Ok, no I did not get a job… Yet. According to my job coach this is the next best thing!

The second phone interview with my most favorite company EVER went great! I couldn’t believe it. She started off saying she was excited to talk to me!! The conversation flowed pretty well (even though I had had WAY too much coffee and was jittery). She was even comfortable enough with me to talk about what position she was considering me for! She told me her boyfriend’s parents live in San Diego! (Which, these phone interviews are never personal, so I assume that’s a really good sign too…) I am supposed to hear from her or her assistant next week!!!

Anyhoo. Wish me luck people. This job would change my life!!

OMG I WANT THIS JOB!!!

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  excited

daniel · early afternoon · say it · ping it

Well, it’s a long story. I’ll try to be brief?

I mean I have to. I have been at this desk all day! Between 3 hours of #funemployment and 3 hours of trying to hack my Instagr.am photos into my sidebar…  Oi. Which by the is not possible for me to do at my current skill-set. I have asked to be a beta tester for the upcoming Expression Engine plugin. Hopefully it’ll be backwards compatible to my antiquated version of the EE.. *sigh* (UPDATE: Ah, no. Oh well…)

Anyhoo…

  george michael - father figure    
  blog-y

daniel · early evening · say it · ping it

Ya, I skipped last year, but we had the big earthquake. I wonder if I try and re-create events like last year will it happen again? LOL

Anyways, off to brunch with friends. Have a great holiday!

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daniel · mid-morning · say it · ping it

Hey kids!

Long time, no actual writing… I know. And you’d think with all this time on my hands I’d be writing up a storm! Ha! Not so much. As it turns out, unemployment isn’t nearly as fun as I thought it’d be. First of all, the state doesn’t just *give* you unemployment insurance money. There’s complicated bi-weekly paperwork that you have to actually mail. Like put a stamp on it and take it to the box by the curb… Then, because it’s complicated, I of course screwed mine up so my first check is going to be annoyingly fashionably LATE. The check will also arrive by mail, which will then entail a physical trip to the BANK. Ugh! Also, it’s not nearly as much money as you would make like if you were… you know, working. So there’s that aspect.

Now lets talk about how it’s been going for me personally. Well, the first week was like a vacation. My family visited. My WHOLE immediate family. We played, ate, gambled. You know, fun stuff. Then they left. Hmm. Just me. All alone all day with nothing to do and quite a bit depressed. That was the week of heavy drinking and too much sleep. I don’t recommend it. I mean it’s fun when life is on track and you have an income, but for me in my current situation it was not so good. This week, my third week unemployed, I implemented a strategy. A plan advised by a few friends, including VUBOQ (whom I credit with coining the term Funemployment). Sunday through Thursday I go to bed at a decent hour to wake up by 8 or 8:30 the following day. I spend the first half of the day doing online job hunt type stuff. Submitting resumes, filling out forms, 70 question Management Assessments… Like that. Then I have a sensible lunch. The remainder of the day I go to the gym. I am trying to add to my workouts, but I really max out after an hour and a half in there. But by the time I get home and shower it’s time to do some type of dinner. I call it My Routine. I am finding structure helps a lot. The day still passes funny without that 9 hour chunk spent earning a living, but it’s waaay better than last week. SO I’m going to keep it up.

Maybe I need to squeeze blogging into it too. LOL

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  tired

daniel · late at night · say it · ping it

Well. March is over. Finally. This has been the single worst month of my entire life. I say good riddance!

In other related news, today marks the last day of my employment. I think I have finally embraced it as a possible good change. I have been working solidly since I was 18 years old. I have never taken more than a week and a half off. Ever. It will be a break. I plan to utilize the outplacement agency my company provided me to the fullest. I plan to aim high in my job search and maybe get something closer to my Dream Job. Maybe next year for the first time in my life I won’t be working in a mall at Christmas! You never know…

Change can be a good thing? I hope so. I most certainly hope so!

tagged: work life change
  dread

daniel · early morning · 1 comment · ping it

I don’t know about you, but I feel super productive! I Not only started laundry, but I also found all my tax papers (for doing taxes at some future day), I updated a bunch of website behind the scenes type stuff (which required RESEARCH in some cases. It has been a long time since I kept this place shiny and new), I filled the cat’s water (which was bone dry, I fall behind on stuff being alone so much), AND I started a much needed load of laundry. Darks, natch. That’s where all my cute clothes are. I have been trying to always look extra cute. Even to get gas. I am forcing my own return to Planet Me, which is from where I originate.. Or something. Bad grammar much? Why not? It’s my damn blog.

So today was an emotional day at the workplace. If you’ve been reading along you know that I am also laid off. As of Friday I am no longer employed. *pause for collective sigh* So today there was a sending off party for the manager staying on and moving to another location and a handful (big handful) of associates went to our store manager to see if they might include me in the send off somehow. She told them to be subtle and not make me speak… Wise. So to my surprise when I got back from my lunch, which entailed sleeping in my car as I have since I got all of my life-altering news, I was surprised by a giant buffet in the lunchroom. So many people were there on their day off. Soo much food. Also much love. I know they all know I’m not with the company any longer. They don’t all know why, but my favorites do. The heart felt send off’s and well-wishes way overshadowed the other manager, which she allowed. They all signed a card. I got a gift. It was too much. The people I have worked with in that building have been my family for five years. I had to leave after a bit because I couldn’t hide my tears. I will miss them more than the people at any job prior.

My tattered heart broke all over again today. I am still crying. And dealing with it alone.

daniel · early evening · say it · ping it