found a job, whew

Wow, what's going on here??  I go nearly a whole year not writing in my blog, and then write 3 posts today.  
It's a unique time.  I'm not working, but I'm not unemployed.  I have things to do, but I feel like writing.  I don't feel guilt as I sometimes do sitting down and writing.  The job I used to have was so entangling, so encompassing, that it followed me home and I had to work at things at home as well as at my job.  I felt guilty writing then, b/c there was so much to do for work even when I was home !!! 
That's over with. 
If I sit down and write, I don't have to feel bad that I'm supposed to be looking for a job.  
So, 8/18/2015 will go down in history as the most blogs in 1 day.  Yay!!!! 

I had an increasingly bad situation where I worked at the law firm I was with.  I had worked with them under 2 years. The situation was progressively worse and then all of the sudden it ended. I found myself in an argument with the managing partner who accused me of making mistakes on purpose.  That wasn't the case.  The powers that be at that law firm just had no idea how much work was given & what the implication was when they just piled lots of work on me.  If you give too much work, mistakes will be made; it's that simple.  So, that was it.

I sent out resumes from various sources. There was encouragement, because I had interviews.  I had an interview way up in the northern city limit of Chicago.  It was not easy to get to.  I transposed the numbers of the address and broke a cardinal rule and was late.

I kept cool; I displayed enthusiasm which is one of the things the experts encourage.  Clearly, it was genuine.  I needed a job, they were offering a paralegal, and I felt I would do well for them.  The interviewer and my future boss had a good exchange.  She was nice, she was candid.  I gave a lot of energy, earnestness, insights into concerns she had that necessitated hiring a paralegal.

The interview ended about an hour later.  The traffic and remoteness from my place are factors.  This is the 1st time that it will take me 2 hours to go from my condo to my workplace.  It will take 2 trains and a bus ride to get there.  I'm taking the challenge very seriously.  I'm going to practice it this Thursday and Friday mornings to see what exactly will make it hard, what could help me make it easier.

There is absolutely no way in hell that I will drive from my home to work.  The exception will be on light traffic days like the day before Christmas, the day after New Years Day, days surrounding the holidays and holidays when the clinic I work at will be open, maybe Columbus Day.  
Otherwise, there is no way I will drive my car to work.  The car is 11 years old; it only has 75,000 miles on it, but I would quickly have it go past 100,000 miles in a few short months.  It just seems like you start running into a lot of expensive problems after the car goes past 100,000 miles.  I want my car to last 5 years.  I don't see that happening if I drive it to work everyday.

I feel happy that I found a job within 1 month of leaving my last job.  Last time I was unemployed, I didn't find a decent job for a year and a half.  I knew if it took that long this time, I would be financially ruined. It was downright scary.  But I kept reading what the experts were saying, send out resumes, send out quality cover letters with the resumes, and talk to people in your network.  
I wondered at times if I was doing enough to find a job.  Thank God, whatever I did in the early part of August worked ! !