When you are unemployed, it’s hard to tell the weekends from the week days – especially when your partner is off work on vacation.
I spent the last week sick with an awful flu. I am recovering well, but am still a bit light-headed and weak. I can’t believe it’s already a week into January!
John & I have been home most of the week. He had a few days of work thrown in, but I was too sick to function; so, I spent my days in bed or in front of the TV. I watched a lot of movies this past week, most I’ve seen before. When I’m sick, the TV and the cats are my best friends. John was recovering faster, so spent some time writing and reading. I was unable to do much of anything.
Of the movies I watched, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry was one of them. I thought it was pretty funny. It wasn’t great, and won’t go down in my book as an Adam Sandler classic, but it was fun.
Last night, I was feeling good enough to go out, so John & I met up with Lyse, KC, and David at the Century 8 to see Yes Man. This movie was surprisingly funny. It was better than expected, and I must admit that I had pretty low expectations. It wasn’t overly “Jim Carey” which was one of my worries. The commercials portray it as a true “Jim Carey” movie, but it’s just a fun comedy.
Today, John & I slept in really late (12:30pm). I vacuumed while John ran out for a bit, then we went for a walk around the residential areas of Glendale when he returned. It’s been a lazy day otherwise – more movies. Right now, Sweeney Todd is on.
What I need is motivation to do productive things like exercise, clean, work on my photography business, take care of paperwork, etc. I am motivated to job hunt, which I do daily. Even on weekends, I check the job boards.
I feel this year officially starts tomorrow, as that is when people go back to work. I hope that will help me with my motivation. I am going to call a bunch of recruiters tomorrow, job hunt, and HOPEFULLY go for a mile walk (either on my elliptical or outside). I’d like to walk a mile a day, 5 days a week; or, if I walk 2 miles in one day, I can skip a day somewhere. Once I have a job, I may have to adjust this. We’ll see.
For now, if you see me online and it’s between 3 and 6pm, tell me to take a walk!