Job search not going well. I may be out of it for a while. We will have to cope without my income. I don't know how long unemployment lasts. I'm still on severence. I may be done for a while. I have been looking and going out and going to these places. One place I went to (that did not choose me) had 400 apps for one job. Another place- the person liked me a lot but said there were 300 apps at that time for a job. These are not the most skillful jobs, either. I just will keep plugging away. I have applied with about 3 other places. There are always way more apps than jobs available. The job that had 300 people- the same job was advertised 6 months ago and there were only 12 applicants. I just may be done for a while. I have applied for jobs even at a day care center and still lots more applicants than jobs. And some of those people have more "experience" than I do- as in, paid experience with kids- probably- and I don't even care that much about pay, just want to be busy and do a job. Really this is scary. There are lots of people in my position. I'm going to take a civil service test for a bilingual clerk job nearby on Monday. That may be a hopeful thing, but certainly there will be a plethora of applicants for that one, too. This all is really sucky but at least I have some good news-we found a buyer for our house- and the closing date is Feb. 27. Hopefully nothing happens to her-she's put earnest money down- this is crazy. I've never seen an economy like this. I can't tell you how many jobs I've gotten just by answering ads but now there are very few jobs even advertised so those that are advertised are swamped. My resume is one in a huge stack and I'm only 2 weeks into this- I can't imagine doing this for years and years trying to find work. Those placement and temp agencies- not around anymore. I look at Monster and I'm just applying for about anything I can get. I need the money but we're not desperate for it- I just need to do something. I'm going to lose my mind!

Ouch! Economy got me. And it's making my company hurt, hurt so bad it had to let some of us out. So...there I go. Gone. Story of my life. Laid off how many times? Well anywho I have some severance time and I guess unemployment to go looking elsewhere. It may be a while. It may not. We will see. Being bilingual helps. Always has always will I guess. Steve found out he's safe. Plus he got a nice bonus. But we still need to unload or rent (becoming more of an option) the Finneytown house. And now I'm going to take this time to concentrate on Micah. I do not know at all in the least whatsoever. But anyway this is causing me to get pretty jittery. Because I'm just like that already. Before I was laid off (btw I don't blame my boss, company, etc. and totally understand where they're coming from and penny penny nickel quarter was on the wall for some time....things are not going well....maybe when they are again I can go back to work there though in a different position....I had even written in my dayrunner ponderings of "why do they even have this position still?")...OK....before I was laid off I ordered some gardening stuff online and I think I'm going to try to grow lots of vegetables this summer. Last summer I just grew tomatoes. (Tomatoes...that's the right spelling...looked a little funny....because "potatoes" isn't right...it's POTATOS. Ask Dan Quayle.)

Sorry I haven't kept up the blog. I think I've said that before but I did get tired of getting slammed sometimes, but having a blog invites that. I suppose I exhibited my share of rudeness online too, and if I have, I am sorry. So sorry, so sorry, so sorry.

PEACE OUT-

Ann

Nathanael just informed me that "potatoes" is indeed right...now I do remember. Quayle went out on "Potato" - Just one potato did him in.