I've had two more developments on the job hunting front this week. One call from the company I was offered a position with in June, but had to turn down. A store that's an hour away wants me to interview for an assistant manager position. If I'm not mistaken, though, that's a $13/hour position, and they were recruiting me for $55k/year previously. Plus it's an hour away.
The second company (CVS) just called this morning to ask me to come for an in person interview. But they want me to travel 2.5 hours to get to this interview, to their regional office. There's something really unbalanced about that. They aren't showing me much consideration at all; I haven't been given any opportunity to find out the specifics of the position, nor have I been given any opportunity at all to ask any sort of questions. It's not really a good feeling I get from them, and I'm not sure that's the type of environment I want to put myself in. They even sent me an email saying I was required to visit several CVS stores in the area to talk to the Store Manager before coming to the interview. Weird. But, I'll take a road trip and at least see what the interview is about.
Aaron is enjoying his new job. He's working for a contact lens manufacturer. I would be bored to death with that kind of work, but he says he likes it. He has definitely been in a better mood this week.
I've just kind of been plugging along, trying to let ideas percolate and develop. The days are long, but the weeks are short, you know? I need a project. I'm very much a project oriented person, and since I unofficially closed down my business, I'm kind of floundering through the days with nowhere to direct my energy.
I've done some work out in the yard, digging up garden bed and planting green beans and watermelon. Who knows if they'll come up or not, but I felt the need to do something productive with our outdoor space. I really want to go full-on homestead, but Aaron is wary of that one. Honestly, we're not too far from it at the moment. We make most of the household stuff we use in the home: laundry detergent, soap, medicines, etc. I've really gotten into learning about our local herbal flora and making salves and medicines from them.
I just constantly feel this deep, deep longing for a simple life. Fewer possessions, less need for money, spending time and resources on things that REALLY matter. Just a simple, beautiful life.
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