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Phew!

Well, things are finally starting to approach a state of boredom.

Got through my exams relatively unscathed (I think… still two marks to come in).

Other than that, it’s been a whirlwind for a while. I got back, unpacked, set up my computer again, and got my room into some semblence of order.

One thing I had to deal with was that my sleep schedule was, in a word, fucked. I was staying up until 4 or 5 (or, a few times, 6:30) in the morning and sleeping in until three or so in the afternoon. I had little luck getting up in the mornring, so one day I decided I just wouldn’t go to sleep. Got up at 3 in the afternoon, and just stayed awake until 7:30 THE NEXT DAY. Heck of a day, I gotta say that… Nowadays I generally try and be up by 8:00 AM every day, so as to keep my sleep happening at decent times.

The other big thing that’s been taking some time out of my life is trying to get a job. A few weeks before the exam period, I sent a cover letter and resume to every lawyer in stratford, and nearly all of them responded with a politely worded rejection letter. So, my job search had to continue, but I got into exams and had no time and little will to pound the pavement in Stratford and give out those resumes. The first big “success” I had was the Zellers job fair. You know, if I were to have a “job fair” I would probably assume people would show up. I strongly feel that Zellers disagrees with me there, they probably think that no one would want to work at Zellers, and that having a job fair is just a yearly thing for them that they don’t really care about, like secretary’s day. The first thing to support my beliefs that they feel no people would come is the fair’s location. I was expecting there to be a few desks by the door of Zellers in that front lobby, or at least some big signs to a section in the back. Nope, us potential employees were expected to locate the location of the fair ourselves only through intuition and luck (perhaps this was the first test…) - the wating area was in the STAFF ROOM at Zellers, and the interview room was in one of the offices. That was where I found it, after asking a Zellers employee (Granite). I was there, probably around 5:10 PM (It opened at 5:00 PM), and what to my wondering eyes should appear, but 25 or so interviewees.  I took a seat on one of the couches.  Here’s reason two as to why I think that Zellers firmly believed that no one would show up - there was only ONE interviewer.  Just ONE.  I was sitting there waiting for TWO HOURS until I could get in.  Once I did get in, after she realized I knew Granite, that was pretty well the interview right there.  I mean, I’m glad that I got to interview stage 2, I just wish that we’d even talked about my past career experience or SOMETHING, lol.

So, I go for my “follow up” interview tomorrow; if that goes well I think I’ve got myself a job.  I’m still keeping an eye out for other positions where I may get more hours though, anyone know anyone who’s hiring?