Adrift

I don't take well to being without work. Spent much of the day in a state of low level depression. The deep set morning fog didn't help matters either.

Dropped off my application at my last assignment and went to the Jobsource office in the building. The front desk person gave me a lead on a position at Jewish Vocational Services, though the lead did not provide info on how and where to submit a resume. I called, left a voice mail, and I doubt I'll get a callback.

The computers are still down at the agency so I called the downtown office. The guy who answered offered me a data entry position for $12/hr at some office downtown with the shift starting at 6AM! I passed. How depressing that jobs pay that low for such an absurd hours.

I'm tempted to call Cornell and ask for my job back. Fortunately I got an email from my former colleague Lucie which drummed some sense into me for the moment. Apparently my old office is a revolving door as people are getting hired and quitting soon afterwards. Alas, the physicians at the med school wimped out about having a meeting to resolve the situation at IRB.

I posted two topics at the IRB Forum. At this point, they're still waiting to be approved. I suspect they won't because even though I was as neutral as possible in presenting my topics, the discussions forum seems really focussed on helping IRB administrators deal with immediate problems and not to think critically or analytically about larger issues. Micro vs. macro.

Tomorrow I'm going to try to summon the energy to contact a couple more agencies. Though I wonder if it's worthwhile if all I'm offered are low paying data entry jobs with lousy hours. Work can provide dignity yet it strips it away.