May marked my first full month of being unemployed. I’d say I’m weathering it fairly well. Frankly, though, I don’t have a choice. Applying for a job is time consuming, especially whenever I need to bundle work samples. The interview process takes even longer, and now I'm in a holding pattern waiting for screening interviews, even. Still, I’m determined to make the most of my time, unencumbered by a job and the attendant stress, even if it means an occasional day when I feel at loose ends.
May highlights:
~ the flexibility to see some of my favorite people during the light of day (Caryl, Suzanne, Leon, Tracy, Ginny, and Katey—thanks for the camaraderie!)
~ travel, namely the well-documented Las Vegas trip
~ quality family time by way of school trips with each of the boys’ classes (pictured above, a view of the Mississippi River from Lock and Dam #1, one of Winston's field trips)
~ soccer, lots of soccer (I’m grooving on watching the boys build skills and become engaged in the game)
~ exercise (I’ve been getting in almost daily bike rides, and—without changing my diet—have lost six pounds)
~ finished two books (even though I haven’t allowed myself as much reading time as I’d like)
~ seasonal firsts: grilling dinner, soft-shell crab po' boy at Sea Salt (pictured below), and Sundays at the St. Paul Farmers Market
~ more blogging (I’m trying, really I am)
June heralds
~ warmer weather, which may even creep up toward hot
~ sleeping with the windows cranked open
~ stone fruit (hallelujah! I’m climbing off the locavore high horse to gorge myself with peaches, cherries, apricots, plums)
~ summer break from school (no more homework or rigid bed-and-bath schedules)
June is also for hunkering down. I would like to accomplish a number of things while I’m not chained to a desk:
~ clean the yard (pull weeds, pick up sticks, landscape, plant herbs and flowers)
~ finalize our wills (I know, I know)
~ finish our 2007 taxes (maybe we’ll get our rebate before the end of the year?!?)
~ throw away ALL the clutter that bogs down our existence (possibly insurmountable, but now is the time to tackle)
I think I’ll stop while I’m ahead ;)
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