Leo horoscope says I will find job today

Okay, here are the two horoscopes I read every day:

LEO July 22-August 21
After a few tense days everything turns out to be much ado about nothing. At least for now. Back away before it becomes a comedy of errors.

LEO July 22-August 21
All the doubts you harboured about someone earlier in the week are now a thing of the past. Everything is sweetness and light. Roses are everywhere. You’re particularly charming and entertaining today. Tell loved ones how much you care. In turn, they’ll adore you. (You love being adored.)

So this means today a good, reliable job will come my way, right? I’m feeling really stressed out today because this is the last day of my health insurance through my school, and I have absolutely nothing on the horizon. I have to find a job soon.

I did do some freelance work for an attorney this week, but it really was only 5 or 6 hours of billable work, and I don’t think I can rely on him for anything steady. Also, he called me yesterday and was really whiny about the outcome of my research and it was incredibly annoying. His voice went up about an octave and he sounded like a little kid – “But why can’t I get expert fees? The Rutter Group says I can get expert fees so why are you saying I can’t?” Because you’re wrong, and the Rutter Group says no such thing. I don’t know why I’m so annoyed with his response – maybe I’m just stressed out overall and it doesn’t take much to irritate the hell out of me.

I had an interview yesterday to do some part-time citechecking work for the education division of the Administrative Office of the Courts – they produce deskbooks and other publications for judges, and they have to update each publication every 18 months. It sounded like a pretty good job, but they can’t hire anyone until the California legislature approves a budget, and nobody knows when that’s going to happen.

Finally, I had a call for a temp job yesterday, for a job that would start today doing various discovery-related tasks for a law firm. I had to turn it down because it’s too far away – the commute would be 2 to 3 hours round-trip, and by the time I spread the hourly wage over the hours including my commute and subtracted commute costs, it wouldn’t be worth it. In a way, it’s stupid to turn down any work when I don’t have anything on the horizon. But it would also be stupid to take a job where I would be miserable with a ridiculous commute and hardly making any money, and not able to interview for better jobs. It’s so frustrating.

It’s time to get to work on my plan for today.