Will people ever catch on to my habit of including statements here......

[Stir Young]

......that are thinly diguised as questions?

 

Yup, that was one of 'em.

 

Well, after a year and eight months of mostly being unemployed, tomorrow I start working at a real job again.  That's right, I'll be re-entering my career field.

 

Oh, it'll be different this time.  I'm taking a job that will be for only about twenty hours a week, no benefits, and much less pay than I used to make.  Its "welcome to the new, leaned down American workplace".

 

I've been getting by OK, I went on Social Security last year, and I've qualified for unemployment as long as I've been out of work.  In fact, I still have about fifteen weeks of unused unemployment left.

 

But ya know what?  I feel absolutely energized about going back to work.  I'm looking forward to it.

 

Ya see, when I lost my job (my employer closed the doors and went out of business), it really disrupted my retirement plans.  I really wanted to go when I wanted to go.  I guess I was like a lot of other Boomers.  It was a real reality check to suddenly be dumped out of the workforce, and slowly realize that nobody really wanted an aging person who was used to good money, good benefits, and had limited computer skills.

 

Well, I'm back Baby!  Lets see where this next turn in life takes me!

 

Uh, in the mean time, my new employer may not appreciate me checking in on the TBD/Ning on company time, so I'll limit my contributions to the times other than my work hours.

 

So, tomorrow morning, as Mick Jagger once advised in the song "Dear Doctor", I'll "put my suit on, pull my socks up, and comb my long hair down".

 

And I'll keep ya posted.

 

 

[CraigD]

Join the club, brother! :)

[Stir Young]

Take the work when its there, right Craig?

[P.A.]

That beats my record. When I was in college I lasted one day as a night clerk at the Holiday Inn

[Stir Young]

LOL! Did you sneak into an empty room and take a cat nap, PA?

[Quinn]

Or, well...nevermind
Just thinking it wasn't about sleeping is all...

[Stir Young]

That wuz my first thought too, Quinn. LMAO!

[P.A.]

None of the above. I just did a very bad job of clerking.

[Stir Young]

Uh-huh, right! LOL!

[Chez moi]

Congrats on your new job!

I'll "put my suit on, pull my socks up, and comb my long hair down".

We will, of course, want pictures of this! Are you really going to dress up for this work? Can you tell us more about what your duties will entail?

You see, I've almost forgotten what 'work' means...

[Stir Young]

Ugh! Day three was 11 hours long.....my brain is fried and its already the morning of Day 4! LOL!

[Quinn]

I thouhgt you said this was shorter hours than last time? 11 hours doens't seem to fit with that...

[Stir Young]

Yeah, I know! HaHaHa!