As time goes by

I've settled into my gig well enough over the past couple months. It pays well enough and doesn't conflict with my #1 PRIORITY, so all is WIN-WIN, right?

I read a quote attributed to Buddha that sums up my existence, but I'll sum it up as: "Contentment is fleeting when desired outcome is realized."

On many levels, I'm very satisfied, but yet there's that nagging thought that I could be doing better. I read my Dale Carnegie, and I am worry free. I suppose the hopeless feeling will pass, but after having been consumed by the job search for as long as I was, I'm beat. Moral victory in that I didn't quit, but I'm no where where I intended to be 5 or 10 years ago. I can accept it as my lot in life or I can just build upon it. I choose the latter option, but for the time being I'm in need of assessing where exactly I am and where I want to be and how I intend to get there.

So, I am officially back to getting regular wages, but I make roughly what I did in '07. I feel like David Janssen's character in The Fugitive, only my one-armed man is a full-time job that pays a living wage.

Now that I have a job...

Strangely, I got a call about a part-time job today. Someone found my resume on Monster.com. I was heading out the door to drop off my daughter at pre-school, so I couldn't get into details. The job info was sent to my email, and it was disappointing. Paid well enough considering the job's description, but I would have to commute 40 miles to get there and the job didn't have flexible hours. Given that I have a job lined up that works logistically with being a primary caregiver, this lead is nothing but a red-herring.

Anything is better than nothing

Got an interview for a job that looks mildly interesting. It's part-time and at night, so it may be a winner on the childcare front. No idea of the pay or total weekly hours, but those aren't factors that concern me since I'm taking in ZERO and depending on credit cards too much.  I am a ways from hitting my debt limit, but running deficits is scary.

Mildly annoyed... internet pages seem to hate me.

Seems the site to file my weekly unemployment claim is down.
Seems the site that posts library jobs is down.
Seems the site hiring for a library position thinks I'm unqualifed for a job for which I'm actually over-qualified.

Fun things to check on a Monday. Monday looks to be boring, otherwise.

At least I have an interview for which to prepare, thus a reason to inquire about an opening I've not heard back since interviewing two weeks ago.