Temping

You'd think that being unemployed would give me plenty of time and reason to blog? But I guess not, since it's been yet another 3 weeks. I think that blogging requires a true desire to share your story with the world. When you aren't exactly proud of your story, it's not as desirable to share it.

I've landed 2 more temp jobs since the last one. The 2nd temp job was at the same bank where they let me go for finishing everything so fast! I was put in a different department, subbing for an Executive Assistant who was out on a week and a half medical leave. Boy was it awkward when I ran into the person I used to work for in the last department --- the one who didn't even say goodbye or let me know that the job was ending, when she quite obviously knew. I pretended that I was happy to see her, and she followed suit by asking me how my interview went. Typical HR person! :-)

My current temp job is fine. I have to go through all these medical claims on a computer and print them out, and I'm talking like almost 2,000 of them. They have to be submitted to a lawyer by the deadline of June 20, and there are a lot more claims that are NOT in the computer that I have to look up in paper files that are arriving to the office tomorrow, and I am not looking forward to that. But at least it is work. And reading the other day that unemployment is the highest that it's been since the stock market crash of the 80s, well that's starting to scare me a little.

I do have some good leads on permanent jobs. My staffing agencies have been coming through with some decent opportunities, and I have an interview on Wednesday for a temp-to-permanent position. Which means that if they like me enough at the interview, they invite me to be their temp, and if I do a great job they might hire me full time. But at the same time if I don't like working there, I have the option to decline if they do want to make an offer, and I can also keep interviewing for other jobs while I'm there. The company sounds pretty cool -- it's a consulting firm where they come into your company and assess everything that's wrong with it, and then they create a strategy to reignite your company with new branding, new training for employees, creating new systems to become more efficient. Sounds pretty interesting.

I am doing a pretty good job of watching my calories during the week, while I'm at the temp job. I'm trying to eat smaller amounts more often throughout the day, such as an apple and string cheese, a yogurt, etc. But, as always, the weekends are hard to control. I think it's because there is no set routine, so it's harder to control my eating habits. I haven't been exercising at all really. Mike is determined to get back to the gym next week, so I will probably go with him. Might as well use him as a motivator since I'm not doing a great job of motivating myself now.

So that's about it! Some exciting stuff is coming up at the end of the month. First, I'm going with some of my old co-workers from the hotel to Wisconsin for a birthday celebration, and then the following weekend Mike and I are going with our 2 friends up to Michigan for a weekend at a lakehouse. I'm excited for 2 mini-vacations! Yayyyy!!!