I went, I saw and I drove. Now, I’m back. Gone are my peanut butter and carrot lunches, Goldfish filled snack breaks and endless hours of driving along the Wyoming and South Dakota highways. It was good to be gone but it feels right to be back. I had plenty-o-time to think on the road [...]
Posts Tagged ‘unemployment’
Life on the road
I told myself I didn’t need to write this week, but after a first day of driving through California, Nevada and a stop outside Salt Lake City, I changed my mind. It was some where during the miles of Nevada nothingness and the casino/food/hotel — don’t judge. It was the last stop in Nevada and [...]
Playing temporary employed
I went to talk to a temp agency today. I love temp agencies. They are like the best significant other ever. They make you feel special, important and worthy, and they pay you. What more could an unemployed girl ask for? Don’t say full time job because then I’d have to hit you and no [...]
My all American carpe diem road trip
Oh Robin Williams how right you were when you spoke to me — through the VCR of course — about opportunity and life and seizing the day. I always wanted an opportunity to throw caution to the wind and seize the moment, but I am horrible at it. My mind always races ahead. Minutes, days, [...]
Lessons in survival: putting off the future to save for today
I did it. I pulled out my IRA. Before anyone goes judging me — for the song choice or pulling out my IRA — let me explain. Ok, judge me openly for DMB. That was just cruel of me to do. But it fit and I stand by that. As for the IRA, let explain. [...]
Return to Oz: where did the yellow brick road go?
This doesn’t look like how I remembered it before. I know I was here, but things look awfully different. Gone are the singing munchkins, the lush poppy fields and the yellow brick road. The remnants are there — a yellow brick here, a statue there, but it’s not as shiny or happy. The ocean is [...]
Living by the Scout moto: always be prepared
I’ve always liked to perform psychological experiments on myself. No, not like the Stanford prison experiment more Pavlovian than anything. Needless to say, I now say soda instead of pop. Sorry Ohio. This time around I’m conditioning myself to be ok with using the system for help. I’ve signed up for Healthy San Francisco — [...]
Playing hard to get
Your eyes meet and you coyly look away. You read once that no one likes someone that is too forward when they first meet. One must be careful to not be overzealous now, right? Your eyes meet again. Perfection is met with everything you’ve ever wanted — benefits that include vision and dental, PTO and [...]
On a clear day you can run forever
After an unfortunate night with a friend’s Wii game, and by unfortunate I mean it told me I was out of shape — a sad fact I knew but did not want to admit, nor did I want a computerized video game to remind me of — I woke up this morning to run. It [...]