Things have changed quite a bit for us over the past few months. First of all, we added to our family. Tim bought me a Jenday Conure that we named Kiwi. He is almost five months old and really cute and playfully. He is a little mean to Mango (our other bird) but they are entertaining nonetheless. And they have kept our spirits up during our respective job searches.
I was about on the verge of giving up on finding a real job and just trying to do some freelance design to make ends meet. I had applied for one job that seemed to fit me perfectly. I emailed to set up an interview, but didn’t hear anything back for about a week. Finally, I got the interview arranged so Tim took me in for my first interview since we moved here.
It was for a graphic design position, so I felt very out of my league when I entered the waiting area and there were pretty much only older men carrying big portfolios. I also arrived about 15 minutes early and there were three other people that were going to be interviewed before me. To me this just screams cattle drive interviews, if I had driven there myself I would have probably just left. Nonetheless, I stayed there, had a great interview and left feeling a little bit hopeful. As is customary to us now, we went to In-N-Out for lunch and then headed back home.
I found out on Tuesday that I got the job. We went out for sushi to celebrate, and we are going to San Diego this weekend. More importantly, I get to go shopping for new grown up office clothes.
Tim is still looking and has had several interviews, but no luck just yet.
I start school in a little over a month and I am a bit apprehensive about the load I will be taking on, but I think it will be good for me. And after two years I should be set up for a pretty comfortable and successful career. It’s exciting to have a job that fits me so well and the opportunity to expand upon my education. But I will still have nights and weekends to do homework and/or relax.
So that’s where we are at now.
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