- It’s 8:40 p.m, 10 minutes past my aspirational bedtime. Alas. I must blog every day. So here I am. Putting out a real high-quality post.
- This morning I spent a bit of time beating up on myself in my journal, because everything I do currently feels pointless: applying into the void, struggling to do the most basic API call in my personal project, writing another tired book outline. But then this evening I got an email that turned my day around: I have a second interview next Wednesday!
- Let me gush a little further. You know, put ALL my eggs in one basket as the cart rides ALL the way before the horse. The position is fully remote and looks like it will be a nice salary bump for me. The HR lady sent me the benefits package, and they are just…meh. But not terrible by any means, but also not amazing. 2 weeks PTO until you hit your 7th year there. Then an extra week for years 7-14, and finally 4 weeks per year after year 15. 8 paid holidays. 3% 401k match after 1 year of employment. Health insurance costs about the same. Pretty mid, as the kids would say, but not a whole lot different than AS, I suppose, and health insurance + salary is something I don’t currently have, so I should just be excited that I’m making a bit of progress on what could be a very long unemployment journey. And I am! Really. I am.
- I was razzed from getting the 2nd round interview email so late in the afternoon that I decided I couldn’t possibly make dinner, and took the kids out to the McMansion. Speaking of mid experiences, man. That place is just okay.
- Tomorrow I have an appointment to get my maiden name removed from my social security card, finally. I didn’t know that was a thing that could be done. And that should have been done 16 years ago. Which means that I am now reaping the consequences of my (non) actions and having to go downtown to get the thing dealt with. Bleh. And all because I want a fancy certified driver’s license.