Ever have one of those weeks you just wish you would have stayed in bed

Not only stay in bed, but blockade the doorway, turn off all electricity and disappear from the rest of the world? Yeah, that's kind of how my week has been.

As I already pointed out, I spent a few days in Wyoming and put on a teaching demonstration that I really felt went really well. And yesterday, I found out I didn't get the job. It was between me and one other person. And I lost to that other person.

But I was given a bit of a branch to hold onto because I was told through a friend who spoke to the person who makes such decisions that I was going to be granted an interview with Sacramento City. I was kind of expecting that because they actually approached me and asked me to fill out an application. Received a notice today from them stating: "Thanks for applying but you pretty much didn't make the cut." I can't even get an interview from a school that asked me to apply. How's that for self-confidence?

Another school I've been told to apply to by that school hasn't contacted me at all. I'm starting to suspect it's going to be the same as Sacramento. Another school that I'm being told to apply to is making it really difficult to apply to because nowhere on their site can I actually find their application that has to be part of the "application packet". All of their links are internal links, meaning you have to already be a part of that administration before you can actually apply for a job within that administration. I'm sure there's some simple way to do it, but I, for the life of me, can't figure it out.

I'm starting to run out of money, and I don't have anything lined up for work. It's already starting to feel like this is going to be a repeat of last summer (one of my worst ever), except this time I don't actually have a goal to look forward to in the fall (like school). I've been applying for numerous jobs, and much like last year, I can't even seem to get a response.

No, I'm not really happy about my prospects right now, and I'm slowly moving back to my "plan" I had before summer ended last year. I really don't intend to go through another summer like that again.

Stumble It!