Long Vacation?

I applied to what must the 20th job posting for my former company.  It wasn't just any job...it's essentially a former job of mine, sans one key element, my former boss.  I even had contact with the hiring manager who I've known and worked with and who (almost) sounded glad to hear from me.  And yet, I have not heard anything from the company, despite her assurances that she would be in touch with HR about my application.

I think I have a very thick skin for rejection when it comes to job applications...or maybe just a thick head.  As I try to view each day as another opportunity for a phone call from a potential employer, the truth the silence of the phone and the lack of emails screams..."too old, too experienced, too much money, etc." to me.  Next month will mark my year of discontentment.  The HR director who said that I should view my time off as "a long vacation" and that I should apply to my company for jobs knew that I would never come back, and not because of lack of trying on my part.

Next month, I will take the two boxes that I packed when I left my former company and dump their company-specific contents.  Long vacation...ha!