Am I overreacting here? A Monday after Thanksgiving and despite all the encouraging words both recruiters gave me on Wednesday the argument could be, well, it’s the first business day after the four day holiday weekend. Everyone’s just getting back[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m not the kind of person who likes to talk on the phone in public places. I don’t like it when others do it (they usually talk very loud) and on the times I find myself doing it I try[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I know I shouldn’t think this way. As we talked about taking money out of this fund, then deciding on an amount and finally signing the papers and officially withdrawing it, I felt bad. It felt wrong, and I know[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If this talk with my Financial Advisor was meant to make me feel better, well, I guess it worked. Even though I’ve been out of work for three months I am getting unemployment checks. Though they’re no where near what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
With each questionable step that I encountered with this “job” I realized that something wasn’t kosher. Had they asked me for any personal information along the way, like my Social Security number, I wold have shut it down fast. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s comic title is, of course, a play-on-words of the often mocked and parodied phrase, “It was a dark and stormy night”. It’s become the literary cliche of an example of a florid, melodramatic style of fiction writing. Charles Schulz[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the kind of day, today, that I’m happy that I’m able to do. Now that I’m living just minutes from my mother’s house, after living hundreds of miles away since 1983, I’m available to help her out. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
From as far back as I can remember I’ve always been aware to make sure I have some sort of back-up, money in savings, for the future and rainy days. I think that’s one of the lessons that was instilled[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…