The longer this unemployment thing wears on, the more I remember why I didn't enjoy being a stay-at-home mom.
Not that I don't enjoy having time to spend with my kids, and Heaven knows I adore having more time to spend with family and friends. But y'all....not knowing what came on at 10 p.m. Monday nights or who really sucked on American Idol this week was a point of pride with me. Now I'm thanking the gods of OnDemand, for they let me sample all the shows Facebook has been talking about. And it never fails, somewhere around Tuesday afternoon I smack myself in the forehead and think I missed Rizzoli and Isles last week!! So thank you, Xfinity, for allowing me to play catch up...two weeks later over breakfast.
I'm seeing the end of my severance, too, and it's starting to make me uncomfortable. There's still unemployment...they won't let me draw it just yet, but it's comforting to know it's in my future. And food stamps came through. We might not be able to do much else, but we will be eating good! (Side note: I'm thinking seriously about...just for fun and because I'll have the time and money to do it, picking several new recipes out of my stacks of cookbooks...all the things I've wanted to try but didn't have the time or money to do it. Don't be surprised if I invite you to dinner!)
Really, though, the worst part of all of this is feeling unproductive. I haven't been...at least that's what my mom and my career counselor tell me. I have uploaded my resume to several job banks. I have searched for jobs to apply for. I have resurrected and polished my LinkedIn profile. I have taken personality and career assessment tests. I try to do at least a little something every day. But mostly, I still feel like I'm just sitting around on my duff.
Last week, I found my dream job as an associate editor for a home magazine in Atlanta. It was the first job I've seen that I actually wanted to apply for. (I only considered the fact that I'd have to relocate for about a half a minute. I don't want to uproot the kids, but if the job's right, I'll do it in a heartbeat.) I was so excited!! I spent three days tailoring my resume, drafting a cover letter, creating a blog as a portfolio of my home stories, and meeting with my career counselor to perfect all of them....only to find the job had closed when I went to apply for it.
The upside is that I have now done all of that, my resume is suitably polished and I have figured out how to showcase my work. And I realized that, deep down and no matter what I say in the heat of the moment, I really do want to write for a living. Now to find another dream job to apply for. If you hear of any openings in which I can write about homes, please let me know!!
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