10 December 2008

Boredom

The most annoying thing about my recent unemployment is the constant monotony. Get up, eat cereal. Troll craigslist, send out a million resumes for jobs that will never write me back. Poke at the internet, smoke, repeat.
My partner, Ben (who was unemployed for about a month recently), understands this. He told me to get up and go out. Even if it's just to walk to the store and buy cigarettes or to take the dog out. Originally, I told him to eff off. Because that's how I roll. I'm always right. But, actually, it turns out that HE'S always right. And it kills me.
So, today I took my dog, Lucy, to the park. And it was lovely. And I came back to the Craigslist grind refreshed by her ridiculous antics, happy to have mud on my shoes. And now she is happy and exhausted. And I am calmer and less fatalistic about the fact that I don't have a job. It will get better.


The dog in question.

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