Things That Suck

UPDATE: R got a call for an interview next Wednesday for a job that he thinks the job fax service he used sent his resume to so he's not even sure what the position is for and didn't want to sound like a dumb ass asking the woman on the phone. So we'll see how this goes. It makes the other interview rejection for the job up north a little more bearable.

• There have been no calls from Arling.ton, VA since I wrote last, this is never a good sign!
• R just found out that he wasn't selected for an interview for another job that he had networked by cold calling individuals affiliated with the position. This was in an attempt to get his foot in the door for a job that he was more than qualified. Those individuals gave him really great information about the job and also contacted the hiring person on his behalf, guess that new strategy he tried doesn't work.
• He got another rejection letter for another job in the mail today.
• R applied at Mc.Donald's yesterday :(
• It's now been 10 months since R lost his job.
• We're running out of money and exhausting our resources.
• I saw a teacher that was on the tutoring list with me from the local elementary school walking out of the library with a bin, which means she is getting tutoring opportunities and I didn't get any calls for tutoring students. I had convinced myself that there just wasn't a need because people couldn't afford it in this economy, but I was wrong. It was disappointing to see it and to know that the teacher probably really didn't seriously NEED the money like I do, and I'm just as qualified as her.
• I still get excited about finding teaching job openings yet in the back of my mind I know that I'm not going to have a snow balls chance in hell to get one. A local district had a buyout, had 11 openings, got 13,000 applicants, WTF??? I applied for 5 positions in a town near us and am desperately trying to find someone to network with so I can get my foot in the door.
• My friend, A lives in Mary.land and is having to decide right now which job she wants to take, because she has multiple offers. I'm happy for her, but it's depressing.
• That job in Chic.ago that flew R down and put him up in the swanky hotel still hasn't told him that he didn't get the job, and that's just rude in my opinion.
• It's raining and cold.
• I have no idea when we're going to get our break and how much worse things are going to get before that break happens.
• I'm sad right now and it's actually been a long time since I've been this sad. I've been so positive, optimistic, happy, etc... and now I don't know how to keep feeling those things because sadness and worry seems to be creeping in.