Well, I’m still unemployed. What started out as something almost like a vacation (albeit with all my stuff in tow) has quickly become a whole lot of nothing at all. The most exciting things I’ve done this week are getting my new insurance policy set up for the car and getting a copy of my birth certificate, which I’ll probably need when I go to register the vehicle at the DMV. (To say nothing of my new driver’s license, for which I’ll need additional identification.) I’ve applied for a few jobs, watched a few movies, played with the dog, been here so plumbers could install a new hot water heater — which, come to think of it, might actually be the most exciting thing that’s happened this week — and done not a whole lot else.
Graduate school might still be an option, but it carries with a lot of additional questions and potential problems, and I’m not sure I want an advanced degree. What I want is a job. I’ve largely given up on Texas — I’m barely even checking the want ads there anymore, I’ve noticed — but I’d like something that would get me out of the house, get the problem of “what next?” off my shoulders, and help me feel like I’m not completely mooching off my parents.
Of course, add to that the fact that I’ve been thinking about starting another mix CD exchange…
Boredom can be pretty stressful if you let it.