Sorry I've been MIA the last month or so.
I feel like I need to say the same thing to my gym. Eeek!
At the end of May, Chris & I were going to go to California for a week, and then we weren't because we couldn't find a place to board Derby, but then our vet called at the last minute and could take him, so we had a very thrown-together trip out to Northern CA which was great, even though, like always, any sunny weather eluded us. Everyone always swears it had just been so warm the week before we came.
We drove around Half Moon Bay, Point Reyes, Santa Rosa, and then buried ourselves in Monterey during the holiday weekend, pretty much taking our time, vegging out, stopping for beer and artichokes here and there.
Since I've been back, the job searching has kicked into high gear, but not intentionally. I have to try to schedule other activities into my day because it's so easy to spend 8 hours a day sending resumes and researching positions -- there are enough jobs that it's very time consuming, and it's easy to get SuckedIn to LinkedIn (who knows who, who you used to know, who changed their last name, who works where now). I've had about one interview a week on average since I was first unemployed, so it's not bad at all... I just need to find the one where they like me, and I like them.
Meanwhile I am taking advantage of sleeping in, watching all the movies I never had time to watch, wearing flip flops perpetually, and digging up new companies I never knew were in Denver. Whether it's by reading the Business Journal at Tattered Cover, or finding a random little company on Craig's List, there's so many cool companies here and it's fun to figure out who you might know there. That part is fun all on its own.
Thanks to everyone for being so cool & well-wishing in my time of woe, but it's not too too woeful...