So, yeah.

You'd think that after nearly two months of not updating, I'd have lots of fun and interesting things to share.

Not so much.

We did have a great family vacation in the Outer Banks last month. And our anniversary weekend was a lot of fun (our paper anniversary presents to each other? tickets to the OSU-Miami football game). But other than that, things have been uninteresting or just the same old, same old. Which pisses me off, quite frankly. I'm mad at myself for not using all this free time well. I should have painted all the first floor rooms, the old flowers and foliage in the yard trimmed back and ready for winter, written at least three chapters of a new manuscript, worked on my side business and started the new craft project I've been thinking about for the last month. And what have I done on all of that? I picked up bunch of paint swatches from Home Depot, put 'yardwork' on my to do list, typed three pages of non-related bits that still don't give me any idea of what my story is about, done absolutely nothing on my side business and just perused the Jo-Ann web site for potential craft supplies.

Good grief.

This past weekend was the one year anniversary of my unemployment and that's had me a bit depressed, I think. I was expecting a long job search, but not this long and this fruitless (I've had only two companies interested enough to request interviews). Last fall, I was extremely busy around the house and got a ton of stuff done. Lately, I'm lucky if I do laundry once every two weeks and the only real things I've accomplished are making and canning salsa and hot pepper jam with produce from our garden (but, yum, if I do say so myself).

I just can't seem to ramp up on any of the projects I want and need to do. And I know a job could creep up on me and I'd lose all this free time I currently have to do whatever I want. But that doesn't seem to be enough incentive to actually *start* something. And speaking of creeping jobs, on Friday I got a call from a recruiter and yesterday I had an interview for a 3-6 month contract gig that would start this week. I would be working for a great large company at their corporate headquarters. The gig could potentially lead to a full-time job, but even if it didn't, I would still get good experience that would be a nice addition to my resume. I should find out today one way or the other, so at least I won't be on the hook for long. I'd like to get the job, but then there goes all that free time I've been wasting, right? Actually, the busier I am the more productive I am, so I could see myself getting my whole list done as soon as I start having a schedule and working outside the home again.

Regardless of the job situation, I'm leaving this afternoon to camp for two nights with my friend Natalie and her two kids. I hope it's not too hot and it doesn't rain. I'm a fair-weather camper, although I'll be staying in Natalie's camper instead of my usual tent, so I can better endure the elements with an actual roof over my head.