The search is over

Perfect job (I hope), perfect location (no commute), perfect hours (within school hours), perfect pay (so I can still keep some of the services M. needs), and it's all mine!

Dreaded words

Overdraft fee. Job interview. Jehovah's Witnesses. Landlord.

Too much for one day.

Dog-gone

The sleepover only distracted M. from having to give our dog away for so long. Every few minutes she forgets and asks me to let him in, then we have to have the talk all over again that involves layers of reasoning behind the decision to give him away to some friends. The reasons are mostly financial, as well as less time at home to take care of a dog now that I just got hired at a job. M. mostly doesn't understand the financial reasons since she solves it by telling me to "just go buy some more money." What she understood the most was when I told her I don't think our dog liked it when she closed him in her room with them together and she would be loud and do things that scared him simply because it was fun for her and no regard to all the times I told her he doesn't like it. She said, "He didn't like it so he wanted to leave. " I almost told her that wasn't true, then decided maybe it's time for a lesson in consequences and how people don't want to be around us if we treat them badly. She wasn't cruel to him, but just way too exuberant and really annoying the hell out of him. I know he'll be happier where he is now with typically developing children who can understand how to treat animals. Happy trails Bentley! (from here forth to be called Bento by his new Japanese family--and no, even though that means box lunch in Japan, they do not plan to eat him)

2 worst interview questions of all time

Was just thinking of the resume I sent last week in response to a job posting at the local newspaper, and wondering when the rejection letter might arrive-or if they'd even send one (maybe I'd never even get that kind of closure)-when the phone rang...

and it was them.

Without warning I found myself in a phone interview, and being asked the dreaded questions, 'what are your strengths?' 'What are your weaknesses?'

So just like that, it was over.

There are no right answers! No one can win! I give up! I swear I'll never get another job simply because I can't get through an interview.