I am so sick of waiting for people to get back to me. And so sick of people not getting back to me.
Seriously.
So tomorrow I have to let the Child & Adolecent center know if I want the job they gave me Friday. I don't. But I don't know for sure that I have enough pride, money and patience to say no either.
So I go running, I do laundry and I send out a million e-mails applying for jobs I am way over-qualified for and don't even want, but I pretend that I do, and either way it doesn't matter because I still don't hear back from amyone. Discouraging, yes yes it is.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Fairs and Foods
The first time I ever went to a fair was the Minnesota State Fair in Minneapolis. I was a high school exchange student and had been in the US for less than a week. It was quite the experience, let me tell you.
The farm animals didn’t impress me all that much; I have farmers in my family, although the fact that people got trophies for showing them off, that was something different. But the beauty pageant where they carved the winners face out in a butter statue, the lumber jack show with guys running up huge poles like they were spider man dressed out in flannel and the fried cheese on a stick, that all blew me away.
I’ve been to a few fairs and rodeos since, but there is nothing like that first one. Tomorrow we are hitting the South Idaho State Fair in Blackfoot and hopefully that will be fun and the weather will cooperate, it was raining today.
Right now I’m kind of feeling a little iffy. I had cafeteria dinner with Linnea (the Swedish exchange student) and I feel like my stomach is all out of practise for that all you can eat but probably shouldn’t style buffets. I used to eat Bob’s food all the time in Moscow and it didn’t face me one bit. But right now that tuna bagel clearly doesn’t want to mix with the sesame garlic stir fry. Ugh.
Oh well, some good healthy fair food tomorrow will probably make the system happier…
The farm animals didn’t impress me all that much; I have farmers in my family, although the fact that people got trophies for showing them off, that was something different. But the beauty pageant where they carved the winners face out in a butter statue, the lumber jack show with guys running up huge poles like they were spider man dressed out in flannel and the fried cheese on a stick, that all blew me away.
I’ve been to a few fairs and rodeos since, but there is nothing like that first one. Tomorrow we are hitting the South Idaho State Fair in Blackfoot and hopefully that will be fun and the weather will cooperate, it was raining today.
Right now I’m kind of feeling a little iffy. I had cafeteria dinner with Linnea (the Swedish exchange student) and I feel like my stomach is all out of practise for that all you can eat but probably shouldn’t style buffets. I used to eat Bob’s food all the time in Moscow and it didn’t face me one bit. But right now that tuna bagel clearly doesn’t want to mix with the sesame garlic stir fry. Ugh.
Oh well, some good healthy fair food tomorrow will probably make the system happier…
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
back to normal after all the cake is gone
The birthday turned out good, Dylan liked his presents (money clip, a vintage t-shirt and a fleece jacket) and the cake was a little dry, I thought (less flour next time) but people still liked it and finished the whole thing.
And Boise State won, which was a nice finish even though I could care less about football. And I mean that, I would care less if it was a non-Idahoan team playing or if it was baseball.
Anyways, today has been less productive, tomorrow I plan on applying for a job at a center for troubled teens and kids. I did get a call back from a gym where I applied...and I might drop by there tomorrow too, if nothing else seems promising... the gym pays quite shitty and is only like 15 hours a week.
It's hard, I feel lazy and unproductive but then I can't apply for jobs that don't exist either.
And Boise State won, which was a nice finish even though I could care less about football. And I mean that, I would care less if it was a non-Idahoan team playing or if it was baseball.
Anyways, today has been less productive, tomorrow I plan on applying for a job at a center for troubled teens and kids. I did get a call back from a gym where I applied...and I might drop by there tomorrow too, if nothing else seems promising... the gym pays quite shitty and is only like 15 hours a week.
It's hard, I feel lazy and unproductive but then I can't apply for jobs that don't exist either.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
On a different note
There is a lady in the house on our right.
There is also at least one dog, somewhere between 5 and 10 cats, a nephew of some sort and an older man that seems to spend more time there than anywhere else.
She is an artist of some sort.
She tends to her cats and the dog and the nephew and the man. She sees the world in a different way than I do, I think.
I often think she is kind of crazy. Then I feel bad and think that she is probably a way better person than I will ever be.
There is a guy in the house on our left. He lets an ex-convict live with him for free. He mows the lawn for the lady with the cats and then they smoke pot together.
There are dirty dishes in my kitchen and they bother me so much more than the financial crisis.
There is also at least one dog, somewhere between 5 and 10 cats, a nephew of some sort and an older man that seems to spend more time there than anywhere else.
She is an artist of some sort.
She tends to her cats and the dog and the nephew and the man. She sees the world in a different way than I do, I think.
I often think she is kind of crazy. Then I feel bad and think that she is probably a way better person than I will ever be.
There is a guy in the house on our left. He lets an ex-convict live with him for free. He mows the lawn for the lady with the cats and then they smoke pot together.
There are dirty dishes in my kitchen and they bother me so much more than the financial crisis.
Bengals, Vandals & Unemployment
The Bengals played the Vandals yesterday. Dylan doesn’t think women’s’ soccer is very interesting and I don’t think soccer in general is very interesting if the teams are not really good or if I don’t know any of the players. Last Friday we sat through a whole game and it was pretty brutal so yesterday we showed up with 20 minutes left of the game and saw the Vandals win. I was rooting for them too, I don’t feel like a Bengal and their fans were also freaking annoying.
Today it’s time for American football, first game of the season. Same as for soccer, I wouldn’t go if it wasn’t for the social aspect, lots of people are going and I’m sure it will be a good time, sort of. I just can’t get over how long an American football game is, after 20 real minutes sometimes not even 2 minutes has passed on the game clock. I would also probably focus more on the game and less on the clock if I knew the rules… which I do more know than 5 years ago…but still, I can’t say I get it.
Nice with a 3 day weekend, for me it doesn’t really make a difference since I still have no job… but it makes me fell less bad about not having one when other people are off too. Still no word back from any of the ones I applied for. I’m getting really sick of waiting.
Today it’s time for American football, first game of the season. Same as for soccer, I wouldn’t go if it wasn’t for the social aspect, lots of people are going and I’m sure it will be a good time, sort of. I just can’t get over how long an American football game is, after 20 real minutes sometimes not even 2 minutes has passed on the game clock. I would also probably focus more on the game and less on the clock if I knew the rules… which I do more know than 5 years ago…but still, I can’t say I get it.
Nice with a 3 day weekend, for me it doesn’t really make a difference since I still have no job… but it makes me fell less bad about not having one when other people are off too. Still no word back from any of the ones I applied for. I’m getting really sick of waiting.
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