I'm still here - the job I posted about ended up being swooped up by someone else. *sadface*

( herein lies my job search blabbering )

The job search is still going - I found a job listed that I swear was almost screaming "Carly, this is for you ... don't be a dumbass, apply for it!"

PERSONAL LINES ACCOUNT MANAGER


IPS has an opportunity for a talented, ethical and experienced account manager to work in personal lines insurance with very important clients. Our client company is a relationship based, quality driven and rapidly growing insurance agency. There is recognition for your achievements and an environment that values each employee and their career path.

JOB DESCRIPTION:
Day to day servicing of assigned accounts (Did that.)
Prompt, accurate and courteous service/communication to clients, account executives, partners, and insurance companies (Did that too.)
Placement of Personal lines coverage’s for existing clients and new business prospects, coverage, rating, binders, endorsements, etc. (Done that ... and oh yeah, it's "coverage", not "coverage's")

QUALIFICATIONS:
Seven or more years experience working in a brokerage with high net worth clients (Got it - not all clients were, but I had a good percentage.)
Insurance P&C license in good standing (Got it.)
Proficient with agency management software, Applied a plus (Guess what? I've got it - 15 years, too!)
Strong knowledge of insurance terminology, coverages, policies, procedures (Oh yeah, I've got that ... and I'm working on starting a blog to help explain that sort of thing.)
Excellent written and oral communication skills (Got that, too)
AA degree or equivalent combination of education and experience (Got my AA - General Ed - in 1996)

BENEFITS:
Our client offers competitive benefits. (Cool! Benefits are a very good thing!)

And you'd better believe that I applied for the job!! So, now it's just a matter of seeing what happens from here.


Also I put up my resume on Monster.com last night (like around midnight), and I've gotten a couple of responses already. It's craziness - I almost feel like a girl with a quickly filling up dance card or something. Nothing may come of any of it, but it's kind of flattering to be honest.

You know, for all of my talk in the past week - reality has been setting in and it does hurt.

My depression does seem to be elevated to a degree. It's kind of easy, with the lack of hiring and feeling kind of like a failure because of it - even though that's no fault of my own.

I'm getting unemployment (oh fun...) and got word from COBRA that my insurance benefits were apparently terminated at the end of November. (Gee, thanks folks. That's really kind. Let me go one day, end my insurance the next day. Whatevery.) Yet I managed to get all of my prescriptions filled by December 2nd with no problems. :) Still, I have to apply for COBRA since I can't be uninsured - my health conditions kind of preclude that being an option.


Tonight, I went to Kellie's company holiday party - and it was the first time I'd gone out in a couple of weeks. I am typically (a bit) antisocial, but it just felt wonderful to leave the house for something more than running errands. I know some of Kellie's co-workers - I'm friends with a few of them - and got to meet more of them, so I did have a good time at the party. Also, one of our friends was a client of mine - and he told me to let him know when I moved to a new agency, because he'd move his insurance to that agency! (this made me feel good, it was a nice little vote of confidence)

Yesterday I filed for unemployment, and looked at different websites to see what is available - even though there really isn't any hiring in December.

I'm still doing what I can to keep "some semblance of normalcy" - continue to look at the websites, start working on a resume, reaching out to my company contacts, everything else.

On the home front, I'm running the needed errands and trying to get the place cleaned up. Just little things, you know?


In the meantime, tonight was a pretty decent night.... Chinese takeout and early '90s TV ("Parker Lewis"), then "Top Chef" and "Beavis and Butt-Head" with Kellie.

I'm at about 90-something% better, which is so much better than where I was a couple of weeks back.

Unfortunately I was taking a new steroid (Prednisone) in addition to my day-to-day Advair (which has a steroid) to get better. This is unfortunate because steroids fuck with your immune system... so while I was working on healing (via antibiotics and the Prednisone), the steroids were going to possibly hinder my improvement!

Anyways, I did manage to improve - and not develop 'Roid Rage. I still have a bit of a malingering cough, but it's far better than where I was previously! :-)


And in other - pervy girl - news ... my Lesbian Cred is possibly in question (yet) again.

( God damn you, Spencer Smith!! )

I'm listening to the Lou Reed / Metallica song, "View", and I don't know... It sounds like a poetry slam set against a heavy metal backdrop. Just not working for me, which disappoints me, since I like both musicians' work individually. Oh well, they did try.


In other news and nonesuch - don't know if I've mentioned it, but apparently there is some family scandal on my sister-in-law's side. (yes, the perfect Stepfordian veneer has been tarnished). Her brother apparently got a girl pregnant - and of course, they weren't married. Now, I'm waiting for a gay family member. :-)

And now with something a Church muckety-muck said in the General Conference (basically a ginormous state of the church union thing) - I'm waiting for a potential shitstorm from the sister-in-law. Apparently members were told to have as many children as they could, as long as they can financially afford it. For the SiL, who adopted our nephew, that might feel like a slap in the face.

And for more unrelated stuff - I have a Tumblr, where I am doing all of my (potentially) annoying fangirling. If you're willing to brave that kind of thing, I'm "parkerlewiscanlose".