"These are the times that try men's souls." -Thomas Paine
I slept forever last night. Went to bed at 2am for the first time in a long time. Got up at 8am for an hour. Then fell back to sleep for 4 hours. Sooo...might not get as much done today as I wanted, but on the upside I just spend the last 3ish hours looking a resume stuff. Not too shabby. I'm finally getting it organized and into a routine enough so if I keep up what I've been doing for another week or two, after that, it should only take me an hour a week to job search. There's just SOO many sites out there with legal job postings. I'm super excited about one that I applied to today. Still no word from the handful of interviews I've had this month. The city started hiring for the first time in over a year and picked 6 people who had never clerked there before, which is good for me, but sucks for the people who clerked there over law school. So maybe I'll have a shot at that wait list after all. State's attorney stared pulling people from the wait list for the first time. They hired about 15 people. I was bummed it wasn't me, but at least they are starting to pull.
Went to Mere's last night for game night. Much fun. And I got to grieve with Rick. I love Rick. He's totally awesome. I asked him how his job search was coming and asked if he was frustated like me. He said he's been a little under frustrated and has gone to depressed. Oy. Me too. Completely. And I heard that almost all of my fellow classmates who had no job since we graduated are still in the same boat as me and Rick. Only 4 have been hired that I know of since Sept. And thats out of at least 40ish that I know are looking. The Editor in Chief of Law Review (a more prestigous journal than the one I was editor in chief of) JUST got hired this week. Misery loves company, so hearing these things made me feel a little bit better...and yet still hopeless.
The money situation sucks too. I was eathing breakfast this morning thinking about why I can barely pay rent and realized that if I miss one day of work a month (like this month with MLK day) I am officially spending more than I make that month. :( I don't know what else I can cut from my budget. I did sell my bar review books yesterday for $80 so that was awesome. And the second I get these tax forms, I'll send in my taxes to get some money back and have a little wiggle room again. But if I do end up moving back to Michigan in May, I will need a car and I have no effing idea how I'm going to pay for it.
That said, I do have my good days. And I'm uber thankful for those as well as the small things in life: a job period, even if it is a temp job; not being a student; the time to read books; good friends; having at least possiblities on the horizen, even if they seem so far away. I found a cool new group I'm going to join, especially once I start to have steady pay. There is a MSU Alumni chicago chapter. I went to their event on Thursday night and it was totally cool. The people are so chill--just my style. After all, how could Spartans living in Chicago not be cool? It'll give me the desperately needed to chance to meet new (non-lawyer) people. While sometimes I wish I had more contacts in the city, right now it's good so I'm not tempted to spend more money.
Alright, signing off to head home and watch the Superbowl while I write cover letters and update my photo album. Go Cardinals!
Went to Mere's last night for game night. Much fun. And I got to grieve with Rick. I love Rick. He's totally awesome. I asked him how his job search was coming and asked if he was frustated like me. He said he's been a little under frustrated and has gone to depressed. Oy. Me too. Completely. And I heard that almost all of my fellow classmates who had no job since we graduated are still in the same boat as me and Rick. Only 4 have been hired that I know of since Sept. And thats out of at least 40ish that I know are looking. The Editor in Chief of Law Review (a more prestigous journal than the one I was editor in chief of) JUST got hired this week. Misery loves company, so hearing these things made me feel a little bit better...and yet still hopeless.
The money situation sucks too. I was eathing breakfast this morning thinking about why I can barely pay rent and realized that if I miss one day of work a month (like this month with MLK day) I am officially spending more than I make that month. :( I don't know what else I can cut from my budget. I did sell my bar review books yesterday for $80 so that was awesome. And the second I get these tax forms, I'll send in my taxes to get some money back and have a little wiggle room again. But if I do end up moving back to Michigan in May, I will need a car and I have no effing idea how I'm going to pay for it.
That said, I do have my good days. And I'm uber thankful for those as well as the small things in life: a job period, even if it is a temp job; not being a student; the time to read books; good friends; having at least possiblities on the horizen, even if they seem so far away. I found a cool new group I'm going to join, especially once I start to have steady pay. There is a MSU Alumni chicago chapter. I went to their event on Thursday night and it was totally cool. The people are so chill--just my style. After all, how could Spartans living in Chicago not be cool? It'll give me the desperately needed to chance to meet new (non-lawyer) people. While sometimes I wish I had more contacts in the city, right now it's good so I'm not tempted to spend more money.
Alright, signing off to head home and watch the Superbowl while I write cover letters and update my photo album. Go Cardinals!