Back is much better, but not my mood

After a good night's sleep Tuesday, my back pain was only about one-third of what it was originally. I'm unable to lay on my side in bed for now (the pulled muscle is on my right side, but I usually sleep on my left side.) That and when I sneeze are the only times the muscle gives me any pain.

I'm glad I'll be driving up to Denver a week from today for RMFC. Stress about various issues has kept me awake tonight. I have an appointment today with a new job counselor. I've applied for more jobs this past week. I don't know if I'll ever hear from the SoCo Radio stations since I always get their voice mail and no return calls.

Search, apply, get rejected, repeat

Have employment agents and job counselors just run out of ideas, or are some not even trying?

The only suggestion the past few counselors have had was "look online for jobs and/or call the companies to ask if there are openings." I've been doing that since even before I was laid off from Metro Networks. The rare times that actually produced a job opening, my follow-up letters, e-mails and calls to the companies were either never returned or I was rejected immediately. If online job searches actually produced great results, I wouldn't need the help of a counselor.

I've found two openings at local radio stations. I'm still waiting to hear back from SoCo Radio about any possible openings there.