First day on the lam

12:30 a.m. - took some cold medicine and went to sleep with the tissue box.

6:30 a.m. - woke up with hubby, and he kissed me goodbye

6:45 a.m. - logged on to Facebook and email (thank God someone's up at that hour!)

7:00-11:00 a.m. - laid in bed like a slug with my computer, the remote, a jump drive and my phone. Played on FB and watched repetitive news (rain today).

11:00 a.m. - got dressed. Turned off computer upstairs. Turned on computer downstairs. Read through termination package; signed some stupid form for severance; called outplacement service; called unemployment (38-minute wait on phone).

12:00 p.m. - called unemployment again (25-minute wait on phone)

12:00 - 1:00 p.m. - back on FB

1:00 p.m. - Emptied dishwasher and made tuna sandwich; called unemployment again. Cursed like a sailor.

1:45 p.m. - Fell asleep on sofa

2:08 p.m. - Woke to phone call from recruiter (not a good way to wake up or take the call)

3:00 p.m. - Back on FB. Waiting for hubby to come home.

3:45 p.m. - After telling friend what I did today, which I thought was nothing, decided to write down positive steps I take each day to finding another job:

* Talked to recruiter
* Called outplacement
* Called unemployment (will call again later)
* Returned separation letter
* Thought about opening a consignment store with cousin

Hubby's home! Yay!