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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

WhY I hate unemployment

This may come as a shock to some, but I hate being unemployed! We are finishing up 4 months now which is a third of a year. I like everyone else probably thought I would quickly jump back on my feet and into a new job. But, instead I am checking job boards daily hoping to find anything now that I think I can do. Which has got me second guessing myself because I have applied for about 50 jobs and had 2 interviews no other real responses. So I have a high school diploma, two years of college and some experience in Customer Service, Retail, Sales and Hotel, along with many years experience as a Framer.



My children are beginning to wear on me as the stress of being unemployed and a stay at home dad. Also, this lovely weather which keeps kids trapped indoors for extended periods of time does not help at all. From summers when I grew up playing outdoors everyday, to this summer where they are lucky to get to play in a wet backyard twice a week. It is hardly warm enough to go swimming.



Now I appreciate the help everyone is trying to give me when it comes to job searches, and those helping me keep busy with little side projects. But, at the end I feel as if they are just as frustrating, I have had to find a temporary person to watch the kids or wait until my wife has a day off, which for those who know hasn't been too many. If that happens that on a day off I am giving up some of the little time I get to spend with her to go help people.



I am beginning to wonder what is going to happen first, finding a job or being sent to place where the walls are padded.