Category Friendship
The Value of Friendship
Jobs these days seem awfully hard to come by. There are times when I fell so utterly unemployable, like not a soul cares to hire me. I indulge in these pity parties sometimes, not thinking about what I do have. A reminder that there are better days would sure be welcome sometimes. I decided to […]
Crashing Burnout
Interviews are stress bombs. You hunger for the opportunity to nab one. You prepare for hours, days to do well on one. On the day of, you feel a pit in your stomach. What will they ask? What will I say? Am I desperate? Overeager? Overqualified, under qualified? And when it ends, you stress even […]
My Summer Sanctuary
Even though the calendar says summer won’t arrive for a few weeks (unofficially), or until June (officially), the season’s begun for me. And not a moment too soon! At my social club, I have a small room where I can go to get away from it all. The club is located in a beautiful, bucolic […]
The Return, or, Indifference
I’d been anticipating this situation for months. As we all know, expectations often don’t match with reality. Sometimes, things work out quite differently. Over the weekend, my social club thew a party, celebrating the imminent return of warmer weather. Spring arrived, with Memorial Day only a handful of weekends away. Lounge chairs sat in neat […]
Among Friends
I like to entertain. Thing is, I don’t do enough of it. Seems like no one else does either, so if there’s a fun gathering of friends needing to happen, I’m usually the one throwing the party. Last month was my birthday. I wasn’t thrilled about it, mainly because I’m unemployed and wasn’t exactly in […]
To Ease The Mind
Whirling like a hamster in a wheel, my mind has been nonstop. I can’t sleep. I’m filled with anxiety. Overwhelmed. I’ve been out of work before, but this time’s been brutal. The amount of information thrown at me has been too much to bear. Get your LinkedIn page updated. Oh, not like that, like this. […]
Tacking On Another Year
Another year has flown the coop, and I feel like a bird with clipped wings. Although I feel great and still can pass for looking pretty good, I’m not sure about the road ahead. This is the time when most people my age start planning their retirement. I’m in the unenviable position of never being […]
What Is It With People?
It’s been just about a year that I’ve been on a dating app. Like so many others who’s gone through this route to find a connection, or just a couple of steady dates, it’s been pretty disappointing. And I’m sure I’m not the only one. Take, for instance, the other day. A man liked me. […]
That Uncertain Feeling
I knew something was up when my boss appeared on the Zoom call with the HR person. That’s a sure sign nothing good’s going to happen. A sickly feeling crept up my spine. It was the first week of November, and just in time for the holidays, I was told that my position was being […]
Trading Up
I had dinner with a friend of mine the other night. As we contemplated whether to order appetizers or save room for dessert, her phone rang. Her child, sounding teary-eyed, pattered out her words with syncopated short breaths. Something dreadful happened, but not life-threatening. She wanted sympathy, and quite possibly assurance she’d be okay. Almost […]
Confessions of A Middle-Age Woman 