This is the second installment of “Diary of an Unemployed Finance Mom 2.0,” laid off late last week. This story is real, nothing is fabricated. For the sake of her privacy, and her hopes of landing a new job, she’s going under the pseudonym, job mom 2.0. Follow her trials and tribulations on Twitter @jobmom

Between business cards: 6 days since lay off

Tuesday didn’t go exactly as planned – and you have to know that sometimes, that’s the way it goes. You have to just move on.

Being “between business cards,” a phrase I picked up at Thursday night’s tweetup is tough – though looking for a job is a full-time job (more on that another time…), as a mom, I want to seize this opportunity to spend more time with my kidlet.

I worked all morning – tweaked my resume and made a few calls. And then toddler’s pre-school called – suspected outbreak of swine flu!

Were they kidding? I dropped what I was doing, called the pediatrician on my way to pick toddler up, and spent a good few hours at the doctor’s office. Turns out, toddler is fine – I spent an afternoon with him when he needed me – and that’s just fine. The job search sure isn’t going anywhere.

Meetings, brainstorming, networking: Day 7 since lay off

Wednesday was a “track two” day – I met with one of my best friends from forever to work on outlining a book proposal we’ve been talking about for years. Now that I have more time (and since the job market sucks, I want to hedge my bets), we decided to go for it. We brainstormed. We lunched. She got me a massage. Great day all around.

When I got home, I had a call with a friend who works at a prestigious hedge fund – he gave me excellent feedback on my resume, and in the evening I tweaked it. I sent him the final version, and he passed it along to one of his tennis buddies who is a top hedge fund recruiter. Fingers crossed.

Editor’s note: Ask your friends to proof your resume (on hard copy) before it is finished. They’ll often pick up stuff you didn’t see. JP

Read job mom 2.0’s previous diaries here.