technically, it's been a week. but five business days. i know now how god created the world in seven. these days have lasted forever. stuck inside my loft doing nothing. i'm eating myself out of house and home.
i hate judge judy yet i haven't missed an episode in three days. her show is on twice a day.
i know commercials, word-for-word. the destruction in new orleans and the states of mississippi and alabama are forever etched in my mind.
i'm thankful, though. i have no job. yet, i have my loft, my car, dry clothes, running water. when i flip a switch, light fills the room. unspoiled milk sits in my refrigerator for me to enjoy. i'm lucky.
i got mad, though, about all these evacuees being here. they're taking away jobs, i thought. maybe they are and maybe they will. but should i be mad?
i went to the department of labor and the whole state of new orleans, it seems, was there in front of me. even when i reached the receptionist, i was told to come back tomorrow. by one person, i was told i was "too smart" to be there.
what do you do in a situation like i'm in where you're "too smart" to be in the department of labor yet there are no suitable jobs in the ajc?
i'm really contemplating volunteering at the red cross shelters here. of course, i won't have an income to pay my rent, truck payment, insurance, phone bill, etc. but, i will have more of a peace of mind.
i don't need to be sitting at home fuming because of ordinary people who, though no fault of their own, lost everything and need help more than i.
i need to be helping them.
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I know what you are going through, but you know, you need to get on the internet and throw your resume out there! And if all else fails, do retail until you get something more lucrative. Make sure you use spell check when you type up your resume... Watching Judge Judy is not as profitable as working anywhere. besides in jobs like retail etc.. you could even start in management or something and still get clothing discounts. Quit whining or no one will want to work with you. especially if they stumble across your "interesting" journal and see how you talk all this trash about your co workers. No one wants to hire someone like a whiner or a person that disrespects those who they work with. Work shouldn't become personal. you can be friendly to your co workers but you aren't required to be friends and they wouldn't fire someone just because you are too good to eat with them.
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