The snow is magically (perhaps only temporarily?) gone, the sun is out and the yard is all grody from the muck. One of our flowerpots didn't make it through the deep freeze; its enameled midsection got all cracked and shattered. Can't wait to clean that up!

I'm hoping the improved weather will positively affect the economy, and produce many jobs like so much fruit on the vine. I have had several promising interviews recently, which I suppose is an accomplishment in itself. The interesting thing is, I actually enjoyed it. I like to think I'm pretty good on an interview, and the last batch have gone quite well. I guess it has less to do with my actual charisma and more to do with the fact that I'm finally going for jobs that really fit my disposition (and skill level).

I've been focusing on jobs outside of financial services (in which I'd worked for most of my time in New York), since I never really felt comfortable in that field. It doesn't hurt that the financial sector has been struggling of late and jobs there are scarce, but I have been looking elsewhere anyway. It has been particularly nice to be interested not only in the specific work I could be doing, but also the industry in which it is done. I don't want to get too specific now, but I've been looking for work in non-corporate environments, so even tho I'd still be doing web-related work, it's in aid of something a little more noble, frankly, than straight money management.

The hope here is to produce what they call a 'career' as opposed to simply another job. I'm not there yet, but I finally have a clear idea of what I'm capable of at least. And, short of getting a full time job herding cats (and believe me, I've looked), I feel like I could actually find one in short order.