Advice from a fortune cookie

Earlier this week, I found out I didn’t get a job I had interviewed for. I had three total interviews, and the company even called to check my references. While I had no expectations to get this job, it would’ve been good experience and a full time salary. I’m still a bit disappointed.

What’s funny is that I never pictured my life like this. I’m a glorified housewife who works part-time. I never expected to not work full time; I never expected to be financially dependent on someone. But complaining isn’t going to change my situation. We still don’t know what Mac’ post-deployment assignment will be, so I’m stuck in job limbo.

Because of this, I’m going to attend a professional conference in October. It is quite expensive, but I’m hoping that this will result in a few job leads. I’m not going to complain about my job status anymore. It’s time for me to do something about it, instead. We ordered Chinese takeout last night, and these were my fortunes (of course I eat more than one cookie). They struck a note, and this is my motivation for the second part of this deployment.

Have y’all ever had a meaningful fortune from a fortune cookie?