Rant #2,527: Lazy Day

I'm back, after celebrating Valentine's Day and Presidents Day and doing next to nothing.

Yes, it was very quiet in my household yesterday.

My wife and son had to work, so I was alone most of the day.

I took my son to work, of course, but that was my only time outside during the entire day.

I looked for jobs yesterday as I always do, each and every day, rain or shine, holiday or no holiday.

That is my job now, to look for a job. In fact, I have been "ordered" to go for an interview with my local job center for this coming Friday afternoon. They want to check up on me, see if I am abiding by the terms of my "contract," which is to apply for at least three jobs per week while I am getting Unemployment pay.

Yesterday, I applied for four jobs, both in and out of my field. Do you think I qualify?

Son in between looking at the job notices, going onto Linked In for goodness knows why, and filling out electronic applications, that filled up a good part of the day.

A good part, but I still had plenty of time to try to find other things to do, which wasn't easy.

I did my exercises, and that made me feel good. The exercises that I was given by my time in physical therapy really have helped me get back to where I should be, which is pain free. I do have some minot pain in my left arm, but otherwise, I don't have any pain--what a difference from the way I was! It's like night and day.

I checked up on my parents, both of whom are now 88 years young. I am happy to report that they are both doing well, and they really didn't need my help yesterday at all, which is a very good thing.

I did some other things to pass the time, such as scan a couple of the covers of my 45s--the picture sleeves, which I am trying to get a scan of each and every one, and it has already taken me years to do this--and yes, I ended up watching television when I ran out of things to do.

I went from this channel to that channel, including hearing the latest about the Major League Baseball cheating scandal, which is escalating beyond where, I believe, the sport ever thought it would get to.

Commissioner Rob Manfred has completely lost the players, and the fans, because of his relative inaction on the guilty players of the Houston Astros, and I believe that somewhere down the line, he is also going to lose his job because this fiasco took place under his watch.

When you have the normally quiet Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels--the game's best overall player--and the New York Yankees' Gleyber Torres--the game's youngest superstar--speaking out like they did yesterday, you know that the powder keg is ready to burst.

2020 should be an interesting season, and let's see how the first retaliation works out, and you just know that there will be retaliation of some form heaved at the Astros for their misdeeds.

Anyway, I went from channel to channel, was pretty much bored with what I saw, and I ended up watching some YouTube stuff, including the casting of a nearly 60-year-old episode of the old "To Tell the Truth" game show to my TV.

The show piqued my interest because it featured a segment about the winner of a 1965 contest, a teenager who entered through a cosmetics company promotion and won a trip to England to meet with her favorite rock and roll band, the Dave Clark Five.

The celebrity panel had to choose among three teens the one who was actually the winner, and only one member of this panel--I believe it was Orson Bean, who, as you know, just passed away--got it right.

It was interesting, the line of questioning was interesting--a lot about "who was the cutest boy" in the band and the length of the band members' hair--and I must admit I, myself, chose the wrong girl, too, so it was fun to watch and play along.

You can see the show yourself at https://youtu.be/zIAzghVWKXY

When that was over, I continued to try to find things to watch, and at the same time, I constantly checked my phone for new job updates. I actually applied for one or two jobs while sitting on my bed watching TV,  two very good jobs that I hope that someone gives me a chance at, even just for an interview.

But I know that ultimately, this is just so futile, but I go at it with the thought that maybe, just maybe, someone will look at my resume and application with an open mind.

In fact, over the weekend, for the first time, I took a written test for a job, where a prospective employer asked me to write up something as a test. I actually did it on Friday morning, after I went into my email and saw the job listings for the day. It took me about an hour or so to do, and I hope it was good enough to proceed to the next step.

I have yet to hear from the prospective employer, so I have to give them the benefit of the doubt, what with the weekend and the holiday having passed.

Let's see what happens.

Anyway, that was pretty much my day, a quiet and very boring Presidents Day for me.

Maybe that was good for me; a day to pretty much tone it down a bit, even though I really didn't do that.

Now, the holiday is over and I move on to other things, and busier days ...

Maybe, maybe not.