Just one thing on the agenda today, lunch with Eric Wilson. Eric was out of work for seven months and I want to talk to him about how he approached unemployment. Were there opportunities he passed up waiting for something better?
Other than that, I am trying to set up more meetings for next week and then spend some time on the IDES job site. I've been told repeatedly that the state tracks that closely. I'm skeptical there's really anything on it for me, but I'll play by the rules.
The first two days of next week include my telephone interview for unemployment benefits and then a motion to reduce child support while this plays out. I'm not overly concerned about either, but of course nothing is guaranteed.
The weird thing so far is how quickly each day seems to be going by. The clock draaaaggggeeedddd the last couple of years at the newspaper. I'm not sure what that means, but so far there's been enough going on each day that 3:15 p.m. seems to come quickly. That's when I go to pick up the girls from school.
Today is my last payday from the Register Star. It wasn't direct deposited. I thought it would be. I really don't want to go down there and pick it up. I'll send an email asking if it is going to be mailed. I don't think I've missed the actual work at all the past two weeks. I had a boss once tell me he knew it was time to be an editor when he didn't feel like there were any more stories to write. I guess I was very nearly to that point. There were maybe two stories left I wanted to tackle. They would have involved lots of research and numbers, stuff I loved to do. The most fun stories were the ones where I went in with a question and could work to answer that question.
The rest. No. I was tired of it. I've been much more energized the past two weeks figuring out what's next.
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