an update of sorts
well, it's been a while, and although I'm still in that ever-hated state of waiting, I guess it's only fair to catch you all up.
Um, first on the mom front, she has about 80% of her vision back, which is good. A couple of weeks ago we got her and april cell phones so we could keep in touch better and not pay so much for it, and that's been good to be able to know what's going on.
My Kaplan presentation went really well, and the director asked me if I could teach the LSATS, which I think would be really neat. The bum part of this is that I can't start training to teach until June at the earliest, and even then I wouldn't be able to teach a class until October. So it's a slow, drawn out process with not a lot of money in the beginning. But it's a start, and for that I am really grateful.
So I'm not sure if I mentioned it here, but I was feeling really led to work with this family-run mortuary in town. So I went and gave them my resume and then went back to talk to the director to see if he had even seen my resume (which he hadn't). I thought something might come of that, but it was a couple of weeks ago, and I haven't heard anything so far.
I was also supposed to hear back from another Starbucks manager in town, but haven't heard anything on that front either.
Yesterday I drove my resume and myself down to Windsor, which is about 20 minutes away, to see about a receptionist position, because it would be easy for me to do, and at least it would be constant work. We'll see what happens with that.
I sent off my application to be a substitue teacher, and it will probably be the end of summer before I get anything back on that.
It kind of saddens me that I'm (mostly) completely throwing away all of my web and graphic design experience. But there's nothing around here that will use what I've basically poured the last three years of my life into. And the few design jobs that I have found require experience with mac-based programs like quark, which I never really learned because I didn't really like it. So there's that.
In slightly happier news, I got a bike, a really sweet retro cruiser bike with fenders and sweet green paint. I took it to the library the other day and all was well until I had to go up a hill.
Also, I'm trying to think up a way to make this Europe thing work, because I would really like to go, but it's kind of hard with no money. The last month has been really hard on our savings, with the car breaking down and my $150 cell phone bill and my being late with the rent and several other things. At least Tom has a job now (that he hates) that can help with the rent, assuming I remember to pay it.
Um, first on the mom front, she has about 80% of her vision back, which is good. A couple of weeks ago we got her and april cell phones so we could keep in touch better and not pay so much for it, and that's been good to be able to know what's going on.
My Kaplan presentation went really well, and the director asked me if I could teach the LSATS, which I think would be really neat. The bum part of this is that I can't start training to teach until June at the earliest, and even then I wouldn't be able to teach a class until October. So it's a slow, drawn out process with not a lot of money in the beginning. But it's a start, and for that I am really grateful.
So I'm not sure if I mentioned it here, but I was feeling really led to work with this family-run mortuary in town. So I went and gave them my resume and then went back to talk to the director to see if he had even seen my resume (which he hadn't). I thought something might come of that, but it was a couple of weeks ago, and I haven't heard anything so far.
I was also supposed to hear back from another Starbucks manager in town, but haven't heard anything on that front either.
Yesterday I drove my resume and myself down to Windsor, which is about 20 minutes away, to see about a receptionist position, because it would be easy for me to do, and at least it would be constant work. We'll see what happens with that.
I sent off my application to be a substitue teacher, and it will probably be the end of summer before I get anything back on that.
It kind of saddens me that I'm (mostly) completely throwing away all of my web and graphic design experience. But there's nothing around here that will use what I've basically poured the last three years of my life into. And the few design jobs that I have found require experience with mac-based programs like quark, which I never really learned because I didn't really like it. So there's that.
In slightly happier news, I got a bike, a really sweet retro cruiser bike with fenders and sweet green paint. I took it to the library the other day and all was well until I had to go up a hill.
Also, I'm trying to think up a way to make this Europe thing work, because I would really like to go, but it's kind of hard with no money. The last month has been really hard on our savings, with the car breaking down and my $150 cell phone bill and my being late with the rent and several other things. At least Tom has a job now (that he hates) that can help with the rent, assuming I remember to pay it.
posted by Mel at 8:25 AM
1 Comments:
Hey Mel
I definitely appreciate the encouragement and send some along your way as well. I did weight watchers when I was in high school and lost 30 then so I know it's feasible and something anyone can do. Vacation was rough, but I pulled through and I'm sure you'll do great as well! Thanks again for the note
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