Stressing out!!

Agh so today was overall a good day 'till I decided I need to figure out my life! As you all know I had 2 interviews this morning! Which went really well actually, my first interview was at 9am in N. Sioux City at a company called Alorica, they are a 3rd party customer service for Gateway and Cingular...well now AT&T (geesh will they make up there minds already! So the 1st interview went extremely well, and it was something new because we had a groupd interview, usually consists of 15 people but only 4 of us were for today! So we got the usual tour, and WOW is that place HUGE they don't have a lot yet but are expanding, they are in the old gateway factory building i think in Sioux City lol you cant miss it cause its painted like a cow! Anyways moving forward, I figured I get there earlier so I arrived a lil after 8:30am not knowing that my interview was 2 hours long! WOW what a doosy...After leaving the interview I was very unsure about work because they don't have flexible work schedules, they give you a schedule and thats what YOU have to work with or if that shift doesn't work you have to find someone to switch with. So this causes a problem for schooling because I'm going to school part-time this year but my classes are in the morning. The interviewer basically was very honest and said basically you have to choose between work and school. Well I thought maybe i could handle this if get lucky and get a good shift. So anyways I left unsure about this job.

Off to the next job interview, which is in Dakota Dunes at 1st Financial Bank, I applied for a Collections specialist job, which I would love to have to some exent. Again the interview went pretty good was a little more tense for this one, but the Interviewer was very nice and she said she liked having me cause I actually ASKED questions! But again the scheduling is a huge conflict! They only have 3 Shifts available...and all shifts either start at 8am or 11am...which is a HUGE conflict since right now im taking classes Mon/Fri 11-12 and Tues/Thurs 9:30-1pm SOOO I either have to figure out a new class schedule or not work there....

So to destress a lil from my interviews I went and ate chinese with some of my friends in Sioux City, which was nice....After that the stress really begun to kick in! I NEED a job, and I want a decent one at that matter. Well I get back to Vermillion and I get a phone call from Alorica, Offering me a full-time position! But with the way things are going right now I had to tell her I have to think about it....Soo here I am stuck figuring out how am I going to make this work...She sent me a schedule of what most shifts consist of...at alorica they have 37 total different shifts, but for what program i would be working with would be 22 different shifts...Soo I;m thinking, "geesh something has got to work" So I'm looking and reading and NOTHING I got noting! U can work 4 times a week or you can work 3 days 12hr shifts....and you guesses it the only time I could work there and it would work with my schedule Mon-Fri 2pm-10:30pm or Mon thru Fri 4pm-1am or Tue thru Sat 5:40-2am or Sun-Thur 5:30pm-2am

That's 4 shifts out of the total 22 shifts that would work with my schedule that means I have an 18% chance of actually getting one of those shifts!!!! And wow would I really wanna work that late at nite, especially when doing school! Soo I'm having a hard time here...I can either try to change my schedule for school, or drop another class, but do I really want to do this!!! I mean it is a good paying job and I do need a job!

But on top of this also is that Training would start asap and you can't miss a day of training which lasts for a month...hmm think about it...my 21st birthday is the 14th which is during the week and training is at 7am-2:45pm...hmm doubtful that I will be up at 7am the next day after my b-day...Soo I have consequences on that! But that is the least of my worries, it just adds to it a little!

Anyways I'm rambling so much and this is almost like my own personal journal right now. I haven't heard anything from 1st Financial Bank but I probably won't 'till next week. But if anyone has any advice, let me know!

Well Geesh its 5:30 and I feel like I'm ready to go to bed already! Geesh I think I'll be sleeping at 9 tonight...ZzZzzz

Well Hope Everyone has a Great weekend!!!

Much Love,
Katie

The Project

It's 1am...And I'm just about to crash. The reason why....

Yesterday(tuesday) I wasn't really doing much of anything because my car wasn't able to get fixed, I drove to remsen and found out the windshield the guy had wasnt the right size, so I was in remsen for a couple hours and then I came back to Vermillion. So when I got back I didn't know what to do with myself so I figured hmm...I should paint those thingys me and mom bought when I first moved into my apartment...what are those thingys you might ask....well these lil thingys!
Mom and I went garage saling back in May when I got my apartment and came across 2 pieces of furniture that I think we're put in a lil girls room. This is one of them, which I am using as my dresser



Its pretty spacious



Then this one I used for awhile in my closet in the kitchen for shelving...But decided to buy something else for shelves and use this in my living room for spaces for my school books and other randomness...as you can see I already started to paint this...it was also that off pink color....



Soo i started painted that last one yesterday but stopped because I got distracted with something else (go figure)....Soo today I was determined to get this done! So around 5pm I finally got to it...(it would have been earlier but I looked in the fridge and noticed I didn't have any food, so i had to go grocery shopping) Soo finally...I got to it...and yup it took me till about 12:30am to get it all painted dried and then put the doors and drawers back in! I'm pretty proud at how well they look and im happy with the colors (thanks to my sister, and of course lil allison picked them out too)We chose a chocolate brown and then a light blue or maybe its a light teal? lol but anyways here's the outcome!!







Soo I am happy to say that I have finised my 1st project for MY place! Yay for me! Hmm now what else can I paint!!!

Hmm I wonder what I'm going to do tomorrow! I'm ready for Friday to roll around, so I can go to my interviews!! I'm not nervous yet, just excited!

Okay now it's getting way to late, so I am going to go to bed now! Hope everyone is having a good week!!

Yay!!

So my last blog I talked about how I have been looking for a job and been applying to places this past weekend. Well today Monday arrives and I got 2 phone calls. One phone call from 1st Financial Bank and another from a company called Alorica! 2 jobs that are in Sioux City, I have interviews with them on friday! So I'm def. excited about this! I really would like to get the job at 1st financial bank because it would be working as a collections specialist and I hear that starting pay for at least customer service is $10.25/hr plus benefits since I'll be working full time, and this fall I am only going to be going to school part-time Alorica is a customer service based company dealing with customers with wireless phones to computers to so many other products. I really don't know if I would like that, and with 1st financial I could get possibly advancement and it could be a bright future for me there. So everyone wish me goodluck for friday! And who knows I might be getting more phone calls this week from other places I have applied!
Well I suppose I better get to bed I got to get up early and head to Remsen to get a new windsheild for my car!!

Oh and congrats to lil Allison who crawled for the 1st time! I hope she crawls more and more. I hope I get to see her soon!!!!

Nite Night

Oh I don't know what to title this!

Hey everyone! So it's Sunday night and I'm just chilling in my apartment. Tonight I decided to make it my night, after not doing a whole lot today I decided to keep going with being relax so I took a bath and after a bath I curled up on my futon and put the movie Premonition in. Anyone seen it? If not I think it's an amazing movie I saw it in the theater and I'm pretty sure I was crying pretty hard by the end..It's one of those movies that I think teaches you to realize what you have because at any moment in time you can lose that someone/something. I def. liked watching it again because I started to pick out little things that you wouldn't notice the 1st time you watch it! So if you haven't seen it, see it. Some people didn't like it, but I did! So i enjoyed my night to myself and I thought hmm..I should write a blog before I go to bed..Well as we all know...nothing is going on...life with me is pretty slow right now! I'm actually really excited for school to start back up again, maybe not for the classes (which will keep me busy) but to be around my college buddies!! I tell you it's pretty boring living in vermilion during the summer cause its DEAD! I'm currently unemployed which is nice sometimes because i have a lot of free time, but being broke is really setting in. After having discussions with my parents I figured I better get back on the search for jobs and filling out more applications or even applying to places again! So for the past 2 days I've filled out how many applications that I have begun to forget where I have applied!! Soo I am hoping to be receiving phone calls on Monday or sometime this week to come into a interview!! Other than that I really don't know what to write about!! Maybe when school starts back up and friends are around all the time I will have more to talk about! But for now...you all will have to sit patiently ;) hehe

Well here's something exciting i turn 21 in 23 DAYs!!! Now that's something I'll have to write about!! I must say I'm pretty excited and can't wait to have a good time! Well now I'm off to bed! I hope everyone had a good weekend! and I'll try to have new news or an exciting post the next time i blog!

Goodnight!

Monday Monday Monday

So my lovely little vacation has past, and I realized that when I came back to my apartment on Sunday, coming back to a HOT apartment and then retrieving mail to only receive bills after bills! (while before this I was thinking WOO I have money i want to shop) Well after rent/cable/Internet/electricity...I have no way to afford to go shopping! Oh well I guess I have enough stuff! But now I just think well i guess I don't have to pay anymore bills 'till August.
Vacation at Okoboji was great, I didn't go out on the boat much, but I didn't mind just sitting around the cabin and chilling out, not worrying about a thing! I think I put a lot of time playing with Allison. This year was the 1st year I actually was up there for more than 2 days, but Unfortunately I still had homework to dread and take time to do during the week, Let me tell you being on vacation and trying to do homework umm equals me not doing so good on the homework/quizzes! Too distracted! My favorite thing about the week was everynite sitting around a fire...If I could I would sit around a fire every night! It's relaxing, but I do enjoy it with the family especially when everyone is cracking jokes! I've told quite a few people the jokes that were said that night, they are just so funny! So on the last night I would be there on Friday was when I didn't want to go back home, I wanted vacation to last longer! But to my mistake I would want it to be cut short the next morning. About midnight on friday I got a horrible headache which led to my body aching..So the next morning when we are supposed to be getting ready to go home, my head is pounding I didn't want to get up and nothing was getting rid of this pain! So I attempted to get my stuff together which led me to get nauseated, and after a trip to the bathroom I knew something was wrong. A call to mom to tell her and I was back on the bed laying down! The ride back home consisted of me sleeping all the way and waking up to my headache being gone, until I got out of the car and started walking around and it came right back. So I went to my room and fell asleep again, Unfortunately I missed the wedding, but I slept for 6 hours during the day and woke up still a lil uneasy but by the end of the night it was gone! I'm doing much better now, But I weirdly still get some headaches every so often.I really hope I don't start having migraines. Maybe a trip to the chiro will help me out!

So now its a new week, which means more school work, time to figure out when to work, and to see Jon and Heidi off on weds and possibly be taking Emily and Allison home! I think It should be a relaxing week I'll go back home on Tuesday and spend time with the family before everyone leaves. I must say it is weird having everyone home expect for chuck. But having Jon and Emily home at the same time...hmm sibling love! It's crazy how much we have grown up! I remember when we were younger and they would pick on me, MEANIES well wait...they still do pick on me but not like they did back then, (I think you guys know what i mean cough*simba*cough) But it's good to have Jon and Heidi home and then of course Emily and Allison....I think I have about 100 photos of Allison on my new phone already:)

Wow I really like to ramble, so for all you blog readers out there I hope you had fun with this one...But for the sudden stop of rambling, my tummy just growled and I want food, so indeed I am going to feed that stomach of mine! I will TRY TRY to keep blogging...but I don't have a lot of interesting things that happen to me like some of you! Hope you all have a good week!!!

To blog again,
Katie