2 for 1 special

Whoops... So i missed a day. Big deal but way to break a habit I'm already trying to keep. To be honest it's totally excusable since i was being pretty proactive about getting a job. Now I've been actively searching for a while now but yesterday i decided that i needed to cover all my bases.

It all started with me jumping on a bus to Burbank and going into Labor Ready. I went ready to fill out paper work and ready to go to work if possible... which is wearing jeans and work boots. I talked to a guy there who was cool and really nice to me unlike the people who worked at the Labor Ready in Va. He told me the system was going through updates and that i need to call in next week so i can arrange a time to come in and fill out paper work and get started... NEXT WEEK? FML... so i wasted my time when i could have just called but chin up right? I'm gonna called thursday anyways and get a head start hopefully. The only appealing thing about this place is they pay you the day you work but it's crap pay and crap work but i gotta do what i gotta do.

So here i am wearing jeans and work boots and my hoodie cause when i left it was still a bit chilly and by the time the sun was out and it was warming up.... wonderful.... Instead of getting on a bus and going right back home i decided to treat myself to chippotle for lunch cause that stuff is so good but it's a pain at the same time cause the calorie intake is so freaking high... but i had to have it HAD TO! The best part is i decided to walk to it cause i thought it was close... wrong! lol. 1.5 miles later i had a chicken burrito the size of a small child while i thought of my next step of the day.

The plan was keep on keeping on. I was in downtown Burbank so why not make the best of it and keep searching for jobs. The dreaded phrase kept popping up after i asked if company "x" was hiring... "We're only accepting applications right now." Now i would thank them and quickly be on my way but in my head... "fuck...." I'm not about to waste my time with a company by filling out an application and hope that when they get to a hiring point that they actually call me... I'm in the market for a job RIGHT NOW not interview me 1 or 2 months after i apply. I need a place that need to fill a spot and they know I'm the right one for the job. Maybe I'm in the wrong mind set for this phrase but after a few hours out and my feet killing me it was time to head home.

Only a few block of walking and my dying feet would have relief but not before i stopped and picked up some local papers and some groceries. The minute i got home i made a call into my temp agency and sadly the STILL after 3 months have no work... "To be honest we only have medical jobs dealing with medical billing and coding... Call back on thursday". Wonderful... so i searched the papers i bought and found ONE job that i could actually do but it's sales and i arranged with the person that they can call me next week with some recruiting phone call. It's free traveling selling various stuff around the states. I guess there could be some good potential if i really gave it my all and honestly i need a job and it's paid training. Then a good look on craigslist.com and the caljobs website and go figure still nothing so it was time to watch some tv finally.

Clearly by this time it's getting dark outside so it's been nearly a full day of job searching by foot and by internet and it must have taken a lot out of me cause by 7pm - ish i was out cold on my bed. I had even had a rockstar with my KIX cereal for dinner. Was not in any mood to make dinner but i mean come on i should have been somewhat wired. So i got about 10 hours of sleep finally after the 4 hours max a night while i dealt with my ears as they were gauging up. they went from a size 2 gauge to a 1/2" gauge i think... i don't know what the actual size is cause my friend gave them to me but it hurt for the 4 days as they were getting up to the new size. All is well now and healed back up nicely.

So now we're back up to today in this 2 for 1 blog post. Today i found an ad about becoming an apartment manager and i wish i could say i called in right away but 4 hours later i was awake and ready to call. Now i'm registered to do this crash course on apartment management at the end of the month and they work with you to get you placed almost immediately. So i guess it's worth investing a litle bit of money if it means I'll soon be living rent free and making some money and i can do all this from my building while i write. Seems like a good gig and a chance to move outta the ghetto neighborhood i currently live in. Finally a place i can call my own. A place that looks like a grown up lives there and not a college student look that we have going on here. That even means I'll have curtains on windows not a table cloth pinned to the huge window that over looks the side of someones house. Yup so this year is ending in a few short months and hopefully I'll have things set up soon so that 2012 is the best last year of my life lol