Day 38 Log

Well it's cold out today, currently it is -17 F and the weather report says "wind chill readings from 35 to 45 below zero" The high today is only supposed to get up to -5 F. Because of this, my daughters schools are closed and they are home with us..so it's a much more lively house today.
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Got an email from the recruiter on the job I interviewed for last week, here is what he said:
"I am sorry to inform you that [they] told us they extended an offer to someone else and they accepted. They want to thank for coming in because they thought you were a very solid candidate. The only difference between you and the other candidate was that they had a little more experience with the development piece." So on the bad side I didn't get it and I need to delay working a bit longer, but I can take away from this that my skill set is thought of as "very solid", which when you've been unemployed for 38 days is nice to hear. Another benefit of this is that I don't (at least right now) have to worry about the 1099 contracting stuff..I have to admit that the thought of having to do all the taxes and lack of insurance was a bit daunting.

The same recruiter that sent me this, also told me earlier this week about a position in Eden Prairie that he just heard about which was a perm position paying what I was hoping to be paid, and the company looks like (from what I gleam from their website) a company similar (in corporate environment) to the types of companies I have worked for in the past. I am actually really looking forward to meeting with this company.
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Got my UI payment today...so it only took being unemployed for 38 days to get it...luckily I got it today, bill start to come due tomorrow. I was hoping to get four weeks of payment, but I calculated something wrong I guess. The first week you don't get paid, and I thought that was your "Waiting Week" but I guess the second week is the "Waiting Week" which you aren't paid for. So I had two weeks unpaid...but three weeks is enough to allow make my half month house payment and van payment, and buy some food (we are getting very low on food stock).
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