skylynx
DIS Sponsor in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado
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Hi, Everyone
It is snowing sideways in Chicago due to the wind, and I'm about to start packing my gear for our Wonder cruise this Sunday...hopefully my mom and dad won't' have trouble getting there from New York. Chicago weather should cooperate (for once.)
It is scary trying to coordinate this when we've got people coming from three states in three different parts of the country! I keep thinking something will go wrong. Argh.
I'm a bit paranoid at the moment because my contract job abruptly ended and I just found out I've only one week of unemployment benefits left. I've been job hunting for a permanent job for a year with lots of interviews but no takers...Chicago is so glutted with others who've been laid off from the many corporate headquarters that were/are here like United, Motorola, and Accenture (where I worked). I've got two graduate degrees and teaching certification and a full suite of Disney Insitute management courses and still can't get hired! I've networked all my resources out--most everyone I know is afraid of losing their jobs, let alone positioned to find me one!
Anyhow, when I come home from the cruise, I'll take a job doing anything just to get through until something improves. Sorry for being a bit of a black cloud...I usually have happy stories to tell...Enough of that, though...I'm less than five days from my much awaited cruise and a chance to watch my kids and parents experience the Wonder of it all.
My sweetie's boss said he'd pay for our Internet access on the ship so he can send any crucial emails, so we'll be posting a live report or two from the Wonder (if I can remember my disboards password, that is!)
Meanwhile, if anyone sees the job fairy, PLEASE send her my way.
Stay safe and warm!
It is snowing sideways in Chicago due to the wind, and I'm about to start packing my gear for our Wonder cruise this Sunday...hopefully my mom and dad won't' have trouble getting there from New York. Chicago weather should cooperate (for once.)

I'm a bit paranoid at the moment because my contract job abruptly ended and I just found out I've only one week of unemployment benefits left. I've been job hunting for a permanent job for a year with lots of interviews but no takers...Chicago is so glutted with others who've been laid off from the many corporate headquarters that were/are here like United, Motorola, and Accenture (where I worked). I've got two graduate degrees and teaching certification and a full suite of Disney Insitute management courses and still can't get hired! I've networked all my resources out--most everyone I know is afraid of losing their jobs, let alone positioned to find me one!
Anyhow, when I come home from the cruise, I'll take a job doing anything just to get through until something improves. Sorry for being a bit of a black cloud...I usually have happy stories to tell...Enough of that, though...I'm less than five days from my much awaited cruise and a chance to watch my kids and parents experience the Wonder of it all.
My sweetie's boss said he'd pay for our Internet access on the ship so he can send any crucial emails, so we'll be posting a live report or two from the Wonder (if I can remember my disboards password, that is!)
Meanwhile, if anyone sees the job fairy, PLEASE send her my way.
Stay safe and warm!