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Unemployment Blues

So here I am, back in MS after the holidays with noooo job. I had an idea in my head that perhaps one of the jobs I applied for before I took a month vacation would pull through, but that was not the case. Silly me for thinking that a Master's degree would be the answer to my employment problems! In any case, I've been back in the south for three full days so far (working on the fourth as I type), and I've spent those three days trying to find gainful employment. (Read : I have not applied at the strip joint. Yet. Nor do I hope to have to.) What follows is a step-by-step chronicle of my employment search so far.

Step 1: Do some laundry. Because, you know, if you're going to get a job, you won't have as much time for that anymore, right? Right. Laundry done. Interview-ready outfits clean. That was Monday.

Step 2: Drive to Columbus to use the internet because Tom, the guy who manages YOUR internet, decided to mess it all up and then not answer your e-mails. Thanks, Tom. Spend the day searching frantically through anything that looks like you could do it (waitress, census worker, babysitter? um, no thanks) and compile what feels like a mostly complete list of potential employment. Breathe a sigh of relief, which is followed shortly by a migraine that lasts all afternoon and puts a stop to your application process. That was Tuesday.

Step 3: Go through the entire list and figure out what you will need to do in order to apply for these jobs. Then, start doing those things.

Step 4: Resign yourself to the fact that you might actually have to use your degree. When I got my Bachelor's degree, I had just finished up sixteen weeks of student teaching hell, and so decided not to ever become licensed to teach in the state of MS. Bad decision! A year and a half later, I am shuffling through old paperwork and making trips to campus in order to complete the licensure application packet so that I can hopefully make some money. Steps 3 and 4 were Wednesday.

Step 5: Return to Columbus to use the internet, because Tom is still a biznatch. Tom, if you're reading this, FIX THE DAMN INTERNET. I don't pay you $25 a month for nothing. Hey... maybe I could have Tom's job! Anyway. Step 5 is now, Thursday, and I just finished applying for a sweet secretarial job that I found. The next step is to go take a timed typing test, which should be pretty easy to pass seeing as how I grew up in the age of IM. Then I'm going to apply to Lowe's. And the strip joint. Just kidding.