So, now what?

It's almost three weeks post-surgery. I'm going to PT, doing exercises and trying to be optimistic that someday I'll be able to feel my toes.

However, there is something more that I need to commit to - finding a job. My days are spent doing a wide variety of things. I've been sleeping more than usual, organizing, running errands, and messing about on my computer, which means anything from an hour of Free-Cell, emailing friends back and forth, watching my stocks and updating my financial worksheet and budget, reading the 'freebie" boards that Eden likes, doing family tree related stuff, and organizing files. I used to say that if I didn't work then I'd take classes and volunteer etc etc... but until my back and leg are "put to right", I just don't feel like doing anything like that. I can't stand for very long, for one thing.

There are two important things I need to do over the next 2 months...
1) Practice music for high holidays... and

2) look for a job.

#2 involves a lot of things - not just sending out resumes. I'd like to possibly get some sessions with a career coach, or see someone at The Career Place in Woburn, and use the web resources on careers (including alternative work options, over 50+ issues, and other types of information). I am getting daily job alerts from hotjobs, and I do searches all the time - but when I decide to seriously look, I'll have to get in touch with recruiters.. I've got the names of quite a few and will contact them when the time is right. I just can't imagine going on interviews right now. The only company I believe I'd like to work for is cMarket, and if they wanted to consider me again - I'd interview for that and take it if it was offered. But as of right now, that's it, and I'm not quite ready to tell them I'm interested yet.

There is so much information on the web - just on Monster there is a blog and links to articles and other career sites... I want to read everything that might be relevant - like a link to this blog called http://www.randsinrepose.com - it seems to be related to IT and job searches... I can really get lost in blogs, and the blog links to other blogs, that it is possible to sit for hours reading. I hope to find some good information and advice in these blogs, or I think I'll just have to bookmark them and move on. Information overload is really the problem of the day.