Got better.

Reasons why I am less crabby today:

1. No job rejections all day yesterday.  Also no calls about interviews or anything, but no news, while not good news per se, is at least not bad news.

2. I managed to apply for a job yesterday in under an hour.  This was mostly because the cover letter that I wrote on Wednesday covered almost everything for this one, so it only needed minor tweaking.  Still, that's got to be a new record for me.

3. It's almost the weekend.  But Lori, you say, You have no job.  How can it possibly make a difference to you whether it's the weekend?  Well, curious friend, the coming of the weekend means football, doesn't it?

4. Birthday presents are paying off.  A Target gift card, in the form of the perfect jeans for me.  After much searching and frustration and rending of garments, I found them right there at my second home.  And in the Juniors section no less!  I had some concern that I would be carded at the check out and forced to put them back.  But I made it out of the store with them and they are pretty outstanding and I may have to go back for a second pair before they stop having them.

5. Also a Borders gift card.  I didn't have anything in mind, but even if I hadn't come out with anything, it would have been worth it just to have an excuse to go in.  Even though I wound up picking out a book within seconds of walking in the door (a quote from Anne Lamott on the cover is pretty much all of the recommendation that I require) I spent probably an hour just wandering around, breathing in the happy that comes of being surrounded by books.

6. Madison Friend Katie has offered to take me out drinking Sunday night for my birthday.  And since she's off Monday as of course am I, and we can walk back to my place, there's no need for anyone to be overly responsible.  Nice.

Happy weekend, everybody!  Enjoy the football.