September 10th, 2009 by Kateastrophe

I’m going to state the obvious here and say that unemployment sucks and life is difficult.  I know, almost thirty years for me to figure that out.  I’m so smrt.

It’s been a rough couple of weeks.  The job thing started it all but it sort of snowballed from there.  Broken cars, broken appliances, unexpected bills, family members with strokes . . . yeah, it’s been one of THOSE months.  And I thought August was bad.

Luckily the rest of the month should prove to be different.  We got some awesome news today that perks both Matt and I up quite a bit.  It’s a secret right now but I promise I’ll tell you soon. (SIDENOTE: Um, NO, I’m not pregnant.  That would have gone in the list of things that sucked in September.  Losing half our income, our maternity coverage and finding out we’re birthing a money sucker wouldn’t exactly be exciting right now.  Don’t get me wrong, babies are awesome.  They are just money suckers.  And I don’t have any of that.  Capiche?)  Tonight I’m heading home to Utah for birthday celebrations, Mom hugs, fresh apple cider, hanging out with friends and family and hopefully chilling the hell out.  One could say I’m a wee bit tense.  Fall in Utah is the best and I’m so excited to go.

Next week I’m off to Columbus for some Dad hugs, brother hugs, Ohio State Football (Go Buckeyes!  Oh and let’s try to show up to the USC game and kick some Trojan booty this weekend, no?),  cousins, aunts, uncles and some much needed hilarious Cotter family time.

I fly straight from C-bus to Vegas where I’ve been asked to assist a company exhibiting at the trade show I WOULD have been exhibiting at with my company.  Except they don’t really exist anymore so I’m not.  Anyway, they’re paying for my hotel and plane ticket and I’ll get to network and maybe even make some money if I find them new clients.  We’ll see how that goes.

The day after I get home from Vegas we’re off to the Coral Pink Sand Dunes for some in-law hugs, ATV rides and sand in places you didn’t know you get get stuff stuck.  It’s going to be great.  Hopefully this year I won’t be popping a wheelie on my quad and sliding off the back.  We’ll see how that goes.

And that takes me to the end of September.  Hopefully by then I’ll have a couple more job leads (I have two interviews on Monday.  Both are for positions I’m probably not interested in but I’m not going to not go because of that!  I need the practice of interviewing after five years at one place plus you never know what might present itself!) or else have a plan to keep myself busy.  I’m thinking chore chart (rolling eyes and sighing).

This was just about the lamest post I’ve ever written but I wanted to make sure you guys knew I didn’t open a vein or something after announcing I was incomeless.  Thanks so much for all of your kind words.  I am sending you all hugs and wet kisses.