Day 72 - April 1, 2009
In my heart of hearts, I know that when I started this blog, I subconsciously believed my husband would find a position before President Obama's First 100 Days were up. As Day 72 dawns, I've made "Day 100" as an arbitrary goal to beat, i.e., Mike will find a job before that fabricated "deadline" is up.
Still no word from the company with the 3 month software engineering assignment for my husband. That could be a good thing and he may receive a call today. Do we sound pitiful? No, really, that position is probably still open. They wanted the white knight software person (that's what I call independent contractors) to start on April 15th because they need to get ready for the software coding they are requiring. Maybe today. Being laid off is like existing in the 50's when girls could not call boys for a date - you're just waitin' by the phone.
Unfortunately, the possibility of the other position that was available for my husband in San Diego is closed. The company went with
another person. Of course, when that happens, the question "why" rears its ugly head. It's bad enough that it plagues the mind of the person on the receiving end of the news, but when it pops into a wife's head, she has to work doubly hard to eradicate it from her own mind and from her husband's mind. The whysare useful only when you can do something about them. Was my husband turned down because of his age? Because his answers weren't fast enough on the comprehensive phone interview? Is it because he has too much experience hence, the view that his salary request would be too high? At this point there is nothing to do about a "yes" answer to any of the above questions.
There's much more to say today - a fascinating program on Amy Goodman's Democracy Now yesterday that I want to post - an explanation of why I hesitate a bit to find a "real job" at this point - and some of the remarkable, clever ways our neighbors have been supportive. Right now, I have to find the listing I saw on Craigslist (where my husband never looks) for a software position nearby our home. Wouldn't it be amazing if, out of all the professional job sites, a listing on craigslist.com would prove fruitful?
Adios for now, dear readers.
