unscheduled days

There's a turning point in the "unemployed" phase. At first, I was full of motivation: clean up my space, catch up on old business, have lots of ideas of what to do. But over time, the absence of a regular work schedule leads to aimlessness: sleep in, futz around, make a to-do list that has one item checked off on it for days. Motivation? Where'd you go?

Part of it may be that the required job search is not that tough. I've updated my resumes on Monster and Career Builder, and still have recruiters pinging me regularly. And good prospects too: tomorrow I interview at Microsoft for a contract publishing their German Windows Media site. How sweet would that be...!

Of course, in secret, I'd rather become a Fundraising Intern at the Kirkland Performance Center. If there's a career switch imminent, I think fundraising and art promotions is it. If the German gig doesn't come through, I'll apply for KPC. If nothing else, it's a good use of my unscheduled time.

In other news, I'm having my wisdom teeth removed on Friday. Yup, all four. Which means that today I'm going to the library and picking up lots of DVDs to watch over the weekend.