Grass and Sky

It's not quite 11am and it's already been a day of frustration.

( security deposit woes )

( will I ever find a job )

All in all, not the happiest of mornings, but at least I haven't been actively refused any of the jobs I'm looking at, so there is still hope.

Well, summer is taking a brief break, for which I'm very grateful. Yesterday and today have been very cool (jackets needed) and incessantly rainy. Perfect days to spend sitting inside working on quilting.

I've been good, I followed up on a job application I filled out yesterday, got another resume out in the mail, checked all the job listings, and now I'm ready to sit back and do the fun things. I think I'll go ahead and follow up on yesterdays FotR movie viewing with a bit of TTT movie viewing. That should give me a good four hours of quilting, after which I'll be more than ready to take a break from that and do some writing.

Maybe I'll even hear from one of the job possibilities in the meantime.

( shoe talk )

I've sent off an online application to the Forest Service. The position is full-time but temporary, and I have no idea if they will think I'm qualified for it or not, but I'll find out soon enough, I suppose. There is a job that will be opened up to the public (if it isn't filled in-house) for a library tech 1 in Concord. At least technically, I'm qualified for this job so I'm really hoping it opens up. It would be a great starting place and I could work there for a few years as I try to get schooling together.

Turns out I do not have what it takes to be a banker. At least not according to the online application process at Citizen's Bank. They have you fill out a personality assessment and a 'what would you do in this situation' assessment. I guess they didn't like the way I answered some of my questions. Maybe I'll try again tomorrow and see if they like me better. I don't know if it was the personality questions or the job related questions they didn't like the answers to, though. It seems kind of silly to disqualify me simply because I don't know what their policies are on things, when I haven't ever worked for them and don't know what their policies are. Geesh!

I think I'm going to be a gardener this week. One of my sister's friends has a flower bed that needs work but she has a bad back and cannot do it herself. I told her I don't know much about gardening but she said I don't need to know much, lol. I need to call her this evening to see if she is still interested in having me come over.

I hate being unemployed. I hope I find something soon.

Well, the nannying job in California is officially a no-go. I'm a little disappointed because it would have worked out really well for me, but I will just have to find some other really good option that will make moving practical and affordable. It can and will be done. This I solemnly swear.

On the plus side, not in agony today, so yay!