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Well, we decided to go where the jobs are so it might not be in Hoots. I mentioned this last night on Twitter. I haven’t found anything yet (I didn’t mean to be misleading on there as folks where asking where I was going. Oops.)

I will go where I’m wanted. Being unemployed is like being at prom when no one is asking you to dance to a large degree.

Now, if you don’t want to hear some of the details about what is happening at Chez Coma, look at the dog sweater with a crab on it.

Our vacation was cut short due to the new developments. This ego of mine here in Hoots has been hit rather hard and proper. I guess everyone that loses their job goes through this, where for the first few days you fluctuate from feeling optimistic to feeling like you live in the gutter.

This too shall pass. I had one of those gutter moments yesterday returning to Hoots.

I initially thought I was going to get to purchase the computer I’ve been using for two years from the Powers That Be but they decided due to licensing of the software that they want it back. I’m backing everything up on it and getting it ready to return to them later today. As soon as I get my severance pay, I’ve found an inexpensive PC for purchase but I want the check in hand before I do that. I had one but the hard drive is out and I found out about a month ago that to fix it would cost about the same price as a new computer.

Ahh, disposable laptops, you are so cute.

So, for about two more days, I’m going to have to suck it up, deal with some of the details of what’s in the past until I can get on the path of the future.

I was talking to my Memphis buddy, Dabney, about the job market over the weekend. She is in administration and has been looking for a job for a about a month. In the past, it used to be that when you needed a job, we knew a friend (or friend of a friend) that could help out.

Now those friends have family members (or the like) that need those jobs so word of mouth isn’t what it once was in finding employment. Instead of interviews, I’ve learned from Ginger that most everything is being prepared online so that personal connection isn’t there.

I wonder how I will translate under those conditions?

Anyway, blogging will be a bit sporadic until I find my footing on the computer front, get the severance check and pack for the adventure. For the time being, I feel a bit invisible.

I guess that’s normal.