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back in the land of the living...
So, Bill and I have been back in the New Orleans area for almost two months now and I hope to have a job offer by the end of this week.
The month of June was pretty much hell as I had an awful summer cold that lasted about two weeks. Then Jesse gave us a scare as she had a Grand Mal seizure the night before Father's Day. So, Father's Day went from a happy BBQ with the family to a frantic trip up to Jackson, MS to see Jesse in the hospital. Mind you, Jesse had the seizure Saturday night, but her mom did not call Bill until Sunday afternoon. I mean, really? If anything like that had happened to Cameron, I would have called Ned immediately and vice versa. Jesse seems to be fine though. Apparantly, her doctor was not surprised she had the seizure. And, after talking to the doctor and people we know who have had Petit Mal seizures, the doctor mentioned that she could have had small seizures over the past few years, but they may have been too small for her mom to notice. The hard part is that this is now something else Jesse has to deal with, poor kid, she has been through enough already.
Cameron is wonderful, he is really enjoying summer camp. His dad was a jerk the first few weeks we were back in town, but he has settled down...when I don't let him see me get upset, he backs off. Ned still gets off on pushing my buttons and as I don't let him see me get upset and I am always civiland mature when talking to him, it drives him nuts, but he always backs off. Basically, Ned didn't want Cameron to spend the summer with me again. He said, "There is no reason for Cameron to spend the summer with you when his family and friends are here". WTF?? We now live 40minutes away and have told Cameron that he can have a friend over anytime he wants and he has been at his dad's house almost every weekend since the summer started. Cameron loves camp so much that he is talking about future summers there and how he could be a CIT, then a counselor. (I also think there may be a girlfriend there, but Cameron denies this!)
My job hunt has been stressful. The colleges are not hiring in my field, and while I applied for a few other positions at Tulane and Loyola that I was qualified for, I never made it past the phone interview. I had a few other interviews for entry-level HR positions, but my career services experience is not enough. There is just too much competition out there. I did apply for a Claims Adjuster Trainee position with a large insurance company and I should find out the final word by tomorrow. It would be a pay cut, but oculd be a good career. My ex has been an adjuster for 14 years and back when we were married, his company tried to recruit me a few times, but we had decided we did not want to work for the same company. This would be an inside adjuster position, so I would not have to be out in the car all day. I would have regular hours and a decent salary. Plus, everyone I met when I went in for my interview had been there at least 10 years...soa very stable place to be. And, as a claims rep, I would most likely always have a job as people will always have accidents. I will be able to do something with my 15+ years of work experience.
There are times I have wondered what would have happened if I became an engineer or an accountant. It would have been a very linear career path. I was a History major in college because I had no idea what I wanted to do and my parents pretty much made me go to college. I am grateful for the education, but even now, I know I was not ready to go to college...even after 4 years at an exclusive college prep school. It's the one thing prep schools didn't stress enough...career planning. I think had I had some direction, I might not be going into a third career before the age of 40!
I have missed Live Journal and I think Twitter and Facebook are mainly the reason...those two things are such a HUGE distraction!
The month of June was pretty much hell as I had an awful summer cold that lasted about two weeks. Then Jesse gave us a scare as she had a Grand Mal seizure the night before Father's Day. So, Father's Day went from a happy BBQ with the family to a frantic trip up to Jackson, MS to see Jesse in the hospital. Mind you, Jesse had the seizure Saturday night, but her mom did not call Bill until Sunday afternoon. I mean, really? If anything like that had happened to Cameron, I would have called Ned immediately and vice versa. Jesse seems to be fine though. Apparantly, her doctor was not surprised she had the seizure. And, after talking to the doctor and people we know who have had Petit Mal seizures, the doctor mentioned that she could have had small seizures over the past few years, but they may have been too small for her mom to notice. The hard part is that this is now something else Jesse has to deal with, poor kid, she has been through enough already.
Cameron is wonderful, he is really enjoying summer camp. His dad was a jerk the first few weeks we were back in town, but he has settled down...when I don't let him see me get upset, he backs off. Ned still gets off on pushing my buttons and as I don't let him see me get upset and I am always civiland mature when talking to him, it drives him nuts, but he always backs off. Basically, Ned didn't want Cameron to spend the summer with me again. He said, "There is no reason for Cameron to spend the summer with you when his family and friends are here". WTF?? We now live 40minutes away and have told Cameron that he can have a friend over anytime he wants and he has been at his dad's house almost every weekend since the summer started. Cameron loves camp so much that he is talking about future summers there and how he could be a CIT, then a counselor. (I also think there may be a girlfriend there, but Cameron denies this!)
My job hunt has been stressful. The colleges are not hiring in my field, and while I applied for a few other positions at Tulane and Loyola that I was qualified for, I never made it past the phone interview. I had a few other interviews for entry-level HR positions, but my career services experience is not enough. There is just too much competition out there. I did apply for a Claims Adjuster Trainee position with a large insurance company and I should find out the final word by tomorrow. It would be a pay cut, but oculd be a good career. My ex has been an adjuster for 14 years and back when we were married, his company tried to recruit me a few times, but we had decided we did not want to work for the same company. This would be an inside adjuster position, so I would not have to be out in the car all day. I would have regular hours and a decent salary. Plus, everyone I met when I went in for my interview had been there at least 10 years...soa very stable place to be. And, as a claims rep, I would most likely always have a job as people will always have accidents. I will be able to do something with my 15+ years of work experience.
There are times I have wondered what would have happened if I became an engineer or an accountant. It would have been a very linear career path. I was a History major in college because I had no idea what I wanted to do and my parents pretty much made me go to college. I am grateful for the education, but even now, I know I was not ready to go to college...even after 4 years at an exclusive college prep school. It's the one thing prep schools didn't stress enough...career planning. I think had I had some direction, I might not be going into a third career before the age of 40!
I have missed Live Journal and I think Twitter and Facebook are mainly the reason...those two things are such a HUGE distraction!