Rant #3,367: Frustrated

It looks like my Facebook mini-ban is over, as yesterday, I was able to put up whatever I wanted to, including a Rant about my 31st wedding anniversary.

I am just happy that it is over, and honestly, I don't know why it was put in force to begin with.

I am a little dismayed at physical therapy, because I seem to have hit a wall in my recovery.

I reached a certain point on the stationary bicycle, and not only can't I get past thst point, but it is so extremely uncomfortable when I have tried to pedal at that point that the physical therapist had to put me on a higher level so I can get some bike work in.

As you know, my doctor/surgeon warned me that the situation I was currently in might be "as good as it gets," and I did not believe him, but when I get on the bike, my frustration level rises when I do my pedaling, and I remember what he told me.

I am doing well with everything else in my exercise regimen, but the bike is a big one, and I just can't progress like I would like to ... at least right now.

I haven't given up, but I am a little frustrated.

I know I can do it ... but I just can't do it right now.

I can do more in the house, and I am very near the point where I am 100-percent back to normal in the apartment, although I am not quite there yet either.

Nearer rather than farther away ...

I just wish I was there already ... but then I have to force myself to remember that the timetable I was given was seven to 12 months in recuperation time, and I am right in the middle of that.

My wife is looking for a part-time job--no sales-- and at age 67, she is running into exactly the same thing that I did when I was looking for a full-time job after I lost my job nearly five years ago.

She gets some feelers, has had a few interviews, but so far, nothing.

Some of the jobs she has applied for probably don't exist, which I found out the hard way when I was looking myself.

Companies like to see the talent that is out there, so they advertise jobs thst don't really exist just to collect resumes and see what is available.

She also feels her age has been a big part of this.

Companies give lip service interviews to older workers, just so they can say that they do not discriminate and going by the rules as they interviewed an older person.

In my wife's case, they have no intention of hiring her, but this way they can say to whatever measuring organization that looks into who they are interviewing that they did interview an older worker.

Other times, the job has been misrepresented to her, and she knows she has wasted her time, while at the same time wondering why they interviewed her in the first place.

Let me tell you, from personal experience, ageism is the most difficult work problem to prove, and unless it is blatant, fuggedaboudit.

My wife does not give up, but she is also running into a brick wall in her pursuit.

Anyway, as far as my work, I do have a meeting to cover next week, but right now, I am unclear about what exactly I have to cover and for how long.

So I will speak to you again on Monday, but it might be a little patchy on what days I will be here and what days I will not be here.

So have a great weekend, and I will definitely speak to you again on Monday.