The hangover

I’ve been through this a few times before, it is never fun. First you say that it’s okay and that you’re okay, as was the case with my last post. Then it starts to hit. I think the main thing is just tiredness—I suppose it’s the feeling a person gets when they put a lot of energy into something and not have it work out. I feel drained. I was in a state of readiness for the last month, and now it is catching up with me.

Any time something like this doesn’t work out I wonder what’s going to happen when my 99 weeks [if I am lucky enough to actually get the full amount of benefits] of unemployment is up. In some ways, I will have more options…I will be able to take part-time, temporary, and seasonal work. I will probably take the CPA and graduate degree off my resume, depending. It’s frustrating knowing that all of the work that went into those achievements may have wound up being for nothing. But that hasn’t happened yet, and maybe it won’t.

But the thought will not exit my mind, I may be one of those people who never really has a career, just seasonal work H&R Block type work and temp gigs.

I did post to a few government jobs this week, though. Maybe something will come through later this summer.

"We wish you success in your professional career..."

About a week after I'd figured they would never get back to me, the county finally sent the rejection letter. That was decent of them. "Although you were not selected, this in no way reflects upon your qualifications as a candidate for this position." Okay.

Kudos for them mailing me anything, though. So many have not done that.

I'm considering crashing a job fair at my alma mater. Alumni supposedly have to pay $25, but I've been to the event back when I was a student and there was absolutely no one checking anything. Things might have changed now, though, and I would have to pay for parking which is not as big of a pain at that school as it would be at some other ones, but still...they did send a list of companies, only a few seem promising anyway. I guess I might depending on what else I have going that week.

Old Man Logic

So, the Father-in-Law gets back from his Reno trip. My wife asks if he won, he says not really, he won around 600, but he played it all [he plays keno, which if you look it up is officially the Worst Possible Game in the Casino.]
"So you ended up losing 900."
"No, I just lost the 300 that I brought."
"But you won 600 and played all of it, so that and the 300 you brought means you lost 900."
"No I didn't."


One time he won 200, put 180 back in, and considered it a winning session because he "came home with $20 of their money." This generally happens 4-5 times a week.

One of the reasons he likes to go to this particular casino is that he used to get all kinds of comps there a long time ago. But he doesn't get the comps anymore to eat at the "gourmet" steakhouse and they replaced the other restaurant he likes with a Denny's. So he basically traveled a few hundred miles and spent around $900 to eat at Denny's. "Food tastes better when it's free."

He's going to the local casino again tomorrow.

I know in some universe old people are wise, responsible, etc., but not in mine.

Next time, library books, sorta. Maybe even a picture.