Unemployed (AGAIN!)

Well, here I go again, on my own.  (Sorry White Snake.)  I am officially UNEMPLOYED!  Damn economy.  I’m not going to get into all of the gritty details, but suffice it to say, my long-term temporary position (that lasted over 17 months) is over!

Since this is not the first time this has happened (or the second, or even the third!) I know I need a game plan.  A list of things to do, tasks to accomplish.  Because wasting hours playing Zuma’s Revenge is not going to put food on the table.  

I have filed for unemployment, which will be about 2/3 my take home pay.  I’m sure that I will be able to pay my bills without having to dip into my savings.  I’ve also cleaned my room, and done two three loads of laundry.  Oh, and sent out a resume.

Yesterday, I had a telephone interview, which seemed to go well, so let’s all keep our fingers crossed, shall we?

On the agenda for today -

• Balance checkbook and schedule payments for the bills that have been piling up on my desk and in my email
• Get pink slip from temp agency
• Clean the house

On the agenda for this week and next

• Go through my lists of goals for cost cutting that I haven’t done and get them done.
• Find a professional resume writer and beef up my resume.  I’m just not getting the hits from it that I should be.
• Go to the Housing Authority and get rent reduced (I live in moderate-income housing, and my rent is based upon my income.)
• Notify day care center and Care4Kids (day care subsidy) that I am unemployed.
• And of course, blog about the experience of being unemployed in a recession.  This should be fun!