A Tree Grows in Brooklyn for Tuesday, August 22, 2006

While wallowing in my misery, I forgot to talk about something else that happened today. I went on an informational interview at a company with a woman I'd met at a job fair several weeks ago. She was, in some ways, very helpful, but I feel as though I'm nowhere near my goal: a job. She did tell me, however, that now I'm past HR, what I can do is go online to their website, see what positions are open that I'm interested in, and notify her directly (she can pass my resume along to the... Sign in to see full entry.

And spending most of my time in the library at NYU. Boy, the past day or so has not gone well at all. I thought with the whole Chris situation that I'd wake up in the morning and things wouldn't seem so bad. But I couldn't sleep at all last night, finally waking up at 6 am (most earlier than I usually get up) to do nothing. I still feel awful about myself, which is the worst part of all. Why do I feel this way? And why did I feel so physically ill last night when I found out? I sent my resume in... Sign in to see full entry.

I’m writing this at 3:30 am, though this won’t get posted until the daylight hours. I couldn’t sleep and needed to write about what’s been going on. As you may remember from a long time and many posts ago, that I was sort of seeing this guy named Chris. We were “just friends.” Meaning that we had feelings for one another, but din’t actually want to date. He felt that way; I did not. I should have realized a long time ago that there wasn’t much substance to the relationship. He told me he didn’t... Sign in to see full entry.