Unemployment Chronicles, Day 52: A New Hope

My friend John gave my number to a recruiter, and she gave me a call.  We met yesterday, and she said that she would talk to her client about me.  The client is an insurance company, so my background will help.  You never know, but as opportunities go, this one has a decent chance of success.

Things I have been doing while unemployed that I did not do before, besides looking for a job:

• Watching three TV series that my brother recommended:  Game of Thrones, Band of Brothers, and Firefly.  All are very good.
• Reading Games of Thrones.  Jackie watched (only) that one with me, then went and bought the books.
• Running the kids around.  Lucas has class 5 days a week and archery 3 days, although he drives himself some.  Jarrod has Boy Scouts Mondays as well as weekend activities.  Jackie does a lot of the driving, but she used to do almost all of it.
• Jackie and I are still working out most mornings.  I have worked up to 3 resistance and 3 incline on the elliptical machine.  Hopefully you have never been on an elliptical machine and imagine that those settings might be impressive.
• Hanging out at Arby's.

Jarrod is on a Boy Scout outing this weekend, Sunday is Mother's Day, and tomorrow Jackie and I are going to see a movie -- Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, with a lot of great older British actors.