Unemployed...

So, the final upshot of everything at work was that I got fired... Well, that's not quite true - they gave me the option to resign prior to being fired. Either way, I wouldn't get unenjoyment, as the reasons behind the firing were, apparently, justified.

Now both Fred and I are unemployed. Boo is overjoyed at having us both to herself, but the money has quickly fled, and I'm searching for work, so that I can have an income once more. Fred's hoping that he can get his 401K cashed out so we can at least get the rent paid next month, and possibly the month after that, too.

The good news is that everyone around here is supposedly hiring... The bad news is that there are even more people out of work than there are jobs, and the companies that really ARE hiring are getting to be quite picky about who they hire. They can claim anything they want (pretty much) in the advert, but they don't have to hire you just because you fit their advert. There's a lot of other people out there who are just as qualified, or more so, than you...

The mediocre news is that if worst comes to worst, we can move to Port Townsend and live on my mom's property until we get our feet under us. At least then, we wouldn't have to pay for rent... But, it's 500 miles from our friends and current job connections... A real pain to try and uproot everything and head up there... Not to mention the idea of how long it would take for us to get back to Portland... meh...

It's all been very stressful. I'm cooking - a lot... And I seem to have found a previously undiscovered niche that I'm rather surprised about. I'm good at wedding planning. I never knew that I was, and certainly didn't think about doing it. I rather enjoy it, honestly, which is odd, too... With Silky and David getting married next week, Fred and I have been working on their outfits, and I've been helping Silky make sure that all the things she wants to have happen, happen. Turns out, I have been able to find a lot of stuff that she wasn't able to find, and remember a lot of things that she wouldn't have been able to remember. So, perhaps that is something that I should look into as a side venue... Perhaps...

Meanwhile, I'm applying for at least 3 jobs per day. I'm hoping that if I do that, I can be employed fairly soon...

Wish me luck.

~M