Day 39(Ya I guess I'm counting weekend days too...should I?)
So I've decided that being unemployed and having nothing to do day after day isn't all that it's made out to be.
It's so much better!
Seriously, I guess some might get bored or lonely after a while. Or maybe they feel like they're not contributing to society, or they feel their life is meaningless.
Well, it sucks to be them.
I mean, I don't get bored, not really, because I can always find something to do on the Web or off-line on my computer. Without a computer I might be more challenged to stay occupied, but I've done it before with interests like the parks, movies, TV, visiting friends, taking day trips, museums, books, shopping...you name it.
Lonely? Never really understood this feeling, in terms other people do. Sometimes I like the company of others and get off on really interesting conversation or just observing them "operate" (like I'm an alien studying their quirky human behaviors) but most times people irritate me, to varying degrees, so not having to be around them or talk to them is refreshing.
I feel no urges whatsoever to contribute to society and yes, my life is meaningless, like everyone else's. Nihilism is unifying in that sense. We're all nothing more important than potential food for worms. My eventual decomposition will provide some sustenance to other life forms when I die. That's all the meaning one can hope for.
Finances are good right now. Severance money is in my account and I'm getting weekly Unemployment Benefit checks. Rolled the 401k into an IRA, and haven't felt the need to take a cash disbursement. Might as well leave it in there. I don't really need it and I hopefully won't.
I interviewed for a telephone tech support job last week and today I went to complete a drug test as a condition for pre-employment for that company which has me in it's potential hire status. We'll see how this turns out. Pay would be a tad less than I was making but there are some better benefits, it seems.
Peeing into a cup on cue is always a challenge for me, but I filled up with lots of coffee and water so it went smoothly, so to speak.
Almost time for me to reorder my Lisinopril. Guess I'll be paying full price. Not looking forward to that. Although the pharmacy suggested they could order it in 2 vials of 20mg tabs since the 40mg tabs aren't covered under the $4 each plan, but the 20mgs are. So I'll probably go that route. $8 is a lot cheaper than the $30 full retail price. I won't be continuing the Zetia and Januvia. Having no generic equivalent, they are retailing at $150 and $250 respectively. For a 30-day supply. Be real, drug companies, who would pay this? I'll just reduce my cholesterol intake and watch my blood sugar more closely, that's free and a lot healthier in the long run, IMHO.
I haven't talked about Ric much. Well, it's simply because I haven't thought of him that much. It's been one of the easier breakups I've undergone over the years. I guess that's a true sign that it was time. It helps a great deal that he hasn't tried to contact me at all either. I guess the feeling was quite mutual after all. No surprises and no regrets.
My trip to Washington and the weather reports of recent snow storms up north in all directions (NW, N, NE) has me rekindling my fondness for Florida's winter climate. How I take it for granted; but to see on the TV news, day after day, meteorological temperature maps covered in shades of blue throughout the country, except for our fair peninsula and, well, I realize how good I have it.