I’ve Been Quiet, No?

Hello, my lovelies!

Apologies for the lack of posts. The past week has seen me kick into sudden high gear for a job search—with some help from IP, I revamped my resume and my cover letter, then began hunting like mad for jobs in the D.C. area. Because of recent developments, we will not be leaving the area anytime soon, and I figure I need to do what I can to do something worthwhile if we’re going to hang out for a bit. Since Thursday, when all the revamping was said and done, I’ve applied to nine jobs. That’s not a ton, obviously, but given that I hadn’t even applied to nine jobs all year, I’m getting myself somewhere. I also ordered a navy blue suit from J. Crew so that I would have something in case I get to go on interviews (and also because I no longer have any nice suits). It felt good to do something, anything, and I haven’t let up since Thursday. I’ve sent in at least one application each workday since, and on Monday I shot four off into the ether. I know it’ll take time for any responses to come through given the economy, but I just have to try. Ever since my work trip, I’ve come to realize that I do want to work in a more active advocacy/outreach role, and I want to do it for a company that values this type of work. My current company does not (one reference I requested confirmed as much, but I’ve seen it with my own eyes).

The other thing is that IP and I are pretty stable financially, and me taking a lower paying job that really motivates me wouldn’t hit us hard. Hell, given the new Metro rates, a shorter commute and a job with Metro benefits would be a nice perk for me. My commute is pretty expensive these days. And if I got to do stuff that actually helped people instead of making sure that some federal employees didn’t have to push the print button on their computers? All the better.

(Sorry, feds. I know some of you work hard. But there are others who have a pension and come to work drunk. Just sayin’.)

IP and I are about a month away from our first anniversary. It’s hard to believe that it’s been a year since our wedding, but . . . well, time flies when you’re having fun. We’ve been debating as to how to celebrate, and a long weekend away is a start. We’re trying to find something in the relatively immediate area—venturing into the wilds of Maryland, Virginia or Pennsylvania is acceptable, but we’re not finding much. Are we just looking in the wrong places? We’d like to find a place where we can a) hike a bit, 2) have lots of sex, and III) swim outside. Any suggestions from the silent readership that may or may not read this blog? Any input would be appreciated because we’re kind of running short on time.

I’ve been doing quite a bit of reading lately and I am so behind on updating the book list—I’m not even sure I could put together a comprehensible post of short reviews. We shall see. But the good thing is that I’ve only read one book lately that I was meh on, and even then it wasn’t completely terrible. When I post the list, I should be at 30 or 31 books for the year; not too shabby considering I ended up with 26 last year. I could use the wedding excuse my poor reading last year, but let’s face it: I was lazy. Hopefully I’ll have a book list entry up for next Monday—I should take some time over the weekend to work on it for the benefit of, well, the book list. I hate seeing it so outdated!

The updates at Casa WordNerdia-IPia so far for July. While it’s bad for the blog, let’s hope there’s more for me to apply to out there, and that it leads to a new job where I’m not just cobbling together PDFs like an idiot and hitting print.