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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.