Wishing, being, living...

It's been forever since I've written anything. I've been waiting to write until I have something to write about, but I guess now will do just as well as any time. Let's see - the last time I wrote I was sick and tired of searching for jobs and hating the bee's. Well, the whole hating the bee's things hasn't changed much. If it wasn't bad enough that my server job wasn't paying all the bills, they cut my hours back at the beginning of October. I went from working 6 shifts a week to being lucky if I got 3. And went from making about 250 - 300 bucks a week to less than 150.

So, I very desperately started looking for another part-time job. One night in early November while talking to my sister, she mentioned about how the mall might be hiring because it was the holidays. So, the next day I went to the mall and applied for a bunch of jobs. I got calls back from a lot of places, but choose my favorite. So, I'm now also working at a store called Buckle. Right now I'm getting about 20 hours a week. The job pays pretty well. I make about 10 bucks an hour, which is basically the best I can do right now given it's a part-time job. I'm hoping I can move up to more like 30 hours. I have a lot of fun working there. The people that work there are great and it's one-on-one customer service, which I love. So, although the whole financial thing isn't great, it's at least better than it was, which I'm thankful for.

On another note, a week ago, I had an interview/meeting at 13abc. I received a message from my internship supervisor and she told me that the Assistant Director of the station was trying to reach me. I emailed him and he invited me to come chat with him about possible job openings. Basically, it looks like they really wish they could hire me. Everyone there speaks very highly of me, and the director of the station even remembered who I was, which is a big deal considering I was only there for 3 months and never even spoke to the man when I worked there. One of their producers is leaving in February, and right now they are at the bare minimum for producers, so they would ideally like to hire someone (hopefully me) in December to start training for the position. I don't know anything yet and I probably won't for a while longer, but I was happy to at least be back at 13abc, talking to familiar faces about a job in television. I'm definitely not getting optimistic because they can't really say anything for sure yet, but I'm staying passively optimistic (if that makes sense. haha)

So, I think that's about it for now. Oh, I'm not sure if I had talked about this yet considering it was a while ago since I wrote a blog, but we are now up to 11 pets. I know - crazy. But yeah, a little bit ago we added 2 rats to our petting zoo. They are great and so cute. I have to say that I think rats are my favorite pet next to the dogs.

On one last quick note, I'm sick for the third time in two months. It's great. I keep getting the same crap over and over again. Sore throat, completely stuffy nose, and body aches. What makes this time especially bad is that my health insurance ran out in November under my dad's insurance, so I am no longer insured and would have to pay full price at any clinic. I'm feeling better today than I was Tuesday and Wednesday, so let's hope that's a good sign. Oh, and I also now want to kill Sallie Mae! It sucks that I owe them 458 bucks a month (more than my rent) for a damn degree that hasn't given me a job yet. Oh, and Matt's van got broken into Sunday night. They stripped the steering column. We assume they were trying to steal the entire vehicle. We found out yesterday that his dad's insurance doesn't cover that kind of damage, so now we have to try and figure out how we are going to fix the damn car. It's real fun trying to share a vehicle when he has to go to school everyday and work almost every day. And ok, with those depressing notes to end on, yeah, I guess that is the excitement with me for now. Hope others in blogsphere are doing well (or at least somewhat better than me)!