Update!

I went downstairs to check my mailbox and found two large envelopes regarding my criminal background check from the reporting agency and one from my potential employer.  I know, I know... To my understanding the offer still stands pending on whether or not what appeared on my report is true.  

The report states that I am White, 5'6", 130lbs and was apparently arrested for assault in Texas?!?

False, False, Fasle and False! I've never been to Texas!  So apparently someone either got their hands on my social or... something was crossed somewhere.  Either way this mess is DEFINITELY going to be fixed and soon! 

You know you're off to a bad start when...

You receive a phone call from your recruiter with bad news, saying the offer made to you had to be retracted because something simply wasn't looking so well when they pulled a background check.

My recruiter is on vacation for the Holidays and after giving me an offer, with immediate benefits, and a projected start date it turns out that none of it is going through.  It's like giving a kid a lolly pop and then snatching it.  You don't do that to someone when the job market is the way it is today.  Get the facts straight first, is that too much to ask for?  Why couldn't they just interview me, get all of my information, ask for a drug test from each person being interviewed and upon clearing everything make an offer.  To me that would make sense but apparently that's just not how things work around here.  

I'm supposed to receive a letter in the mail stating exactly why I was suddenly declined.  All she was able to tell me was that it had to do with the criminal background check, and how something had showed up on the report.  I know it's a mistake simply because I've never committed any crimes.  Someone has definitely been messing around with my SSN and it's just sad that I'm losing out on a job opportunity because of it. 

Being the 2nd day of the new year I really hope that things will just look up from here.  We'll see what this letter has to say about me. 

4th Week

I'm back in Connecticut again, my niece was finally released from the hospital and is doing excellent, she's recovering quite nicely. We're all very relieved about that, my Mom is also doing well, she flew up here Sunday to help my sister out during my nieces recovery. It's nice to come back home and spend time with my family, I'm thankful for that in every way, but part of me feels like I have yet to part with calling this home.

The longest I've gone without coming back up here is about two weeks, and frankly nothing has been established in that amount of time. It's not that I don't expect everything to just fall into place, absolutely not, but I do expect to feel some sort of security. We're at the beginning of our fourth week at our new place and I still haven't found a job. I'm trying not to get myself down on that seeing how much the market sucks, job, stock, and food markets, everything sucks and here I am on the corner just watching everything flash past me. Did I mention how I never got a single email back from any of the openings I applied to on craigslist? How's that for motivation? I mentioned that to Sindis and she made me feel a little better in saying she too had to send out her resume about a thousand times.

Friday I took a walk down Broadway picking up applications and scoping out the scene, I never noticed just how busy that area happens to be. It was the first time I was out of the house on my own and exploring, it felt nice, especially after I thought I was suffering from cabin fever. The applications I picked up will be filled out once I actually stop blogging, one of the spots mentioned they were hiring for about 30hours, another also said they were hiring but did not mention for how many hours, I probably should have asked. I guess I'm more desperate than anything that I'll just accept whatever comes to me, I'd rather not have that happen without making sure it's something I'll feel comfortable with, but beggars can't be choosers. Wait, I'm not begging, am I?