Ah, I love it when my adoring public asks for more. Samantha, don’t you just love being considered my public? My adoring public no less.
Sorry to leave you guys hanging for so long, but it doesn’t really feel like there’s that much to write about over here. Ryan’s and my day to day consists of waking up early in preparation for a sleep study we’ve joined (although I suppose that’s pretty interesting). Playing World of Warcraft (although I do have some ruminations about that) and maybe going out on a job interview every once in awhile (that could be pretty interesting). Also, I’m pretty lazy if you haven’t noticed. Although I’m sure you have.
So Ryan and I joined a sleep study. For the past nine days we’ve had to maintain “normal” sleeping hours. Meaning we need to get to bed no later then midnight and get up no later then 9. While you would think that this adjustment might be difficult for two out of work people such as ourselves, it really hasn’t been. I mean, waking up is still hard, and I’m looking forward to sleeping in again but it’s kind of nice being awake in the morning instead of only getting up at 11. The study is about the affect of light on melatonin levels, so we once we qualify, we have to go downtown once every two weeks at midnight and they put these weird drops in our eyes and we wear a blindfold for two hours. Then they draw a small vial of blood, sit us in front of a light for another 90 minutes and draw more blood. It’s kind of going to be hell, but the price is right. To qualify we have to wear these weird devices on our wrists that look like the most eighties chunkiest watch ever, or our very own house arrest bracelet, take your pick. These devices measure our movements, I guess so they can pick up our circadian rhythms? When we go to bed at night we have to call and tell people when we go to bed and when we wake up and on top of all that, we have to keep a log. On Friday we have to go get eye appointments to see if we qualify. But yeah, that should be pretty interesting
Warcraft is a pretty fun distraction from the whole not having a job/not having and money thing. If Ryan and I didn’t do this, we’d probably be climbing the walls about now. There’s no cable here, and the internet can only provide so much distraction in one day, so it’s nice to have that go-to thing. It reminds me of being in college and everyone would be playing Age of Empires. I really wanted to play, but I knew I couldn’t because I would just play ALL THE TIME. So I would make fun of it a little to dissaude my self from wanting to play. Well, now, until I get a job, I have all the time I could ever want, so wasting time isn’t that big a deal. Also, it’s something Ryan and I can do together, so we’re not just ignoring one another all day or poking at one another all day. Although I really need to get some knitting done. I have a couple of Christmas projects in the works.
Guys. I could really use a job. Warcraft is fun and all, but my bank account has taken a bit of a battering. We’ve both been out of work for way longer then we expected (stupid economy). I don’t know about Ryan, but I could use a little more purpose to my days. Warcraft is a great distraction, but it’s still a distraction from my lack of employment. I met with a couple of recruiters. I went in to one of them and she spoke at me for 10 minutes and then dismissed me. So I got the purple-hair check. I mean, this woman didn’t care about me or my experience at all. The next one I went to I was kind of leery about after getting, basically, the brushoff by the first. But she ended up being really great. We talked for at least a half hour and she was extremely straightforward with me about the obstacles I needed to overcome and the firm that I had originally sent my resume in for. It was quite refreshing.
So consider yourselves updated! Don’t be surprised if I don’t write again till either A. I have a job, or B. after my first overnight at the light study. Because before then I have my doubts that things will change very much and the mundanities of my life just aren’t very interesting. Or at least, I’m not very good at making them appear so. (I might write, just don’t be surprised if I don’t…)
-Steph