Slight break

I haven’t written in a while for several reasons. I was away for a week which was really nice. Any chance to get away from New York City is always a plus. Especially since it has been hot and humid around here.

I am also in the full swing of looking for some sort of employment. I am still on that high-ground where I am being selective and holding out for a great job. I really don’t want a crummy 9-5 behind-the-desk job. Well, I suppose the doom day will come and I will have that crummy 9-5 job. Although nowadays I think it’s going to be more like 9-6 plus financially uncompensated extra hours during rush projects. You know - those projects where your boss gets to leave at 5pm and you’re stuck sitting in the office in agony until 8pm only to return at 9am the following morning.

As a side note, I used to have a manager who not only left at 5pm on the dot no matter what the situation, but also spent most of her days researching nurseries for her soon-to-be-born baby and printing letters of invitation for her baby shower. I even had to order mailing labels through the company’s vendor for her baby shower invitations. Looking back, I am actually surprised she didn’t have me print those things out.

Anyways, so I really don’t want a job this summer in general. It would be great to bum around, visit friends who don’t live in New York, take some time off in general. Plus I am still planning to write another editorial and I want to finish writing my research report so that I can finally send it out for publication. At the same time, after hearing of stories from friends who have spent months and months looking for jobs, I am beginning to wonder if I should find some sort of easy no-brainer part-time job. Work in a bookstore or an easy-going café. Plus it would be nice to get out of the house once in a while.

So the next few posts will be about stupid job searches. In fact, one of these days, I am going to start posting the number of resumes sent vs call-backs.

In the meantime, I need to take a shower.