"Tales from the Unemployment Line"

3 WEEKS AND BOREDOM

 That's how long it has taken for the boredom to set in. 3 WEEKS.

I've been unemployed now for 5 weeks. I started a new job on March 1st, and after 4 weeks, I was laid off. There were 3 of us hired at the same time and we were all let go on the same day. 
Boy were we surprised.

This was the first time I have ever been laid off from a job. After working nearly 20 years for the government, I never before had to think about layoffs and cutbacks.

The first couple of days I kinda let it sink in that I no longer had a job. I had to decompress from the previous 4 weeks of learning a new job, a new routine, and having new co-workers. By the end of the week I was ready to get moving again.

WEEK 1
Finally, I started looking for a new job. Every morning I checked the classifieds in the newspaper, and several online job sites. I would read every single job opening posted. Just trying to figure out if I were qualified for the position.

In the beginning I was very selective. I was looking for the perfect job. I would apply for a job then wait to hear back.

I would apply.
Then I would wait.
And wait.
And wait.
And wait.

WEEK 2
By week two i was getting into a routine while on the job hunt.
I would Wake up.
Look for a job.
Maybe apply for job, if one looked interesting and I met the qualifications.
Watch Netflix.
Check emails.
Pick up daughter from school.
Cook supper.
Go to bed.

Wake up next day and repeat routine from day before.

WEEK 3
Boredom officially sets in.
Now I am no longer very selective on the job hunting.
I apply for nearly every position i see. I figure job hunting is like fishing. You cast your line out enough times you are bound to get a bite. By the end of week 3, still no bites, not even a nibble.

So, I decided to change up the routine a little bit.

I planted a garden.

Yep, I planted a garden. I put together a small 4x8ft. box, put in some topsoil, fertilizer, and garden soil.
I put the small box garden in my backyard. I planted cucumbers, eggplants, purple bell peppers, banana peppers, carrots, tomatoes, green beans, and my most favorite of all, HOT PEPPERS.

Yes,  HOT PEPPERS.
I had jalapenos, Tabasco, habanero, and cayenne peppers. I plan on canning some peppers once my plants start producing. I loved the homemade pickled peppers my grandma would make and i hope to replicate her pickled peppers.

After I get my garden all nice and set up, it happens.
Reality sets in.

I soon realize plants do not grow overnight. Nor do they grow in 3 days. Not even 5 days. It was going to takes weeks and weeks before I am able to harvest my first crop from my garden.

So, by the end of week three I am officially BORED.

It's the same routine as week 2, except now i get to go outside every morning and look my garden. I wake up and go outside and just stare at that garden. Hoping that this will be the day. Today will be the day that I will have something to pick.
Nope, today ain't the day.

WEEK 4
Repeat week 3.

WEEK 5
Guess what!

Still no vegetables in the garden.

Now boredom  has fully set in.
Each day its the same routine.
No job, no vegetables, and nothing to watch on TV.

Still on the job hunt.
Still waiting on the garden to grow.

Until next time.
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