Diary of a Bored Work-a-holic

So I sit here bored out of my skull. Don't get me wrong, I am surfing the net and applying for jobs. I network like the best of them but leads keep falling short. Bummer. Guess God wants me to be a stay at home mom for a little bit longer. Hard for me to understand because we already have a stay- at-home dad so not really sure what is so important that we both need to be here!!

I am a busy body by nature. Ask my mom- I am hardly ever still and not doing something. This being unemployed is for the birds. Once the kids go back to school I am going to pound the pavement and find something worthwhile to donate my time to in order to fill my days. It gets me out of the house and talking to other people. I figure it would be a good time to network with new faces. If anyone has any grand ideas, shoot them my way.

Kids are at the grandparents for a few days. The hubby and I have been enjoying some date nights together watching movies and eating foods the kids normally veto. It has been a good time. We have been relaxing while most of the towns around us are pretty flooded out. Being on the second floor condo makes it pretty ok for us since there is no water around here and it shouldn't reach us anyway! I do pray for the poor folks trapped by this water either in basements or their entire homes. It breaks my heart to see flood footage. Not good.

Well that is it for now. Toodles!

The Job Hunt Continues

So I have been off of work for over a month now. One would think that it means I have all kinds of time to get things done and lay around the house but that never seems to happen! I have been attending some career resource classes and those have been very helpful at boosting the spirits and getting my resume in order etc. It has also given me a great chance to meet some wonderful people.

I spent the last weekend helping out for a wonderful career weekend held at Iowa State for students with disabilities. I helped the leader with the class for resume writing and interview preparation. It was such a wonderful group of kids to work with!

The kids are having a pretty laid back summer. I think some times they are bored when Eric and I are job hunting and taking on line courses but overall they have been doing ok. They have been attending several camps for sports and dance. Those keep us hopping!

We are Back!

Ok so I have been a huge slacker on the blog. I get that for sure! I will do my best to update more often now that unfortunately I have nothing better to do! I have been laid off from my job. Eric was told a week later that he also was being laid off from the same position. Not exactly sure what God has in mind with all of this. The good news is that it gives me more time to try to recover from the gallbladder surgery I had a couple of weeks ago. It should have been a routine surgery but little hiccups have occurred along the way.

So, kids are busy as usual. Jayde is finishing up softball. She has also developed a love for Volleyball which should be able to utilize her freakishly tall figure :) Mason has finished up his baseball season with a big Tournament of Champions win for his team. Now his time is filled with various camps. FUN!

All and all we are well and slightly stressed. Keeping the faith and trying to keep our eyes open for new opportunities!! :)