Rant #3,758: Nothing From Nothing

I have another busy week ahead of me.

As you are reading this, i have an early appointment at the special eye doctor I go to about once a year, where I see a retinologist.

I have my eyes dilated, and I am one of those people who pretty much feels it the entire day, and I almost have to will myself to be able to see clearly for the remainder of the day.

On Wednesday, I have another one of those meetings I have to cover for work, so my entire day is pretty much shot.

Than on Thursday, I have a late afternoon appointment with my urologist, where we will talk about where I stand with my "problem." 

I am better, but not quite there yet, so maybe there is something else that can be done so I don't have to suffer anymore.

Let's see what happens.

As far as my son, he is in pretty much a state of limbo this week.

His assessment is on hold, as the woman doing it has yet to call us for the next portion of this program.

She did not tell us when she would call us--it has to be set up by her--so we don't know what is happening.

Not good, but maybe she will call us later in the week.

Yes, it is incredibly frustrating, but there really is nothing we can do about it.

There was an article in the newspaper yesterday addressing all the underhanded stuff that goes on when one is looking for a job, how so many people, desperate to be employed, are being scammed, sometimes for a lot of money, all for the pursuit of employment.

The article did not get into the stuff perpetuated by the search engines themselves, but it was an interesting article on what it did talk about, and that a lot of it is coming from overseas, where the scammers can't be traced.

I went through a lot of nonsense when I was looking for a job a few years back, and I do believe things are even worse now for my son.

Recently, he received an email stating that a particular supermarket was interested in hiring him as part of their crew, and asked that he provide the best days and times that they could set up an interview with him.

We--I--replied within seconds of getting the email, gave a few days and times--even the same day that we received the email--and to this moment, we have not heard back from them.

I have no idea why, but let me tell you, it could be a scam.

If so, what the scammer gets out of this is anyone's guess ...

But what we get out of it is--

NOTHING.

And nothing is the operative word, once again, and it is very frustrating, to say the least.

Unfortunately, September 6 is getting closer and closer on the calendar.

That is when I am going to my 50th high school reunion, and as I have mentioned, the only reason I am going is to talk up my son and his need for a job, and passing around his resume to anyone who might be able to help.

I honestly have no other reason to be there, but I was hoping that by then, my son would have had a job and that I wouldn't have to do this.

But it is increasingly appearing that I am going to have to proceed this way, and I will do what I have to do.

There is still time, several days before the event, so you never know what can happen.

The problem is NOTHING is happening right now, and I have to do SOMETHING.