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Pick Me! Pick Me!
Wednesday I had an interview. I answered all the questions asked of me expertly. Asked the interviewer some pretty good questions as well. Actually had stumped her with a few of them. Came across that I was an authority on how to raise funds in this challenging economy. And during said interview, I felt as […]
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 […]
To Remain Positive
It’s tough to remain positive these days. Personally, I’m feeling really rough. I’ve been applying for jobs since November, when I found out that my position was going to be eliminated. My boss did his best to keep me on as long as he could, bless him. But now it’s been five weeks without a […]
Undying Love
Angela and I sat together in her hospital room, she in the bed and me perched on a chair. She’d just been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The surgeon gave her one and a half years to live. A tube, protruding from her nose, drained the contents of her stomach. Her eyes stared straight ahead, shock […]
Confessions of A Middle-Age Woman 