Enter real adult.
My job search has finally come to fruition. I'm going to be working for _ at _ fixing computers. (They're having me sign nondisclosure agreements on Wednesday so I don't want to spill anything that might have legal ramifications. This is DC, after all.)
It's midnight and I have to be there at nine, so I know I should be getting myself to bed instead of staying up typing.
(Photos are from my visit to the Folklife Fest here in DC.)
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1) What was I doing 10 years ago?
I was fourteen and I'd just got out of a special form of hell known as "middle school." I'd also just taken a long trip out west with my parents, which was my first time on a plane.
2) What are 5 things on my to-do list for today?
ONE: Print shipping labels for textbooks sold on Amazon.
TWO: Make appointments to see apartments.
THREE: Apply for jobs.
FOUR: List cards in my Etsy Shop.
FIVE: Look for anything worth doing on Etsy's alchemy.
I finished everything! Although, I'm only going to see one apartment tomorrow and I only applied for five jobs. And I didn't see anything on Alchemy to do.
3) Snacks I enjoy:
Ice cream, breadsticks, and gummy candy.
4) Things I would do if I were a billionaire:
Pay off college debt.
Buy a house or condo.
Buy my parents their ideal house or condo.
Invest.
Donate towards Autism research.
Start crafty business.
5) Places I have lived:
Cedar Springs, MI
Grand Rapids, MI
Washington, DC
6) Jobs I have had:
Cashier, phone survey person, web designer, web developer, student tech, help desk technician
7) Bloggers I am tagging who I will enjoy getting to know better:
Skittlefish, AngieK, Lostdwarf, you, and you.
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Hi, I'm back. Some things are changing and I want to write about them. This seems as good a place as any. I've missed writing here. I've missed my neighbors, reading new things, and discovering new people. I'm cleaning up a bit by deleting useless posts.
I'm done with grad school. No, I didn't graduate, I just know now that Speech-Language Pathology is not for me. This happened on Wednesday, and I've been having a hard time letting it all sink in. It still doesn't feel exactly real yet. I am going back to my love of tech support and web design. I do want to stay in DC. I had a job interview at a small tech support firm today that went very well.
I really want to work there. The atmosphere is so relaxed, yet it's obvious that they work hard. Since it's so small it's very team oriented and close-knit, which I like. They've also made the interview process surprisingly fun. The ad I responded to requested a personal cover letter and to avoid a stock resume. I saw it Tuesday night and had to apply right away. Writing the cover letter was very refreshing just to get everything out about why I wasn't interested in speech anymore and why I wanted to get back into tech support. I put a few humorous bits into my resume which the person doing the hiring commented that he enjoyed. It sounds like they are interviewing a lot of people and from what I could deduce hiring only one. I tried my best to make myself stand out but it's hard. I don't think I've ever wanted a job quite this much. The interviewer said they were doing interviews until Wednesday and then if I was hired, he'd call. And if not...no call.
Here's hoping.
Now I just have to get Nick up so we can head over to Georgia Brown's before it's too late!
After a week in Michigan seeing family and lots of friends, I'm back in Washington. What's going on:
1) My flight to Detroit was upgraded to first class! It was very exciting. I got my soda* served in a real glass, plus a snack, not to mention more legroom than anyone would ever need!
2) I saw the whole in Eastown where the explosion hit! My friend said that it smelled horrible for a while. I can imagine.
3) My little brother is so old now.
4) No cell phones were stolen during my trip.
5) I read two books: One was The curious incident of the Dog in the Night Time which I loved. The other one I did not like and I cannot remember the title.
6) On the way home, I got to sit in the exit row, which has slightly more leg room. I'm telling you: I'm never going to assign myself a seat ahead of time on a Northwest flight ever again.
7) Nick is here, yay!
*Switching from pop to soda was easy.
A building in the neighborhood where I hung out back in Grand Rapids, Eastown, exploded yesterday. Thankfully, there were no casualties. Makes me wish I could have been there to see it.
It took a while for me to spend it. In the end, we really needed more eating utensils. With most of the money spent on that bit of practicality, I had a little left over for a book. Every two months the column Mother Superior in Bust magazine leaves me yearning for more, so I picked up The Big Rumpus, a whole book of Ayun Halliday writing about her kids, Inky and Milo.
The book was great. It was a little scattered. I was thinking it was going to be in order of events, but it was all over the place. And the prologue was about a quarter of the book. This all gave it a stream-of-consciousness, undedited feel, which I liked and didn't like at the same time.
It was the perfect thing for me to read at this point in my life. It made me laugh and smile and reminded me how one day it will be my turn to deal with stinky poop, bratty talk, and having all my time managed by humans who are over twenty years younger than me.
Honestly, though, I can't wait.
Finally posted more cards on Purple Octopus today! Going to try to make card listing a daily activity until all my cards have been listed.
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