Mornings are the hardest part of the day for me right now. Getting up and sitting at the computer, looking at the job boards, reading the news, just reinforces for me how much worse this could get before it starts to get any better.

I opted not to get involved with the insurance sales position, it was just to risky and ultimately too sleazy. I'm fine with that decision, at least this way I can still look at myself in the mirror and not turn away.

And today will be busy. Lots of census work to do, so I won't be hanging around here obsessing and moping.

Ok, so it's going on 3 months now since I got laid off as part of a corporate downsizing. I worked for a BIG health insurance company, had been there 6 years, and was a very good employee - no big news, right? All kinds of good people get laid off/downsized while watching and scratching their heads over who got picked to stay. I managed to land one of the census taker jobs, which will carry me thru next month, and then unemployment again. I have good days and bad days now, sometimes all within the same day.