Haven't you ever had conversations in your head with yourself or other people as you work on something that is bothering you? Yeah, me too...and I'm having way too many of these conversations lately.
I answer the phone and am greeted by an HR person from my former employer who apologizes profusely because they haven't been that responsive since my layoff from a job I really really liked, and they're calling to make up for it. The HR person also tells me that for the inconvenience, I am not only getting a firm job offer, but it includes a promotion and a salary increase that is better than 3%...isn't that great???!!!
Or, I'm talking to myself and reviewing the last two years of bad career decisions on my part and kicking myself for making them. "If only" is a bad place to be, let me tell you...it gets you nowhere fast.
Actually, I'm having less and less of these conversations because I suppose I'm realizing that there will be no phone calls from HR and that all these jobs that I have applied to will be filled by much younger candidates. Ageism is not a myth, kids.
In the meantime, I've been back to the dentist who let me know that while my jaw is no longer killing me because of TMJ (temporomandibular joint) issues, I am still grinding my teeth together, and I've caused movement and that's why I'm getting food particles stuck (which is a totally gross feeling, especially when you're dining out with witnesses to your efforts to dislodge the friggin' piece of bread, meat, whatever).
I don't need to have any so-called "expert" tell me why I'm grinding my teeth...we know why...don't we? All together...it's because I'm unemployed...auuuggghhh!
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