I’ve found this weekly blog journal kinda
interesting. When I started, I didn’t know how much I
would have to write about, but find that there is normally something—either an
event or a thought—for each day. Whether anyone else finds this interesting or
not is a different story. ;)
I think I’m going to go a little Bridget Jones now and add weekly
stats.
Gym visits: 2
Movies watched: Jobs, Elizabeth
I: The Virgin Queen
- Monday
One of the items on my to-do list is checking my credit report. Sigh...my
mom’s info got combined with mine, so spent time on the phone fixing that! The guy was nice and it took about 20 minutes
total, so it could have been a lot worse.
The guy told me five times that, going forward, I should use my full
name in order to reduce confusion—even though I’ve been doing that since before
I started my credit history and my mom has been doing it for almost as
long. But at least he was trying to be
helpful. No matter how much you want to
honor someone else when naming a child, don’t
name it after someone who is alive—it confuses computers when people have
the same first and last name!
Then met L. for dinner.
When you can actually go to happy hour, it is pretty cheap! Including
tip, $15 for drink, small dinner, and dessert.
The waitress probably didn’t like us ‘cause we were talking rather than
drinking, but ...
- Tuesday
Admin day. Job interview “thank you” follow-ups. Filling out
recruiter forms. Street cleaning signs went up this week, so I kept an eye out
for a better parking spot—got it! (Seems trivial, but it is important!) Reported graffiti on neighbor’s property—and
this is not our usually tagging...wonder what it means? Moved editing website to Weebly—will be a
better format in the long run, especially for blogging and stuff.
Then went to Greehouse for a series of short plays. One of my friends directed one of the shorts.
More admin stuff. Set
up payments for things due on the first...Blurg! Wrote a post for Thriftista. Went to gym
(and noticed that the graffiti I’d reported yesterday is already gone—WOOT
graffiti blasters!). Watched cat sleep
(she’s just cute!).
Decided that the chore I was going work on today was
cleaning my room—not a "pick up clothes" clean, but go through the boxes in the
closest and vacuum deep clean. Things I
found: a VHS tape of Fifth Element, all my dance and sport
gear, face lotion that I thought I had lost, and cat fur. What was missing: in my financial box, I
couldn’t find my 2010 and 2011 tax folders.
I knew where to look and found them pretty quickly, but for someone who
is organized (without being anal), that was a shock! I hate it when I am not as organized as I
think I am.
Sample edited for a potential editing client.
- Thursday
Street cleaning, street cleaning, how much I love you! Street cleaning, street cleaning, how much I
missed you (at least the first time each year)!
Makes for horrible parking for two days every five weeks, but it makes
the neighborhood soooo much nicer. We
pick up crushed milk bottles and plastic bottles and other really strange
things out of the gutter all year long, but street cleaning does a much better
job.
I’ve also realized I’ve become that person who reports
graffiti and abandoned cars on the street.
Good or bad?
Had two recruiter meetings—one handles out-of-the-ordinary legal positions! That’s who I need on my side! :) Then had coffee with a friend. I noticed that there are some cherry blossom-like trees along the brown line. Are they cherry blossom trees?
- Friday
Realized I
didn’t schedule any volunteering this week; bad move! Cabin fever... Hit the Chicago Cares calendar
and found a mosaic project for tomorrow and made sure I signed up for something
at least once a week through May (and a few events in June and July—if they are
the ones I really like). I can always
remove myself from the list later, if needed.
Went through the job listings—AGAIN. Applied for one I saved for a nonprofit; when
I looked more into the organization, I think I really like their
concept/culture, so let’s see if they like me!
And one of the recruiters I met a few weeks back called with a potential
job; very preliminary, she’ll send more details next week so we can determine
if there is any chance I’d be a fit.
Needed that call today!
- Saturday
I thought something was wrong with me all week. I’d been sleeping to 8 or 830, which I
normally don’t do. Today, up at 7—and guess
what. The sun was finally out
today! I forget how the sun (or lack of)
impacts me.
Volunteered today to help install a mosaic at an El
stop. Work was mainly being done by
teens. One complained about feeling old
(as we all bent and crouched and reached); made a few of us "older" volunteers laugh! Discussed TV shows with them; when one
mentioned she liked Buffy, I asked if
she had watched Veronica Mars. I mean, if I'm going to encourage teenage girls to watch TV shows, they should be ones with witty, intelligent heroines. High
schoolers aren’t too young for Veronica
Mars, right? They talk about sex,
but that’s on everything these days.
Right?!
Here is the section I worked on, the blue edging along the mirrored tiles.
So, one of the jobs I interviewed a few weeks back sent me a letter (not an email), an
actual letter of rejection. It was a
very nice and polite letter, but I don’t know if/when I ever got a letter in the mail in response to a job
interview/application. Part of me is tempted to keep it. (Side note: I am amazed at the number of job
postings that “expire” within a day or two of being posted.)
As a lark, I’m going to see if there are any movies filming
here this summer and if they need extras!
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