Rant #3,628: Mirage

I really needed a weekend like I had this past Saturday and Sunday.

After an extremely busy week--what with conferences and taking my son around to get a new job--I was pooped by Friday.

Other than taking my son to basketball and bowling, and on Sunday to a friend, I could just relax on the weekend--

To a point.

My son continues to look for a job, and we did something a little out of the box this weekend, and we took a chance by posting a "Situation Wanted" ad in Newsday.

It is in the classified section of the Sunday newspaper.

We got NO calls from this ad. Nothing.

Please, if anyone can help him, let me know.

Quite honestly, I am rapidly running out of ideas and places to apply.

It is very disheartening. 

We have been told by several people that he has a great resume, but no one will hire him.

The organizations set up to help people like him find jobs are virtually useless, as they always have been with him.

And we have been on a couple of wild goose chases. All these do is waste time, and really, my son's time is too valuable to waste going about town for nothing.

He really needs someone to help him get his foot in the door, and since we don't know of anyone who can do this for him, it leads us to a "Situation Wanted" ad, which costs money and as of yet, didn't lead anywhere.

And then we have my daughter, who has seemingly abandoned myself, her brother, and this side of the family.

I cannot contact her via text or phone call, as she seemingly has shut her phone off, purposely because she simply wants nothing to do with me, and with us.

Heaven knows why, because I certainly don't.

She will get hers one way or the other, but to treat myself and this side of the family like she does--by making believe we don't exist--is like a kick in the pants to me, but like I said, she will get hers, somewhere down the line.

So yes, I had a nothing weekend this past Saturday and Sunday, but it really wasn't ... there is just so much to do, and so little time to do it in.

And it all picks up again today.