ALL PRAISE TO SS - While I Issue an SOS

Let's begin this blog by praising the one consistent poster on this site,  at the moment -= Southern Substance. Being completely honest with you all, for the past two weeks I have been very preoccupied with applications, phone interviews, and just mental anxiety. As you all know, I really need a legitimate job that will allow me to grow professionally. Stagnation just isn't my thing.

Well, 2 weeks ago, I went to a career fair that really had some exciting prospects. Two of the companies I met with have since shown interest in my job applications, and I have been struggling trying to keep the slightest sense of internal serenity and sanity as I await the outcome. I want to explode you all! To go THIS LONG without anything official just bores away at the soul of a man (as it would with a woman, I'm sure...you see, I'm so anxious that I'm typing in politically correct stream of consciousness: a testament to my newfound ADD).

Well here's the deal, today, MONDAY, I potentially hear back from an exciting job prospect about my candidacy (not guaranteed to hear today, but the email said possibly). Today, MONDAY, I also have a 2nd round phone interview with a BIG consumer retail corporation for a position that PAYS but is something I'd NEVER EVER considered. Both opportunities are exciting and uncommon, and I WILL (I REPEAT WILL) JUMP at and attach myself to either one, just like an unloved stepchild would to a kind stranger.

You have no idea what thoughts are raging through my head. I can't do anything these days - clean, write songs, email, apply for new jobs, blog, go out - ANYTHING, because I'm paralyzed with anxiety. This is the closest I've come to hope being realized in a while, and I am beyond impatient to know the outcome - good or bad.

Wish me luck! I'll update you guys either way regarding the responses I hear. Hopefully your professional lives are not nearly as precarious as mine. AAH, I just want to scream and blurt out to the world how exciting these two opportunities are!

But alas, patience and discretion are virtues. No really, I just need a job haha. Hope you're holding up wherever you are and whatever you're going through.

Be well,