All Geared Up

Ok so I went shopping and I bought some professional outfits to wear to my temp job this week. Do you remember when you were a kid and you rumaged through your closet to pick out the perfect outfit for your first day of school, and you then you laid it out for the day of first impressions? Well that is what I am doing this evening, going through every outfit I can think of that does not involve jeans and t-shirts, and laying out what I am going to wear tomorrow morning. I am excited, but nervous. I also am pleased to announce that I have a job interview on Tuesday (my birthday) morning. Yay!! Although I do not know much about the company, or much about the job, what I do know is the location is great. Its across from Al's work so car pooling would be a breeze. Cross your fingers for me.

That is the exciting news, the sad news is a very good friend is moving away to go to school. I am super excited for her because she is finally doing something she loves to do, but at the same time not only is she a great boss, she is a great friend, and I will miss her a lot! I wish her luck on her journey!!

Let the dough roll!

YAY!! I got a temp job as a receptionist. I know its not much, or great, after getting a degree, but it beats working 8 hours a week as a waitress at mininum wage! I am not sure how long this gig will last for, but Mon-Fri 12/hr can't complain about that. Hopefully it will last a while so I can reap the benefits of having a steady income, but anything will help at this point. Hopefully this temp job is the beginning to a busy me, and jobs just keep rolling in one after another until I find something permanent. The downside now I have to spend money so I don't look like a slob. For five years I have been wearing jeans, t-shirts, and if I did need to dress up it wasn't often, but I don't have enough dress clothes to necessitate a full time job, so to the changing room I go.

The Hunt Is On!

Well now that I am a graduate, after five long gruelling years, I guess its time to grow-up and get a real job, whatever that means! I have been job searching for a couple of months now, and I am being optimistic and hope something comes my way, but its frustrating to not have full time work. I know that I might not have something immediately after school, but I hope that this doesn't last too much longer. My job can only provide me with maybe three shifts a week. They are not long shifts, and so I don't make a lot of money. I was debating on getting a second part time job to fill in the off days, but then what happens when I get an actual full time job and have to quit. What if thats a month in, but then it could be six months later, who knows. For now I will just stick to what I am doing, and cross my fingers, and you cross yours, that something will come up soon!

Family

While I am super stoked my sister-in-law, father-in-law, and mother-in-law are all here, I am desperately missing my family this evening. Well I miss them all the time, but tonight is especially hard. Maybe its because my SIL is going home in a day, or I have my period and I am extra emotional, who knows, but I really do miss my family. For a second I thought hmmm why couldn't I move to B.C. where my SIL lives, and then that way I will be closer to my family and Al's. Nothing wrong with that, wanting family around, but I know deep down our home is here. I love it where I am now, its suitable for us, but just for that millisecond I was wanting to be closer to family. In reality they aren't that far away, and with technology the way it is, its super easy to keep in touch. I talk to my parents every week, and really from week to week nothing changes. I love my life here,but miss my family dearly!

FINISHED!

I finished my last paper today, at exactly 5 pm, I became a graduate, theoretically. I wanted to mark this occassion. I have not handed in yet, I am waiting for my editor, but for the most part its finished! Now I can go out into the real world and be a grown up. Yay for me!! Yay for working and having money...yay, yay, yay!!!

An Update

What's new you ask?

Well where to begin...I have one more day of classes left EVER! I have ONE paper left to write EVER! I also have ONE exam left to write EVER! Can you tell I am excited that my academic career is quickly coming to an end. Happy, but a little sad, what will I do next, that is the million dollar question, a question I don't have an answer for. I am looking for jobs everyday and applying, we will see what happens.

I have a terrible cold. Not great for getting the last of academic stuff out of the way, but I think that the cold is on the out. I am hopped up on many different cold & flu stuff, along with nasty tasting cough syrup so it should be ready to leave any day now. This damn cold is also getting in the way of my visiting time with the many people that are at my house. My husbands family is here and it would be nice to hang out with them without having to cough, or blow my nose six zillion times!

Work is good, when I am there. Which hasn't been often because of school. Yesterday was my first day back in a week and a half, and today I had to call in sick on my second day back. Most people see this as not a bad thing, but I was looking forward to working as I like my job, however I do not think many people want me serving them beer with a little snot and cough in it, so I decided best to stay home.

That is all that is really going in my life, not too exciting huh? Well trust me when something does happen you will be the first to know. Back to my exciting night of lying on the couch and watching Lord of the Rings!! Have a good weekend everyone! Mine will be filled with paper writing and studying...yippee!! (insert scarasm here)