A New Blogventure

Blogging to me is a strange thing. I write, not knowing whether or not anyone reads. Or cares. But I've decided to embark on my own "blogventure".

About me - I am not quite 40, and just celebrated my 20th high school reunion. After finishing college with a BA in music performance, I moved to Fargo, North Dakota and worked in a corporate environment for 14 years. I spent 13 years with one company, got recruited to join another and jumped ship at what I thought was a great opportunity. Big mistake. It reminded me of a movie that looks great in the previews, but when you give in and buy the tickets, you find out the only moderately good parts were in the previews and the rest of the picture sucks. I was there for one day shy of six months and lost my job.

I suddenly found myself faced with unemployment for the first time in my adult life. I was single and living alone, and very used to taking care of myself. Would I have enough money to last until I found a new job? How long would it take to find that job? Would I have to settle for something involving food service? I had already applied for unemployment, but knew I had some tough choices to make in the next weeks. Then the city I lived in was under water.

Those choices had to made pretty quickly. So - long story short - on the night the hospitals were evacuated, I left Fargo. To move back in with my parents. Talk about a tough decision. Don't get me wrong - I love my parents, but living with my mother is, well... Let's just say I'm not a saint.

So this is where I sit today. Job hunting and living with my parents until I am back in the world of the employed. I have no idea what I want my blog to be or to accomplish. Just think of me as any one of the people who have lost their job over the past year. You know at least one of us. We have pride that's been bruised, and we've had to swallow a lot of it as the days go on. But we keep trying; keep hoping that today will be different.

This is my story.