… we have gone from no interviews, or possibilities thereof, to my having three interviews lined up within a matter of days, and another possibility; and Matthew finding job opportunities that he can apply to, as well as advancing his work on selling paintings. During the beginning of the month, I signed up with Manpower (a local temporary placement service) to hopefully find work. They also do permanent placement, just in case you are wondering. Well, to start that off, they had me take two assessments. One to measure my data entry skills and another to measure my Microsoft Word skills. I placed as a “master” in both. They were very happy about this, and immediately hired me to be either a temp or permanent employee; although they did not have any jobs to place me in at that moment. They apparently forgot to have me to the Microsoft Excel assessment, and so brought me back to take that assessment after I had an interview set-up with them because the job required the use of spreadsheets. Well, I took it and received a “master” grade in that as well. While this was happening, I got a call from the local JcPenney and Opportunities for Otsego, for interviews; and also came across an ad in the local paper from the company I used to work for before I had my son. They were advertising for an Executive Administrative Assistant, which is exactly what I went to college for. They said that they would consider me, and when I called to confirm that they had received it (I sent it via email), she said that she had forwarded it on to the “powers that be”, and would let me know if she heard anything. So we’ll see what happens there.
I think it would be really cool to work at my old workplace, since I already know the people and the business is thriving and they are local. It would also be really nice to work for Opportunities for Otsego as well, because they help local people and helping people is important to me.
I’ve also been working more on self improvement lately. I’ve been reading books on language self-defense (specifically for work situations), communication, finding joy in everyday life again, decision making, and reading body language. I’ve started the self-defense one, but haven’t gotten very far yet. I’ve also started relearning the piano.
Financially right now, I need to get one of those jobs. We were forced to take food stamps so that we could feed ourselves, and even that isn’t doing much for us right now. We only get $115 dollars a month to feed my husband, myself, and our son. Our son also gets WIC for things like formula, baby cereal, and juice. So at least he does get some nutrition. We’ve decided that we have to cut meat out of our diet for the time being and eat beans instead (cheaper sources of protein). On Sundays we normally go to my parents-in-law for a family get together, and normally have meat then, so we will get it once a week. I’m hoping that if I nail one of these jobs here soon, we will be able to eat more nutritiously again.
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