Lost My Job - Day 1

Day One. No alarm was set, except poor husbands... The dog came and nudged me about 6:30, I believe she feared I was unconscious or dead, makes no difference to her as long as she gets to eat, which usually would happen about 4:30 am. But this is today. Day one. No job. No getting up at 4:30, even if the dog barfs in anticipation of eating, which has been known to happen at least every other day.

Ah, to sleep in. (Yes, 6:30 am to me is practically oversleeping). I fumbled out of bed and downstairs to grind some coffee beans. "No working stiff would ever have time to grind the beans", I thought. If today was over it would be ok, because I got to grind the beans, and it's only 6:35!

Enjoyed the entire pot of joe, but not before 3-year-old Leah came into the kitchen at 7:05 and exclaimed that she "heard a scary noise". I do suppose it could have been the dog barfing, but no, she already ate...

8-year-old Sydney still out for the count. She's got teenager like tendancies when it comes to sleeping, and that's all I'll say about that. On this day, Day One, letting my girls sleep in instead of yanking them out of bed at 6 am to hurry them out the door to before school care and daycare, MAY just make this Lost My Job thing be ok for awhile. If for no other reason than they deserve it, and I relish in being able to give it to them.

We ate breakfast, watched some Blues Clues, oh and get this, I did what I had been putting off for a few days, (and a job I don't like), I washed Leah's hair. Who does this stuff at 8 am?! I guess I do! Hair and baths are separate occasions for Leah since I discovered that she didn't cry when they washed her hair in that special sink at the "haircut store". So now I do the same at home, with the kitchen sink sprayer while she lays on the counter. (And I try to have last nights leftovers cleaned out of the sink and down the disposal before I start.) The salon it ain't, but to not have to deal with the fiasco in the tub makes it all worth it.

Got everyone dressed and headed out the door. Drove Sydney to school, dropped Leah off at daycare. Yes, despite being home all day little girlie will still go to daycare so a) we don't lose our spot, (I do afterall not intend to be home THAT long) and b) to give me the uninterrupted time and energy I'll need to find a new a fabulous new job! So, got the kid-o's off to where they needed to be exactly 2.5 hours later than a typical Monday. The Army's slogan of "we do more before 9 am than most people do all day" holds true in the house as usual. (Imagine if I had got up at 4:30?!)

Next up, the gym for my daily cardio burn. As hubby reminded me, now that I'm not working and on severence, every thing I do that's NOT work, I get paid for. What a nice way to look at it. So, since I am now "getting paid" to work out, I do surmise that I should have worked harder . Surely I'll eat enough Halloween candy to negate any calories I shed, but at least I did it. Oh, and I observed 19 year old "Taylor" win 2 cars, a scooter, and $26K on his birthday on the Price is Right during my time on the treadmill. Who knew THAT would be so entertaining... Lucky SOB.

After the gym it was home to check e-mail, lunch, scolding bad dog for getting into rotton pumpkin in the neighbors yard (she really does have an eating disorder) and I do suppose it's time to do at least ONE thing job search related. Right after my soap opera....
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Later on this afternoon, I sized up a job I've been thinking about doing for some time, and that is cleaning our bedroom windows. That low fall sun glaring through makes it appear quite obvious that this is not a task I have performed since we moved in 5 years ago. I had high hopes for this task, I had a plan. I was going to remove the screens, get a broom handle, attach some seriously wet towels and wash the outside of those windows so I could actually see the backyard again. Well, the builder must have a liability clause written into the permit that they will NOT allow the screens to come out because they didn't, they wouldn't, they won't. I shut the windows, closed the curtains, and was actually a little relieved that I had a great excuse for not having to risk life and limb just to see outside. The grey days of winter are coming anyway, who cares if I see that? I should really post my resume with a few companies....

Look at the time! Time to run to Target! We were almost out of Saran Wrap! Would hate to have a food wrapping emergency...

4 pm, here comes Sydney off the bus. We make Oreo smoothies and talk about her day at school. THIS is the life...

I spend some time outside with Leah and the neighbor kids before it gets dark at 5 pm (Daylight savings indeed!) I make friends with the two neighbors' au pairs, and the stay-at-home mom across the street. I am after all, "one of them" for now. Might as well get chummy.

As Day One draws to a close, looking back, I didn't do a THING job search related, except think about it of course. And that's ok. It's Day One. I have 228 more until my severance checks run out... and I got to grind the beans!!!