Ah LJ, how I've missed you.
Ok, not really. I just never have time, energy or motivation to do this. This is one of the only sites that interests me that isn't blocked at work, though.
I don't remember the last time I updated, but I know it was a loong time ago. I got married, honeymooned and moved to Australia. There's an update for ya.
It took me a good 3 months and a lot of sifting through jobs that claimed to be one thing, but ended up totally different to find a job. I work for a national retail chain (The Good Guys) in the corporate offices in the marketing department. I'm a PR and Promotions Assistant. It's a good job and it's definitely a great startig point for me since I want to be in PR in the long run. As of right now, I'm on a three month trial with view to perm. I've been here for a little over a month now and am doing well. I'm much happier since getting a job. I think I was getting a little down. It's hard to be a smart, educated, hard-working college grad who can't find a job.
I was beginning to make an escape plan. I started thinking about how I could go back to school and be a PE teacher. (That would have only taken one year of additional school here) Sometimes, that still sounds like a good idea to me. I'd get to play all day. How fun would that be?
Anyways. Dave and I have a really nice "house." I call it a "house" because here they call it a unit, but it's really like a house. It's a 2 (opt. 3) bedroom, 1 bath, large dining/living area, big kitchen, office room. It's about 2 years old. We're the second people to live in it and before us, it was an older woman. It's nice. I think we might stay in it for a couple of years, depending on where Dave gets a teaching position.
Speaking of which, Dave is going back to school to become an Art/Media studies teacher. He's applied and is just waiting to hear if he got in the program. (Which there is no reason why he shouldn't) So in a year's time, he'll be in a perm, full-time job. FINALLY. It's taken him a while to really figure out what he wants to do with his life. I think that he's a little nervous about going back, but he is a really good teacher. He's so patient with people. And the kids will be scared of him because he's soo tall. :)
So I've been casually looking around for cars. We only have one and it's kind of hard to coordinate our schedules so it works out and we can both do what we want to, when we want. I really like the new Toyota Yaris. I originally was looking in to buying a used car, but all of the good, reliable ones (that are around a few years old) run for about $AU18k. A brand new Yaris (automatic) is $AU19,190 ($US14,500). That's only $AU1k more. Everyone I know who has a Toyota loves it. They're reliable and run forever. I think I want to invest a little more and get a car that will really last. (And is cute..obviously.) I've done some reading up on reviews for the car and it's been very well received. Apparently it gets very good mileage and people usually end up saving a lot of money. We'll see. I'm going to talk to my father in law about it (He's an accountant-good with money) to see if it's doable.
Ok, I have to get back to work now. Adios.
I don't remember the last time I updated, but I know it was a loong time ago. I got married, honeymooned and moved to Australia. There's an update for ya.
It took me a good 3 months and a lot of sifting through jobs that claimed to be one thing, but ended up totally different to find a job. I work for a national retail chain (The Good Guys) in the corporate offices in the marketing department. I'm a PR and Promotions Assistant. It's a good job and it's definitely a great startig point for me since I want to be in PR in the long run. As of right now, I'm on a three month trial with view to perm. I've been here for a little over a month now and am doing well. I'm much happier since getting a job. I think I was getting a little down. It's hard to be a smart, educated, hard-working college grad who can't find a job.
I was beginning to make an escape plan. I started thinking about how I could go back to school and be a PE teacher. (That would have only taken one year of additional school here) Sometimes, that still sounds like a good idea to me. I'd get to play all day. How fun would that be?
Anyways. Dave and I have a really nice "house." I call it a "house" because here they call it a unit, but it's really like a house. It's a 2 (opt. 3) bedroom, 1 bath, large dining/living area, big kitchen, office room. It's about 2 years old. We're the second people to live in it and before us, it was an older woman. It's nice. I think we might stay in it for a couple of years, depending on where Dave gets a teaching position.
Speaking of which, Dave is going back to school to become an Art/Media studies teacher. He's applied and is just waiting to hear if he got in the program. (Which there is no reason why he shouldn't) So in a year's time, he'll be in a perm, full-time job. FINALLY. It's taken him a while to really figure out what he wants to do with his life. I think that he's a little nervous about going back, but he is a really good teacher. He's so patient with people. And the kids will be scared of him because he's soo tall. :)
So I've been casually looking around for cars. We only have one and it's kind of hard to coordinate our schedules so it works out and we can both do what we want to, when we want. I really like the new Toyota Yaris. I originally was looking in to buying a used car, but all of the good, reliable ones (that are around a few years old) run for about $AU18k. A brand new Yaris (automatic) is $AU19,190 ($US14,500). That's only $AU1k more. Everyone I know who has a Toyota loves it. They're reliable and run forever. I think I want to invest a little more and get a car that will really last. (And is cute..obviously.) I've done some reading up on reviews for the car and it's been very well received. Apparently it gets very good mileage and people usually end up saving a lot of money. We'll see. I'm going to talk to my father in law about it (He's an accountant-good with money) to see if it's doable.
Ok, I have to get back to work now. Adios.