Riding the High

I understand that with becoming unemployed you have ups and downs. Well yesterday was certainly an up day. I was contacted three times for job interviews. I am so excited!!!!! I hope one of them come through!!!!!!!

It is nice to feel loved again!

Becoming a Princess

Okay I am admitting it....I am excited about the Royal Wedding. I am a sucker for all things Royal (and Kennedy's) for some reason. I love the tradition around everything. I don't really admit this to many so lets keep that between you and me.

I will not be waking up at 3am to watch the show but I will watch as much of it as I can before I leave for work and then spend the day watching the coverage on the net.

Jobs

I feel like since December I have applied for over 40 jobs and only heard back from 3. What is wrong with me? Is it me or is there that many people looking for a job? It is hard to not take it personally.

I have applied for 2 jobs that I REALLY REALLY want and the waiting is killing me. I was sent another job description yesterday and I know I can do it but how do I get that point across in my resume? I guess that is the million dollar question.

Not sure what to do today

So today is my first real day of working notice. NO ONE is talking to me. I have no clue what to do or what they expect me to do. The 'hurt' part of me wants to do nothing. Spend the day getting paid and play on facebook. The 'sensible' side of me thinks I should email them and find out. I am so torn!

As a friend said, 'suck it up, you are getting paid'. So I guess the 'right' thing would be to ask....but I don't want too!

Today Is A New Day

I had been looking for a new job for a while and my goal was to quit before they fired me. Well they beat me to it. We all saw the writing on the wall, budgets NEEDED to be cut. Money was not coming in. It also did not help that I saw on her calendar a meeting to review the contract with a company that does what I do. I knew it was coming....but it still hurts.

It hurts and it sucks. However, I am using this as a opportunity to make this the first day of my new life. My career coach has already opened my eyes to many things. For example:

1) I do not like sales. Sales is the reason why I have felt so uneasy at my job. I am good at it but I am not comfortable at it.
2) I like sales that come to me....and where I can upsale...not cold calls.
3) This is not the end of the world
4) I am already 1 step ahead by looking for a new job.
5) This does not make me a failure. This does not identify me, it is just something that happened to me.

I need to remember number 5 as I look at this fork in the road and try to figure out which road to take. For now I am going to have a good healthy cry and hug my babies. I will be okay but give a week or two to have a cry.

This blog is going to be about my journey, my ups and downs.