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I've not been much in the mood for posting, lately. It certainly isn't due to lack of time...it is just being on twitter, and in a couple of email groups, I tend to spread whatever news I have through those means rather than here. Sorry, LJ...I forget about you. Plus, right now talking about myself isn't that entertaining.

Nothing much has changed yet. I am still unemployed, though I do have an interview on Monday I am very hopeful about. It is with a law firm that I did a lot of freelance work for years ago...literally right before I started working with the railroad in various capacities (which lasted for 16 years altogether). I had called the law firm during the snow week we had last week, just to see if they were still using freelancers. Only talked to the receptionist, learned that they were, and told them okay, awesome, I'll call back. Before I got a chance to, on Wednesday the personnel director, who is the same one from so long ago, had hunted up my number, called me, and said please would you come in and interview? I always liked her tons, and she me, and I said, "You bet!" It was nice to be hunted down like that. I loved freelancing there...the attorneys were great, even the two I worked for the most, who had reps of being hardasses. (One male, one female--ha, the female one, can't remember her name but she is gone from there now--even told me I was the only freelancer she ever liked. Go me).

So, other than that, nothing much else new. I am fighting for my unemployment, which hopefully I won't even need. Getting my hair cut today into something, I don't know what, but I need Style, then daughter and I are off to buy an interview suit tomorrow afternoon.

I just wrote a bunch of stuff about writing, but am going to make that a separate post.

Anyway, that's the state of me. Writing, meeting with friends, talking with Nick as much as possible :), trying not to worry about not having a job yet, and staying warm. Two weeks of crazy cold and snow and ice, and I, personally, am done. Enough. No more please. This is the time of year I am glad I live where I do...at least when we get the frigid weather, it doesn't last long. Brrrr! I admire all you Northern peoples for what you have to put up with, though the snow is just beautiful, and the dogs loved it so very, very much.

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Date: 2011-02-11 02:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cd0103.livejournal.com
Why, on earth, are you having to fight for your unemployment?

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Date: 2011-02-11 03:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] paragraphs.livejournal.com
Because that bastard who fired me for the stupidest reasons on earth (making personal copies, and this was AFTER I checked with someone, the wrong someone apparently, to make sure it was okay--for my daughter's internship at Samaritan House here in Fort Worth...and I got fired for it a full six weeks later...reaching much?) will likely make sure that I have to. I am prepared though. Likely will have to get a hearing with am arbitrator.

Basically, I was fired over politics, and I know it. This new guy came in last April and destroyed all the good things about my work--six people from the office I worked in were fired, and I should've known when my beloved boss, who is a good friend, was fired that it was just a matter of time.

I am glad to be gone, the company I loved no longer exists, all the people I cared about are no longer there. But, we meet often for lunch. :) I was there 9.5 years.

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Date: 2011-02-11 04:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fiwen1010.livejournal.com
Good luck with your interview! Buying new suits is the only good thing about them

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Date: 2011-02-11 04:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] paragraphs.livejournal.com
I come from a blue-jean environment... I have NO CLOTHES. NONE. NADA. Last time I dressed up for work, I weighed 72 lbs. more, and had big boobs. All that is gone now. LOL. So it should be fun to go shopping, right? That is what my daughter tells me, anyway.

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Date: 2011-02-11 04:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fiwen1010.livejournal.com
I have 4 or 5 suits already. I like clothes shopping and bargain hunting, what can I say? It's like some quest to make my built-in wardrobe explode =D

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Date: 2011-02-11 05:13 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] heleninwales.livejournal.com
Good luck with the interview. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you.

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Date: 2011-02-11 05:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] catsintheattic.livejournal.com
Good luck with the interview and the fight for your unemployment. And have fun with the shopping trip!

*hugs*

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Date: 2011-02-11 07:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] klgrem.livejournal.com
Good luck with your interview. :)

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Date: 2011-02-11 09:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fictional-one.livejournal.com
Snookums, I hope the interview goes well! Its fated you know, what with Monday being Valentines and all. They'll have to love you!

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Date: 2011-02-12 02:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] topgeargirl2.livejournal.com
Good luck with the interview. I hope that it all goes well.

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Date: 2011-02-12 11:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elbavolnu.livejournal.com
I'm the same way, when I get news I usually just post in on Facebook and I call it a day...sometimes it's nice to write it out and get it off your chest though...and you can only post such lengths on twitter/facebook!

Sorry to hear about your unemployment! I hope your interview goes well....as for weather, dude....Florida is bipolar. I'd love to just have one weather streak, be it hot or cold, but no...one day you can wear shorts, the next two you're shivering so severe you don't want to crawl out of bed, but you're alarm clock is screaming at you.

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Date: 2011-02-14 01:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] caninepawprints.livejournal.com
I'm sorry to hear you're still unemployed. :( My dad went through that recently. It took him eight months to find a job. He's barely been there a month and they're already considering him for a supervisor position!