What I've Been Up to Lately

As I have stated before, I lost my job about 2 months ago. I have enough severance pay to last me maybe a year. I have been sending out resumes, with no results thus far. My 2 children are in school, and I don't work, so how am I supposed to spend my day? Staying home watching talk shows is not my style, so what's a girl to do? Here is how I have been spending my blissful work-free days:

1. Yoga class, my nirvana.

2. Running/Walking: I meet my sister most week days for some exercise and copious amounts of blabbing.

3. Making quilts for the needy: I discovered a community group that meets one day a week for 3 hours to make quilts for desperately poor Appalachian Mountains families. Parts of the Appalachians are more like 3'rd world countries than the US. When I showed up for this group, I was surprised to find that I was the only person in the group under 65 years old. My grandparents died when I was young, so I love talking to these older ladies. You would be surprised how feisty some of them are. Here is a pic of the quilt I'm working on:
4. Volunteering-I know a woman who is an administrator for the local United Way. I told her about my problem of not knowing what to do with myself while being unemployed. Now I volunteer about 2 days a week. She sets me up with a different organization just about every time. Here are some of the things I've done:

• Feed animals and help build a bridge at a local farm/camp for handicapped kids
• Tutor math with at-risk middle school kids
• Read with homeless kids.
• Help with chores at a women's shelter
• Serve lunch at a soup kitchen
• Help with an art project at my son's school

5. Meet friends for lunch
6. Be a lazy S.O.B. Some days, I'll have to admit, I DO sleep till noon and do nothing. It's great.