This one's for Tammy to Chick:

And if you're wondering "where's Casey Kasem?" Here he is:

The weather in my neck of the woods took it's inevitable turn for the worse, with cold and rain and gloom throughout the day. I've often said that no matter how bad things seem to you, they don't seem as bad the next day. That may be true, but I'm still down. Unless something else is wrong with JoJo, I might be able to squeak by, and still make a trip to see some good friends next month (with some belt tightening). Unfortunately, there's a couple of other things that due to the specific circumstances I'd rather keep to myself, but they're certainly not helping my mood.
If any of you have any words of encouragement you could leave in the comments or e-mail (for those that have my e-mail address), I'd appreciate it. I was hoping to snap out of this, but I haven't been successful. I hate to ask, but I can't think of anything else to help right now.

Keller continues to relate a fundraiser brunch he had with his congresswoman where the question the Republicans ask (when they're not accusing of hating America or being cowards) "What happens to Iraq if we leave before we are done?"

I took my cats in for their checkup/shots last week, and they found a bad tooth on JoJo. I took him in today and they said his white cell count was way up, possibly from his back where he was itching and scratched some fur off. They want to run tests, put him on an antibiotic and see him again in a couple of weeks. Of course, this'll cost more money than I have.
This news offset the phone interview I was called on today.
The past few days have been bad. I think I need a hug.

Well, I got a letter from the place I applied that I thought I was doing so well. You might remember, the place where at the last interview they were going to get the next person to interview me at the end. The letter said they decided not to go with me now, keep my application on file a year, etc.
This was the best prospect I've had in a long time. I don't know what I'm going to do now.
Open letter to future potential employers who might've Googled their way here: Sorry if I sound so discouraged, but I really thought I was doing well. The tests were no problem, I thought I impressed the people there, got called right away for interviews, thought I was on the fast track. Then this.
The thing is, I don't know why it stopped all of a sudden. I know businesses have to watch out for lawsuits, and don't want to give specific reasons, and at least I got a letter; but the problem with that system is that I question myself. With setbacks, you try to find out what went wrong and take steps to fix it so you'll do better. But I can't do that, I don't know what went wrong.
And I was afraid that writing anything on my blog might harm me if businesses I apply to in the future do some research on line and find this blog. But I hope they realize that sometimes people need to vent and blow off steam. Also please note that I have taken steps not to mention specific businesses and individuals in those businesses in any of my postings. And certainly no confidences have been breached, in fact or in spirit.
And I am applying for more jobs online, so that's something.
I want to work and get back on track with my life, but I can't and I don't know why.