Yesterday was Day Two of my period.
Ladies, you know what I mean.
I had five heavy-duty maxipads in my desk. By lunchtime I was worried I would have to run to the store for more. Fortunately it tapered off.
Bleah. The worst is over for another month.
This week, my project is to spruce up the résumé. Must find a job with health insurance. We could buy another house for what we’re paying in premiums. A bigger house. It’s just not a sustainable expense.
So anyway, I’m spiffing up the résumé—quietly, no need for my current job to know I’m looking.
Meanwhile, our washing machine has given up the ghost, because it found out we recently spent money repairing the toilets. I think it’s just a clogged hose, but the damn hose is so rusted onto the spigot that I can’t get it off without breaking it. I figure if someone’s going to break the plumbing, it should be a person who can repair it. So we’ve got someone coming out tomorrow to see what he can see.
Meanwhile, our emergency-repair savings that we spent years building up is now just about gone.
Damn you, forces of entropy!
When I was working on my A.A.S., the job ads for entry-level accountants all wanted a year or two of experience and a high school diploma. I was reasonably hopeful that the two-year degree would be an acceptable substitute for a year of experience.
By the time I graduated, the economy had tanked and there were a lot of out-of-work accountants looking for work. The ads I saw as I started looking for work were asking for three to five years of experience, and a high school diploma. (For the record, it took me a year and a half to land a job.)
Now I’m starting to scope out the help-wanteds again. I feel like I’ve gotten a little experience under my belt, and I’m ready for a job with a bigger company that can offer me medical insurance (seriously, the premiums are eating us alive).
It’s probably because I’m starting to look at jobs on a higher rung of the ladder, but now they all want three to five years of experience… and a bachelor’s degree in accounting.
*headdesk*