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Wet snow on Monday, freezing cold in the teens on Tuesday and Wednesday, warming up a bit now, a few days of sun, rain on the weekend. So goes another week here.

I met with another recruiting agency yesterday, I really liked this one. The young man I interviewed with was also from Florida, he had some good suggestions for my resume which I implemented right away. So I guess the deal with employment here is it's s a small town with mostly blue collar jobs and so many people want to live here that once an ad goes out, they're swamped with hundreds of applications. A lot. So I was bold to move here first, job to follow. Takes a few months they say, keep looking, make connections, network, be patient, my resume is good.

I pounce on every ad that's reasonable, work my LinkedIN, stay engaged with things that aren't job seeking related. Yoga, reading, long walks with dog exploring town and parks.

I play trivia with a group of people that live in the building every Wednesday at a bar a couple streets over. It's been great for me, I like my little family here, we have fun. Again and again, I'm grateful I made the choice to live here and not in a little house where I think I would have been more isolated.

My dog is super popular with everyone. People are always volunteering to walk him for me if I ever need it. He goes to daycare 3 days a week, I was so lucky to finally find a really good one with loving people who know dogs well and have a wonderful set up and constant human attention for the dogs. He loves it there.

Hmm. I forgot you can't post your own photos here without uploading them somewhere.

I'm impressed and sad about Alex Trebak's announcement yesterday. What a great attitude. He just seems like such a nice guy. He will be awash in good thoughts.

I reached a part in the book I'm reading where I'm having a lot of trouble accepting the plot twists. Isn't that funny? I guess that happens when positively connected to the characters and not liking their reactions. Like life, though, I have to accept it or stop reading. And its a good book by a good writer, I'm still curious about what will happen, so there isn't a real reason to stop. But I feel the effort. Like life.

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[http://lotuslandfineart.com/velvetrope/]

That was a bold move, I agree. Why did you move first (if you don't mind me asking)?

I will keep my fingers crossed something good comes up soon. I'm glad you don't seem too frantic about it too.

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Will you send me the link to your blog again? I thought I was subscribed but realize I can't find it. Thanks!

My answer is I couldn't figure out how to time it perfectly, imagine that! haha! After my husband moved out in October, I took some time to get my head together, it was hard at first to function effectively, it had been a very rough year.

My first thoughts were that I'd stay in the house until late spring, put house on market, then move. I had to get back into the work force and find an apartment. I realized I didn't want either of those things to happen in Florida and I realized by December that I was ready to leave. Gut feeling, it's time. It's easy to look for a place to live online, so I did that. I answered a couple job postings by agencies but I wasn't ready to move and work and I couldn't interview. So I stopped, and packed up the house, downsized, got financial plan in line and what I would need from hubby to get going. It was exhausting. I had looked for jobs I could do at home but most of them seemed like horrible situations, crazy hours, strict requirements, very low pay.

Doing it alone, moving in first was good for my soul, not so much bank account. It would have been hard for me to get going with place half unpacked, getting dog settled, learning lay of land. Maybe when I was younger, jumping in like that would have been way easier, but no way now. Also, I figured hubby owed me the means to get settled and he's been pretty good, I'll pay back a good chunk when the house sells, which we are in the middle of right now. Thank you for the good thoughts, they help the Universe to hear my intentions. :-)

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That all makes sense. Sometimes what is best for us emotionally and mentally goes against common knowledge.

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