PBM when I lost over half my ducks, they weren't in the breeding program this year, but I pulled every duck egg we had in the pantry started putting them in the incubator as a shelf became available. I managed to get 14 when all was said and done.
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Coming on and seeing that YOU have posted kinda makes my day.
You have been through a ton this year! Hell if you can keep going so can I!
You ARE a bright spot in a dark world hon!
I do the schedule thing myself.
If I didn't nothing would get done.
I say hatch them eggs!
Post daily cause I want very much to follow along.
Thanks doll. It hasn't been a very good year, with my mom dying (and my 17 year old nephew before that, before I got on BYC), quitting the nightmare job, and then having job prospect after job prospect fall through...
I stopped posting about the job stuff. Basically had a handful of interviews that went very well (or so I thought) since March, and did not get the job. Had some steady work May and June, worked a bit through the summer, and then a promised long-term temporary to permanent job that I was supposed to this week fell through! And that just kinda flattened me, so I've been wallowing.
I saved up a bit of money so that's still not an issue at the moment, thankfully, but--I have to work. It gives me purpose, and structure. I've worked my entire life, since I was 14. I grew up poor and have always supported myself. I never had trouble finding work until now, and I'm not the type of person to sit back and let my husband support me!
Anyway, I'll find something. I have a friend who teaches Anatomy and Physiology at a small college and she has an in for me to teach a course or two as an adjunct professor if I want to, so I may do that for a few extra bucks. I like to teach. I may also sign up with another agency doing immunization clinics for flu season.
And I've been toying with the idea of doing veterinary medicine again--in a very small capacity--doing those well-pet clinics like they have at TSC. So there are options, I just have to seek them out.
Now tell me about that schedule. Do you write it out on paper??!
My Mom was having trouble getting a teaching job. She was always coming up number 2 or 3 but not hired. She took a workshop on job interview skills and got a good teaching job first time after that!
Maybe see if there is a free one in your Area. Colleges are a good place to check
That is a great idea Ron, I will check that out! Thank you.
I used to always nail every job interview I went on. If I interviewed for it, I would get the job. Always. Then the last few years or so, it has been harder and harder. I don't get it. Maybe they figure I am too old? I don't know. But I will check that out for sure.
Really? How old do you think those eggs were? That's awesome!
Now I really wish I didn't scramble up those older eggs and feed them to the chooks....I hope at least one of them is viable and I get one roo boy!
Tomorrow they go in the bator....
You'll find a job. I am sure of it. It stinks getting turned down.
I need to get back to working myself. I do not like interviewing at all. Talk about anxiety inducing events.
Soooo my schedule.....
I despise housework so I figure how long it should take and stick a few chores in each day for the week.
For example my small bathroom should take 20 minutes to fully clean. I set timers too so I know when I should be done.
Mondays is always
Bathroom, full clean on the kitchen and laundry.
Tuesdays is living room and cat boxes.
It goes on from there.
I write it out so that I am feeling pushed to get it done.
I make it so I have some me time in the afternoon if I get the chores done.
I start the chores right after hubby heads for work so I don't procrastinate the day away.
I am horrible about putting things off.
I have to treat it like a job to force a schedule and some semblance of structure.
When I get derailed it is very hard to get back on track. Like debilitating to me.
I am a mega loner, I don't like interruption in the day. All it takes to throw me is one phone call or one person knocking on the door and I feel like everything is wrecked for the day.
Hubby derails me often.
The folks on here are pretty much the only social interaction I have.......maybe because I can choose when.....
Age is likely a factor. Experience too since the thought might be that you are over qualified and will not stay long.
The workshop will give you tips on overcoming stuff like that
You'll find a job. I am sure of it. It stinks getting turned down.
I need to get back to working myself. I do not like interviewing at all. Talk about anxiety inducing events.
Soooo my schedule.....
I despise housework so I figure how long it should take and stick a few chores in each day for the week.
For example my small bathroom should take 20 minutes to fully clean. I set timers too so I know when I should be done.
Mondays is always
Bathroom, full clean on the kitchen and laundry.
Tuesdays is living room and cat boxes.
It goes on from there.
I write it out so that I am feeling pushed to get it done.
I make it so I have some me time in the afternoon if I get the chores done.
I start the chores right after hubby heads for work so I don't procrastinate the day away.
I am horrible about putting things off.
I have to treat it like a job to force a schedule and some semblance of structure.
When I get derailed it is very hard to get back on track. Like debilitating to me.
I am a mega loner, I don't like interruption in the day. All it takes to throw me is one phone call or one person knocking on the door and I feel like everything is wrecked for the day.
Hubby derails me often.
The folks on here are pretty much the only social interaction I have.......maybe because I can choose when.....
Some were more than a month, but remember I ended up with a half dozen stinkers before the hatch was finished. Don't set anything that doesn't have a yellow yolk.
As for the interview conversation, I'm probably the last guy to offer advice. I had a couple sessions with a resume/interview coach that works for a friend of mine, they quit when she wanted $500 to continue. That said, there are state and college sponsored classes that are really good at getting you ready for the current hiring generation.
What I ran into here was (what the locals call the 3 year rule)... People who come from big "High Paid" areas wont stay, unless they've been away for at least 3 years. The reason I shouldn't offer interview advice is that I don't think I've ever successfully interviewed for a job. I look back at my career and discovered that the hire decision for virtually every job I've had since the military was made before I ever walked through the door.
As for the interview conversation, I'm probably the last guy to offer advice. I had a couple sessions with a resume/interview coach that works for a friend of mine, they quit when she wanted $500 to continue. That said, there are state and college sponsored classes that are really good at getting you ready for the current hiring generation.
What I ran into here was (what the locals call the 3 year rule)... People who come from big "High Paid" areas wont stay, unless they've been away for at least 3 years. The reason I shouldn't offer interview advice is that I don't think I've ever successfully interviewed for a job. I look back at my career and discovered that the hire decision for virtually every job I've had since the military was made before I ever walked through the door.
You can't just decide not to be depressed. When your brain doesn't get the right chemicals you just don't feel right. I have been fighting it since the 80's. Wish it would go away but unlikely. But i can maintain sanity mostly by staying on my meds.
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