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So, I quit the casino in June of last year in search of better job opportunities. Although I didn't have anything lined up, I had faith that I could get something comparable. Things turn out however they will, and while I had several interviews and was offered different jobs here and there (some of which I took to financially make it through the month) none where what I wanted.
It's depressing, and I felt rejected. However, I did have Leslie's support (both financial and emotional) through the whole thing, which meant a lot.
November of 2008 found me asking a "friend" for a loan, her saying no, and me sitting in a food stamp office in downtown Tulsa crying.
We officially became late on all of our bills. My car payment became late, which I realized in December that there is an $18.95 late charge each time. The mortgage is automatically deducted, and for the month of December was overdrawn $500+ dollars. I was making $10 an hour at a call center, hating every day of it. But Leslie really wanted me to stay there until I got another job. (Which is understandable.)
I was told jobs don't do much hiring or firing in the month of December, but the beginning of the year should look up. Nobody likes to fire in December because of the holidays, and nobody likes to quit because they're hoping for a holiday bonus.
Anyways, the first week of January, I had 3 interviews lined up. Exciting, because I wasn't able to score any during the month of December, which meant that I had been at the call center the whole time. Anyways, interviews don't even make me nervous anymore. I think I'm going to try to count how many I've done in the last 6 months.
And then, SURPRISE! I get one of the jobs I've been wanting for quite some time. It is a salary position, and pays more than I've ever made before. I have to go to training first for 8 weeks, but they're putting us up in a hotel and paying mileage every weekend to go home and paying for food for the entire 8 weeks. I'm beyond excited.
Before I even interviewed for the job, I had posted a blog on my Myspace that this year was going to be great, and that we are the creators of our own destiny. This feels amazing.
It's depressing, and I felt rejected. However, I did have Leslie's support (both financial and emotional) through the whole thing, which meant a lot.
November of 2008 found me asking a "friend" for a loan, her saying no, and me sitting in a food stamp office in downtown Tulsa crying.
We officially became late on all of our bills. My car payment became late, which I realized in December that there is an $18.95 late charge each time. The mortgage is automatically deducted, and for the month of December was overdrawn $500+ dollars. I was making $10 an hour at a call center, hating every day of it. But Leslie really wanted me to stay there until I got another job. (Which is understandable.)
I was told jobs don't do much hiring or firing in the month of December, but the beginning of the year should look up. Nobody likes to fire in December because of the holidays, and nobody likes to quit because they're hoping for a holiday bonus.
Anyways, the first week of January, I had 3 interviews lined up. Exciting, because I wasn't able to score any during the month of December, which meant that I had been at the call center the whole time. Anyways, interviews don't even make me nervous anymore. I think I'm going to try to count how many I've done in the last 6 months.
And then, SURPRISE! I get one of the jobs I've been wanting for quite some time. It is a salary position, and pays more than I've ever made before. I have to go to training first for 8 weeks, but they're putting us up in a hotel and paying mileage every weekend to go home and paying for food for the entire 8 weeks. I'm beyond excited.
Before I even interviewed for the job, I had posted a blog on my Myspace that this year was going to be great, and that we are the creators of our own destiny. This feels amazing.