The waiting is the hardest part...

As many of you know, I'm currently unemployed.

I could go all political and rail against the government, President Obama and all that, but it's pointless.  Polticians use people like me to get elected, but I'm one of literally millions of people out there who are jobless and making a big stink or laying blame at any of their feet is like trying to nail jello to a tree.  Nevertheless, ever since Avalon Correctional Services decided to part company with me in April 2012 it has been a season of very thin prospects indeed.

This job hunt has been a different one from the other that I have had over the years.  I'm not driving, so I cannot go out and pound the pavement in the traditional sense.  Most of it has been done online and though the internet, social networking and other sources have been around for better than 20 years now, getting a job using it's many tools is still in it's infancy.

I have little to complain about, really.  By the grace of God and my mother I have a roof over my head, and sympathetic friends whose kindness in helping me out I could not repay in this or any other lifetimes.  I've needed it more than ever being unemployed this time around because there are many factors that exist now that weren't around since my last period of extended unemployment.  

Since the last major game changer in my life (the surgery) I do not enjoy the label of "disabled" because, like one of my best friends who suffered a major stroke since my amputation, there are those who are MUCH worse off than I am.  So needless to say, though the charity of my friends and family are very nice indeed, I hat being a mooch, and I need to get working again.  Big time.

Two weeks ago, I had an interview with the state of Oklahoma for a position as a social services specialist.  By far, it has been the best lead I've come across since last April, and strangely enough, I feel better prepared to do the work necessary in the job based on what I learned as a case manager at Avalon.  Even better still, the interview went extremely well.  So I'm in the waiting period in which they are making the decision, which I was told was going to be in 2 or 3 weeks after the interview.

Today (2/7/13) is two weeks and a day.  So "the call" could come any day now.  

Stay tuned for the outcome.