Somewhere, months ago, I had the pipedream that I would get back from China, pack up my life in two days, race across the country, and be ready to start work right after Labor Day. As we've now seen how life has actually played out, I think the appropriate response to that notion is, "Ha." Who was I kidding? No, the way things have actually played out is probably the way they needed to. Things take time. Moving takes time. Massive life changes take time. I started doing better the day I realized this and began to cut myself some slack. The result: I adjusted my timeline and decided that I would be ready and willing and able to work as of this week. And I was. Unfortunately, there's been no job to go work at.
I did go register myself with the staffing agency I'd met in May. Unfortunately, they don't seem to have much in the way of legal jobs right now (or at least not in my geographical area). So I went across the hall and registered myself with the technical arm too. According to them, they get short-term web coding gigs all the time, and I've decided that I would be perfectly content to do them. The hourly rate could generate a decent amount of cash (often more than the law jobs could) and it would get me back on the "going to work every day" horse. I miss that horse...
There almost was a job that began this week, but I couldn't dig up a portfolio site quickly enough to land it, so here I am, still on the bench. On the upside, this leaves me with lots of time to try to line up a proper legal career position. Of course, even with web jobs here and there I think I'd still have time. But at least now I can go to the post-season day games at Oakland Coliseum...