When it's Cold Outside, I've Got the Month of May

Things about which I am obsessing today:

-messenger bags
-ancestry.com
-crossing things off my to-do list

Soooooo exciting.

By the by, I got a new job! I'll be starting on the 22nd and I am excited for it. Though it isn't necessarily what I would like to be doing with my degree(s), it is working for a great organization and it is full time and I will have benefits and a higher wage than I get presently. Woo!

This Wait For Destiny Won't Do

I am very sleepy right now. It's not that late, so I maybe shouldn't be, but I just am. I do believe I will get ready for bed soon. I'm okay with this, because I have to work at seven tomorrow morning and I like sleeping.

I had a job interview today. It went really well, and they called only hours later to offer the job, but I declined because it was part time (the hours were fewer than my current job) and paid only minimum wage. I felt really bad about it. I was honest when they called, though, and they appreciated that. I just can't backpedal like that, you know? I barely survive as it is. I need to be increasing my earnings. You know.

I finished reading a book that contained a collection of stories by Flannery O'Connor today. It was loaned to me by an old lady customer. Did I already write about that? I can't remember. Anywayyyy... I was glad to be done with it. Not because it was bad (it was actually very good), but because I was spending weeks getting through it and I was feeling bad about keeping it for so long. Now I am getting into a book that I picked up last week while at Target (it's a dangerous place, I tell you). I really like it so far, and it is going by pretty quickly.

Tomorrow is the first day of Italian! I am excited. I need to get a new notebook.

Okay... perhaps it is sleep time?

One More Bite of Eclair Each

I didn't even make the top three. :o(

We're Only Human

I didn't really want to bring this up yet, but I feel like I need to say something about it anyway. I had a job interview yesterday. I don't want to jinx it, so I won't say where and for what, but it would be a really, really awesome job. I should be getting a call this afternoon sometime, telling me whether or not I am in the top three. If I am, I will go tomorrow evening for a second interview and then they will decide that night. They want the person to start on Friday, but I guess I would start next week since I already have my Factory work schedule in place. It's only part time, but it would be perfect, I think. Think good thoughts for me, please oh please.

Send Out Your Ray of Sunshine

At the beginning of the month, CLRG and I went to Kennywood with his parents. I pretty much had to beg him to take a picture, but he agreed eventually and look how cute it is. I just love him. :o)

Speaking of CLRG... I am prepping to move into his house very soon. Last week, we spent evenings working in the new room on the third floor: removing nails, cleaning up residual coal dust, and helping put insulation in the ceiling. This week, I imagine we will work on the wall insulation and, if HatNick can get his pulley system going, we will pull drywall from the driveway to the third floor and we will put that up, too. Apparently, it would be impossible to bring it inside and up the stairs. I think it will be interesting to see how the pulley system works. The last time they did it, I wasn't there to see. I am really excited about moving in. We've been talking about the arrangement of our furniture, and last night we went grocery shopping and it was the first time we were buying stuff for BOTH of us. Since I will probably be over there every night this week, helping with the room, we planned some dinners. I'm excited to be able to clean the house and I am excited to be able to hang out with the cats all the time. It will be nice to have CLRG nearby more frequently, too.

I got a call about a job that I applied to! I have an interview this afternoon. Cross your fingers for me, will you?

She Held The World Upon A String

I fully intend to write an actual post here pretty soon, but I need to express my frustration with this whole job search thing. I seriously apply to a million jobs (that may be an exaggeration...) every week and ALL I ever hear is, "Thanks, but no thanks; You aren't the ideal candidate for this job; We've chosen someone else to fill the position." I totally understand that I won't be the best for everything, but I really think I should at least be interviewed for SOMETHING before I get rejected. I mean, come on.

When All the Clocks are Spinning Backwards

I got my first rejection email from a job today. It's kind of a bummer, but also kind of good. I mean, I would really like a job that is not the one I have currently, yes. However, I haven't heard from ANY of the other jobs I have applied to, so this is at least some communication. It wasn't even a job that I was really fighting for, either. It was an office related job. It was something that could have worked. But, alas. Nothing. I did apply for three jobs via email tonight. I am faxing materials to a fourth tomorrow after my shift. That is positive, I suppose.

The depressing thing about this job search is that people know I am doing it (customers at work and such) and they ask me how it is going and then try to give me advice about how I can help myself. They tell me to call these places and follow up. They tell me to just keep trying. The problem with the following up business, of course, is that many of these positions are applied for over the internet and, in some cases, I don't even really know how to contact the actual places I apply. Maybe that doesn't make sense, but it's kind of frustrating. I appreciate that so many people are looking out for me and rooting me on, but it is also kind of disheartening to have to report that, nope... nada. Not even a word yet. I suck. Yay.

Blah. I am just so tired of so many things. Whatever happened to instant gratification??

No Amount of Coffee, No Amount of Crying, No Amount of Whiskey, No Amount of Wine...

Oh ho ho. Art History is going to be iiiiiinteresting. Not necessarily in a good way. I had my first class last night and came out of it feeling more overwhelmed and confused than I have felt about a class in a long, long time. I hope I get a better understanding pretty soon. Historic Preservation is going to be interesting in probably a good way. There's a lot of reading to do, but it's more of what I am interested in. [Aside: should I be eating sour gummy worms before 10am?]

It is sunny and warmer here than it has been. Like 30 degrees! MAYBE EVEN UP TO 40!!!!! I'm breaking out the flip flops.

Yesterday, I submitted my resume for a job. Yikes!

Okay. Homework and laundry await. Woo.