Been thinking about writing tonight and here I am, doing just that. 48° on the last Wednesday of February 2025. It’s been a rollercoaster couple of days. I have been sending out resumes most days and it has not been easy. I can’t say diminishing returns since there really hasn’t been much to diminish.

There had been 2 interviews, one in person for a major law firm and one over the phone with a man from the rag trade. The law firm interview went well enough but they notified me with a perfunctory ‘no thanks’.

That was November. The phone interview was in January. The rag man was awful at interviews and I’m sure if I kissed his ass things might have happened, but I know me.

The tide turned somewhat, and in the past 48 hours I had a phone interview that didn’t really go anywhere but there is a chance for a restart. Basically, the job they wanted to interview me for was paying less than the other position at the same company that I also applied to.

There is a chance that they would call me back about the first position since I was told, ‘no thanks’ from the people managing that other pricier position, and I was sent an email asking if I was still interested in the original position and I stated that yes, I was.

Tomorrow I have another interview scheduled and though I feel good about it, I don’t know. I had another phone interview this afternoon with a friendly gent named Billy. He asked for my front desk experience, and I responded 30 years which seems to surprise him.

The rule of thumb for resumes is to keep it to one page, which makes the more interesting jobs that I had do not make the cut. I did mention that I worked for recording studios, record labels, and producers, manning the phones. I’d like to think the interviewing Bill was impressed by that but who knows?

Distracted again.

Bill is off to bed, Frasier is on so occasionally I turn my head to see what erudite antic Frasier might get into this time. Had a brief chat with Mike who was also in bed. Not the same bed. Plans are made for the weekend, Mike coming over Friday and we’ll watch season 2 of Ted Lasso and then on Saturday we will watch the third season.

He might also come over on Sunday which is the day that Bill is off to the slopes. That might take some time so Mike might as well spend the week and walk to work. And who knows? Perhaps I’ll be employed.

That would be something.

I am looking to seeing Music for Enophiles in April. I’m already planning with a pencil in my head. It’s on a Wednesday night and I am already thinking in the manner of having a job and going to see the show after work. Am I counting the chickens before they hatch or am I putting all my eggs in one basket? And what with the price of eggs these days…