3 years

Can't believe that it's been over three years since I posted here.  Oh well.  I hope that I will be around more in the coming months, as I have been aching to write something here each time I come to the dashboard.  Hope that I will have something more to say in the coming days.

Coming to an end

Well another Christmas has come to an end and we have embarked upon a new calendar year. Right now, things are really uncertain, as I don't know where my next cheque is coming from and my bank account seems to be going downwards rather than going in a direction that I would rather it go. But I suppose there is reason for optimism, as it seems that I could possibly be getting a job at UBC sometime soon, hopefully in the next month or two. In the meantime, I don't know what I am going to do, but I guess the only thing that I should be doing is to be looking for a job, anything to keep the money coming in. Its frustrating not knowing when I am going to be working for a paycheque next and if an employer asks me why I want a job with them, I don't really know how to answer other than by telling them I need something to do while I look for a library job, which seems to turn them off and not hire me. I suppose I can tell a bit of a fib and just tell them something they would like to hear. But honestly I don't know what to tell them. I'll find a way.

Later :) I'll post photos of my trip to Whitehorse in my next posting.

Job search

Even though I haven't been long at it, the job search is starting to become frustrating. Part of the problem is that I am waiting for two positions to be decided upon and the wait is becoming increasingly frustrating, especially the one for the local school district. There is also the fact that I really don't have any sort of job at the present time to look forward to and the fact that there aren't a lot of job postings at present. Why did I have to choose a profession that only has the vast majority of its postings in June/July and November and nothing much else during the rest of the year. I am ready and able to work, but just frustrated.

Back home

I've been back home for about a month now and my room is an absolute mess; all my books that I either purchased in Kamloops or brought with me are not on shelves, primarily due to the fact that my new shelves that were purchased in December from Ikea is still in its box, waiting for my sister to take the kitchen table and chairs to her new place in Kits (her new place is about 3 blocks from the beach, but unfortunately she can't see the fireworks, apparently). Hopefully it will be out of the way in the next few days and I can get my shelves up soon after and my things reorganized.

Spent about a week with my parents and other members of my mom's family up at our place at Sun Peaks. I had a good time, except for the 25 hour power outage that my parents went through at the beginning. Despite a few outbursts, most of us had a wonderful time.

Came home to find out that one of my good friends is engaged and will likely get married next summer. I am frequently feeling as though I am being left behind, but then again I need to get off my butt and get some job applications in the mail...

Till later :)

Paris Hilton

I can't tell you how happy I am about her going to jail. One of my LJ (Live Journal is a blogging site that you can friend people and join various interest communities; if you are interested, go to http://www.livejournal.com; my user name is jayne_190) friends couldn't have been more giddy on Friday afternoon when she posted that Paris was going back to jail. Evidently, my Third Watch friends couldn't help but quote the show, at least between two of them and was very funny (you would have to watch the show to understand why it was funny).

Till later :) And yes, I am actually going to sign off at this moment, or at least I am going to get off the computer (its 11 pm and I have to get up at 5:30 am and get on the bus an hour later so I can get to work at about 7:30).

Update

Well, its almost the end of June and I am counting the days till my job here in Kamloops ends. Its hard to believe that I have been here for over 5 months and that I will be leaving soon. At this point I just want to get the hell out and not come back. It feels almost more nerve wracking than starting my job at this point and honestly I really don't want to be here and I really didn't want to be here in the first place, but I had no choice. It seems as though I have had more problems while working here than being at home and always am really tense and really can't stand it! Just wish that the end of the month would come sooner!

New job

Just thought I would let you all know that I am starting a new job on Monday as Library Tech with School District No. 73 in Kamloops. I am going to be cataloguing books for the school district until at the very least 6 months. Until then continually have me in your prayers as I start this new venture in my life.

God Bless.

Update

Things have drastically changed since my last post. First off, I lost my bussing job at ABC Resturant. I suppose it wasn't the best choice in a job, but at the time I thought it would be. But we move on and try to do different things.

Secondly, my dad's dad passed away near the end of October. I didn't expect it to be as tough as it was, but the day of the funeral was harder than I expected.

Thirdly, went to Montreal to attend my sister's graduation from McGill. Had a wonderful time and the trip makes me want to spend a little more time in the city, at least once I have a job to pay my way there.

Fourthly, I have had several interviews in the last month and hopefully one of them pans out, especially since I am only waiting on word for two of them (one's in Vancouver and one's in Kamloops).

Anyways, God bless you and your families during this Christmas season and hope to hear from some of you in the near future. I am probably speaking to myself anyways in these entries. Oh well...

A lot has happened...

For those that don't know, a lot has happened since I last posted back in March. First of all, my sister has returned from her four years that she spent in Montréal at McGill University. Second of all, I have a new job. It's not where I want it to be, but it's a new job nonetheless. I am a busser at a local resturant, full-time and during the day. I am no longer a dishwasher and at the same resturant that I had been at for over three years. It's been a change, working full-time and in a new environment and getting used to new ways of doing things and routines, but gradually, it's becoming old hat and routine. I am starting to get know various members of the staff. While the younger members of the staff are generally on during the night and weekends, I am getting to know the members of the staff that have been there for a number of years and it's weird being around them, especially since they know so much about the resturant and how things run.

In the meantime, I continue to apply for library jobs, in somewhat vain attempts to find that elusive library job. I just hope that something will come along that I will absoultely love. I know I am smart and all those good things, but when things are so frustrating, you begin to doubt yourself. The job will come and God will bless me in ways that I couldn't imagine at this point. In the meantime, I count my blessings that I do have a job, even though it's at the bottom of the pay scale (yes, I am making minimum wage, but what can I do?) and hopefully that can lead to something far greater.

Talk to you later and off to watch the rest of "Studio 60" (yes, I am a TV whore and PB kicked major ass tonight!)

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I don't know why when people say that they are going to be somewhere, or even try to be there, don't show up!! ML said she would probably come by tonight at around 8 pm my time and she didn't. I miss talking to her and bunch of the others (not that anybody is going to care cause I am the only one who is going to see this, at least I think so) and I understand why. But when somebody said that they were going to be around, they better be. I really would like to chat with her again; seems I rarely ever get to talk to except through the occasional pm and email message that I send her way. Oh well, hopefully she and a bunch of the others will be able to talk soon. And I hope to be employed sometime soon. Later

So I just wanted to say hi. I really don't know what exactly post on this blog, as Live Journal as become my primary blog. This might just become a place where I can vent without anybody knowing about how I am exactly feeling or it might just become the place where I put up my stories from now on. I honestly don't know.