Employment Again!

On the day that it was announced that over two million jobs were lost in 2008, my former employer called and asked me to come back to work. Apparently, the low interest rates are working and people are swarming to refinance their home mortgages. Business is about triple what it would be in normal times. I don't know how long it will last, but it will be great to get a paycheck again instead of unemployment. After a ten week break though, getting mentally geared up for 40 t0 50 hour weeks is just a little daunting. The good thing is that I know I am up to it. I am glad I did not waste much time during this long break in employment. I just completed the first week of an Excel class offered free through the Oregon Employment Division, and while I won't be able to finish the three week course, at least I know what Excel does and have a little experience with it. I even started this blog!
I hope anyone else who reads this and is out of work takes heart in knowing that as bad as things look, hope is on the road ahead, so keep moving, keep learning, keep applying for the jobs that will start showing up. Keep the glass half-full.

Not too late for a" Happy New Year" is it?

Since it is only the second day of 2009, I will still wish anyone who stumbles upon this message a successful and happy year. It occurs to me that blogging is a little like those long ago ancestors of ours who drew pictures on cave walls in an effort to communicate with others of their kind or , who knows, maybe they had some dim vision of beings who would come along after they were gone, and exclaim over their efforts. Is there any way of knowing how many bloggers there are out here in the 'sphere? Probably so, I could just Google it and get an answer. Let's hope that we are not all "Nowhere Men" ( and women) making "nowhere plans for nobody."
My SO is a New Thought woman, and she is strongly, though not adamantly, suggesting that I write down some goals for this new start on the calendar we all have in front of us. I will certainly make an effort to do so, though it seems I tried it once and little happened. My convictions were not strong enough I suppose, but when the old magic is not working, what is wrong with looking for a new way to make our way along this road?
On New Year's Eve, I was thinking that, all over the world, people were standing on tiptoe, trying to see over the fence of time, into the darkeness ahead. Out there, about January 20th, I do see a little light grwoing brighter, hope for a better way, a new direction, real efforts to fix our broken economy, end the wars we have blundered into, and restore a sense of pride that we have been missing for these last eight years. So, keep your eye on that light, and let's hope that it shines brighter on all of us.