this is to make the patio look like something other than the pitiful cement slab that it was. We're hoping to be done with the patio by the end of next weekend. We have paint touchups on the deck to do, a major cleaning and sweeping, re-arranging all of the plants and staking 2 of the forsythia bushes that have decided they want to grow out intstead of up.
This would help so much with my boredom and frustration if I had an outdoor place to retreat to for some sunlight and outdoor time that isn't cluttered with painting supplies, exercise equipment, you name it. I've been on a little "de-cluttering" binge since becoming unemployed. In an effort to conserve gasoline I wound up deciding that while I'm unemployed I would not drive anywhere a minimum of 3 days a week, which essentially means I'm stuck in the house for those 3 days a week. So I need activities to keep me occupied on those days. I started cleaning out my file cabinet and shredding things but that's slow going.
One of my decisions to keep myself occupied is to start catching up on all of my craft-y activities, such as scrapbooking and cross-stitch projects. I've decided to spend a minimum of 2 hours per night on some type of craft in order to make some headway towards getting caught up before I wind up employed again. So far, so good. Last night and tonight I've been dutifully working on my craft projects whilst watching (and this is a tad humiliating to admit) "Big Brother After Dark." I've got another hour to go on tonight's craft before I'm finished for the night.
Another decision that I've recently arrived at is I don't care if I am unemployed, I have to find the money somewhere to continue my personal training sessions. I do so much better with exercising on a schedule if 2 or 3 of those scheduled times I have my trainer kicking my @$$ and telling me to do more reps. My first session is tomorrow. I am totally looking forward to this - I can't wait! Don't get me wrong - I'm not one of those weird exercise fanatics that live to exercise and all that, but I do find that it's easier to keep diabetes under control with regular exercise. And quite frankly, since I've been unemployed, I've been snacking WAY more than I should. Discipline has gone out the window - it's so much easier to be disciplined if you're working!
And since tomorrow I'm leaving the house anyway, I'm also planning on getting my haircut and my nails done for another job interview I have scheduled on Thursday. I'm really looking forward to some pampering that I can't really afford but want to look my best for the interview.
