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Yahoo!  Yesterday was my last day of work.

So I thought I would give a little update on the work/moving situation, since it intertwines with adoption, AND because I whined about it in an earlier post.

 I haven’t found a job yet – although I havn’t been looking very hard.  I suppose I’m looking for something that will either have good mat leave or transfer well to p/t, which is what Jrock and I decided I should do for a year or so after the kids arrive.  I also am at a point in my career where I want challenge and something fulfilling.  So I’m seriously considering moving back to consulting again – (Dad, I know you are shaking your head, but like father, like daughter!)  I am talking with an upstart entrepreneurial magazine for 20-35 year olds about writing a column for them, and I’ve made it onto the suppliers list for some business training for the Olympic games (how much work will come from that, though, is anyone’s guess.) 

So for the meanwhile, I’m tracking down some opportunities but I’m also applying for EI today.  In the next month or so, I want to take some time to do some academic writing, and hopefully get some articles published from the results of my Master’s degree.  It’s not a money-making endeavor, but definitely a career investment.

How does this intertwine with adopting? Well, last night I started filling out the immigration papers for our “unknown children” and it says that if you are on social assistance, you can’t sponsor a child for immigration.  So I panicked… and then called Ottawa this morning.  Apparently, “social assistance” means welfare, not EI.  So I’m good to go!

Today I join the ranks of the blissfully unemployed!