Rant #2,458: Feeling Better All the Time

Yes, the title is actually a goof on how I am really feeling.

I am out of work, my allergies are killing me--I can barely see out of my right eye--and the New York Yankees are on the brink if elimination in the MLB playoffs, down three to one in the best of seven American League Championship Series to the Houston Astros.

I figured that is the Yankees would do well in this series and move on to the World Series, it would at least temporarily make me feel better about my own situation, and while not ,making me stop my pursuit of a new job, it would take some of the edge off of the whole procedure.

The way it is going, all it is doing is making me even more upset at everything.

I actually spoke to a few of my former co-workers yesterday through text and email, and it is a bit rough for them too. They have never been though this, so they are really new to the torment that this creates.

They are talented people, way younger than me, in their 40s, so their need for a job is really even greater than mine is.

And yes, they are also running into brick walls at finding something because of their age.

Yes, even when you are in your 40s, in today's job environment, you can be in trouble when looking for work. With companies looking on the cheap, they would much rather take a millennial with little of no experience than even someone in their 40s to fill a position.

So you can imagine what it is for someone in their 60s, like me, trying to find work.

Improbable is the operative word, but somehow, I am trying to tell myself that it is not impossible.

Convincing myself is another story, but I plug on, hoping to get back in the saddle again.

My son, who simply doesn't understand what is going on, has asked me several times when I am going to get a new job. It pains me to tell him that I don't know when. But honestly, it is kind of a hollow answer.

So I just do what I do, and yesterday, I applied for about eight or nine positions. One of two wrote me back almost immediately and told me they were "moving on" with other candidates and were not interested, telling me that they were looking for someone probably 40 or so years younger than me.

I guess that is fine; at least they got back to me quickly.

One of the jobs was actually for a position that I applied for probably a year ago, and it was posted again. That tells me that they cannot keep someone in the position, and that speaks volumes in itself. Maybe for this particular position, I am better off not being considered.

But anyway, what else is doing in my life and around the world that I can tell you about?

I have a busy week next week with job fairs and seminars to attend, and the world is not standing still waiting for me to hit paydirt.

I look at my Yahoo homepage, and people are getting "outraged" that actress Suzanne Somers put up a nude photo of herself on her, what is it, 74th birthday?

A woman living in a van was forced to leave it after it was infested with more than 300 "pet" rats.

A 15 year old sex trafficking victim committed suicide after her return to her family, as the family said that they got her back "damaged."

Some people believe that California is almost ready to get pulverized as a fault capable of causing an 8.0 earthquake has moved for the first time.

Ron "Tarzan" ely's son kills his mother, and the police shoot him to death.

I mean, my problems seem absolutely minor when compared to what these people and families are going through.

Heck, maybe things ARE getting better all the time for me!

Speak to you again on Monday. Have a great weekend.