So I had my the written exam for the animal control officer position today. It wasn't so much written as a 100 question, fill in the bubble Scantron. It was like a very watered down version of the SAT's. They had 30 of reading comprehension, grammar and spelling, 30 questions of logic and pattern recognition, 30 questions of "people skills" and ( Read more... )

Halloween kind of loses it's charm after a certain age. It was always super fun as a kid and I love putting together my costume. I didn't really do much this year. Joe came over, we ordered pizza, watched some Simpson's "Treehouse of Horror" episodes and passed out candy to trick-or-treaters. One of the first kids I saw was a little boy about 3 ( Read more... )

Still no job. I got in touch with a temp agency about two months ago. I keep applying for anything and everything that looks like I would be vaguely capable of doing. Sales associate? Sure, I hate retail but I need the money. Customer service representative? Oh please, heap abuse on me for several hours about something I probably can't fix ( Read more... )

I've been feeling sort of bummed out lately. I don't know if it's over the job that ended up not being a job or what. But I don't feel like doing any of the creative things, like drawing and doing crafty things, in a couple of weeks. Mostly I just want to fart around on the computer, nap and read. I did go to my local used book store and got 5 ( Read more... )

No word from the veterinarian as to whether or not I officially have a job. It's been a week since I last heard from him. I emailed him today, just basically saying "Hello, unemployed person here who really, really wants a job. K THNX." We'll see what he says ( Read more... )

Oy, did a 10 day long housesitting session for two different families. I never did sleep all that well during that time. One dog I took care of is a French bulldog/English bulldog cross and so she snores like crazy. I had to wear ear plugs to fall asleep and would often wake up early in the morning because of that. And another dog has anxiety ( Read more... )

Still unemployed. I had two interviews last month. Both places were very good and I would have gladly worked there. The thing is, there are just way to many people competing for jobs right now. One place I went to was in Arlington, which for you non-Washingtonains is a very rural, small town and hour north of Seattle. They got 25 applications ( Read more... )

So, they place I have shadowed for the past two days gave me a contract to look over and potentially I could start working there in the beginning of February. I want to be excited about this, I really do. It's just, from what I have experienced at the place just really doesn't sit right with me. For one thing, I would be working 7am-6pm five ( Read more... )

So, I may have a job now. An honest to goodness veterinarian job at that. It's kind of a weird situation though. It's at a clinic that already has 3 doctors, and they told me they didn't really need a 4th doctor, but since I needed a job, they would hire me. I will make less than I expected to make and I don't get benefits like health insurance ( Read more... )

I have officially lost 10 pounds! Man, who would have thunk that eating less and exercising more would cause you to lose weight. Crazy!