Erica IsBroken's blog: "The Job Hunt"

i survived my first night of work. and i didn't fall asleep. whooo buddy i sure wanted to though lol. the women who i was working with totally slept most of the time. she could get fired for that, but i'm not turning her in. especially since she's working 10pm-2pm...mhmm she came in when i did at 10pm and then she's working her regular shift 6am-2pm. so yeah...long shift for her. i listened to my ipod, wrote some of my feelings about matt out in my notebook, ate a samich, watched a movie and just talked to dee while she was awake lol didn't do much. oh i txtd some. i'll be happy when i'm on my own and i can call matt. i forgot my book, but i will NOT be making that mistake tonight. about the bracelet i made...i had that old bracelet and i never wore it, then i got the idea to attach a bunch of my old antique buttons to it. i didn't have any little metal clasps or anything so i used black thread and basically sewed them on, but you can't really tell. matt always says i should open a craft store. amber wants me to make her one too. i go back to work tonight at 10...i might take a nap first tho

I just wanted to say that I got a job today :) After about 7 months of REALLY trying hard to get a job. I will be working night shift as a direct care giver for mild-moderate mentally handicapped people... And many millions of thanks go out to my baby Matt aka Borsey because he always believed in me and was really positive, even when I was negative about it. :) I start next week.

So, another job I didn't get...I don't know why I expect to be hired, I'm clearly unhirable...I didn't get the job at the construction company for the administrative assistant...I don't know why I thought maybe I would have. I got the letter today stating that the position has already been filled. Oh fucking well. I might as well start packing to move back home now because clearly I can't make it on my own here.

I'm such a dumbass. My phone rang this morning, but I was so out of it, I get that way when I sleep, I couldn't really figure out what was going on, and it was a number I didn't recognize, so that didn't help. Well, I didn't answer it. Later on, I get a voicemail...I just checked, it was the temp agency saying that they had an assignment for me, clerical work for $10 a fucking hour! OMG! $10 an hour! So I called back immediately and they had already filled the position. SHe thanked me for calling back and I told her if they had anything else, I was definitely still interested so she said OK and that they would call me. Oh I'm so pissed at myself. Why do I get that way in the mornings? Ugh. It was like I just couldn't comprehend that my fucking phone was ringing. So now I missed out on a $10 an hour assignment because of my stupidity. WTF Erica, I mean honestly. Well I have to go there later today and pick up my paycheck. Yay...it'll be for around $220 I think. I just paid Amber rent money for the month of November. I need to fill out this application I got for Spencers as a shift supervisor too. I hate this... OH YEAH, ALSO this one place wanted to interview me...it was a children's center for children with mental handicaps. I got that phone call the same day I got the job offer for Elk through the temp agency. So I told the other place that I needed to figure out when a good time would be to come in and I'd call them back. Well I called back the very next day and a few times after that trying to set up this job interview and they never returned my voicemails...even after the woman said they were definitely still interested in interviewing me. I really wanted that job. But like, I've called sooo many times, and gotten no feedback to just SET UP AN INTERVIEW! So frustrating. Well, I'm gonna go look for other jobs and mail out some resumes while I wait for Merry Maids to come clean the apt. ~Erica

I'm so happy. I finally got a job! I'm gonna start tomorrow, working 8-4:30, for $8.50 an hour doing clerical work. I went to an employment agency and they found me a job within like 10 mins of me leaving and doing a typing test. Yay! I'm so excited. BUT the downside is....i had applied for this other job, as a mental heath worker at a children center with children with different mental problems, and they called me wanting me to come in and interview...They wanted me to come in at 2:15 on Thursday but I have to work at the clerical job. This is the type of job i would REALLY love to do. But I've been out of work since May and I'm desperate. So they said I could call in and set up a time after I knew when I could come in. So I'm happy and now sort of bummed, but oh well. At least I have a job now, right? What would you guys do? Keep the clerical job or risk it and interview for the health care worker job? ~Erica