July= Do or Die

So begins July, which I am calling my do or die month. July 31st is when our lease is up so I have until then to either find a job or move back home... It's everyone's dream to move back in with their parents when they're 26 right? Remember when having a bachelor's degree was an accomplishment and meant you could find a job that didn't pay minimum wage? Well I don't quite remember that but I'm told it was once the case.

The newest job report published by the government is not making things look any better. Here is a summary by the AP: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gNiyJ905Ho0Ur96V2TQhsBX19lGwD9GN34I80

Some points from the article to consider:

-Employers cut 125,000 jobs last month, the most since October

-Unemployment dropped to 9.5 percent — the lowest level since July 2009 — from 9.7 percent. But the reason for the decline was more than 650,000 people gave up on their job searches and left the labor force.

-The nation still has 7.9 million fewer private payroll jobs than it did when the recession began. The private sector has added an average of 98,000 jobs per month since the beginning of the year. At that rate, it would take nearly seven years to regain the jobs lost during the recession.

So, any eligible men with good jobs out there that want to get married?

And this has nothing to do with the job stuff but I thought I'd wish my mom a happy birthday today! Here is a picture of us when I went home last July for the family reunion.