So, after losing my job about a week ago I accepted another position with a retail company that I worked for before. I had a choice between working for this branch of the retail company or work for another retail company but in the same realm of clothing as the other store. I accepted the position because if this nursing job hunt never pops up, I may possibly move into management. It is not the way I want to go because I did not go to school for it but I will at least be able to survive and pay bills with this job.
The nursing job hunt has brought about nothing. I never thought that finding a job after school would be this rough, especially with having to be with this place for 2 years to pay for school. Job placement has been a huge joke of an assistance so I don't really know what to do at this point besides to sit and wait until I take my boards. There really is nothing else I can do and it is driving me nuts.
Wedding planning, so far, has been smooth. The next things that we are going to work on are the DJ and the shuttle service for after the reception. We have all the other big stuff so we are going to be moving on to the small stuff. The DJ is the last "big" thing that we would need for the reception. The wedding party has been picked and the best man had been picked. I am waiting to see what happens with some other events (outside of the wedding) to pick the maid of honor. I don't want to pick someone who is going to be far away from the city and have them be responsible for planning and attending every event, help me with dress stuff, and possibly some decisions.
The guest list is getting the final touches for the family and right now I am trying to be patient with my mother. Yesterday, she called me about a message I sent her asking to review the list and make sure that there are no family members that MIGHT need to be added to the list. After talking to her about people that were on there and should be on there, she tells me, "Well, I wasn't going to invite the Medinas because you don't know them and they don't know you." I was immediately confused because I can place a face with all of the names that she named and one of them was my confirmation sponsor. I was really appalled that she was not going to invite my dad's family. So I may be adding some names to the list. After that discussion, she then tells me, " Since you are keeping this small I think that you should either just have two small showers, one small shower, or I will just give you money so that you can buy whatever you want." My reply was that I am okay with a small shower. She then says, "Well, I don't really want to make any big announcements/ call outs for the shower because I really don't think it is worth my sisters and family coming in for the shower when the families are so far apart." This is where I have an issue because my brother in-law's family is from the same exact area as my finance's family. I am not sure who moved but everyone is still in the same place. This is the thing that kills me. She is annoyed that we picked our venue, bridal party, wedding date, and have guest list power without her. My fiance and I are paying for this wedding on our own and that means that we have the final say in just about everything, if not everything. I am really upset about this because she doesn't think that we aren't worth sending out a piece of paper to her family to invite them to a bridal shower. Right now, I feel like if my maid of honor plans a shower that she won't be involved in any of it unless she wants to be a guest. My fiance did not really understand my frustration with being told that my mother doesn't want to WASTE the time and energy to help plan a bridal shower let alone WASTE her family's time by inviting them to such an event. I really feel like we should just go to the justice of the peace and then have the reception next year at the Barn and not tell anyone. These past few years have been the least supported by my family (namely my mother and her family) so this makes me feel like they shouldn't be there.
Any ideas on how to keep this drama to a no boil and not let it go to a full boil?
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Long abscences = time crunches and insanity
So school is finally over! My time is spent prepping for boards, searching for a nursing job, getting set up in the new apartment, and trying to find a steady job in the mean time. With everything that has been going on I completely forgot about a number of things and some of them just happened to be important things. They are slowly getting crossed off the list.
The move into the new apartment went smoothly. Even though my sister bitched and moaned about the heat, that was really the only low point. We had more than enough people come out to help move our furniture and eat lunch with us. Our one friend set up our internet after the MASSIVE failure of a Comcast tech that was sent here. He couldn't figure out how to work my laptop or the fact that he needed to connect everything to the router as well...Yeah, epic fail. Since then we have just been getting everything set up and getting all the little things that we didn't think about. Our most recent addition to the apartment a very nice round dining room table. It is a glass top and has 4 chairs. It fits nicely in the far corner of the living room. He now wants place mats for the table to protect it from food and people.
There is more news other than the new apartment. I found out on Tuesday that I lost my job while I was on my way to work. The only warning that I had was to call my DM at 1pm. She called me at 1130 and told me about the new DM and districts and how they no longer are utilizing part time employees, effective immediately. So, there I was driving to a job that no longer existed with out a pay check wasting gas. All I could think about was "Yay, no more scrubs and walking in circles!" Then I started thinking, "I have no pay check which means I have no money..." Even though it was a pitiful excuse for a pay check it was still income. Maybe three hours later, I had on some freshly ironed pants and shirt, freshly printed resumes in hand, and dress shoes on hoofing it around South Side Works looking for a job. I was offered two interviews for the next day and then two job offers on the spot. I took the second offer but until I actually start working there I will not know if I made a mistake in my choice or not. I kind of feel like I did even though the advice I received was very sounds and made a lot of sense. I really am just questioning if going for the resume building possibilities and the extremely slightly hire starting salary was really better than going for the Store Manager that has had employees in nursing school/prepping to take their boards and understands what they are going through. Only time will tell.
The job search is also yielding ZERO results or offers for nursing positions. I have until the end of September to be offered a position and accept it for the tuition forgiveness program to kick in. Even though that is still a little over two months, all I can think is "It is ONLY A LITTLE OVER TWO MONTHS!!" I am planning to take my exam at the end of August. Right now prep is going okay. I want my scores to get a little more steady in the 70's before I schedule my exam. I will see where I am in two weeks and if they are better then I will schedule for the end of August and if not, I will schedule for September. I know that the school is really big on students taking their boards ASAP but they are also really harsh on us about passing the first time. I would rather not pay another two hundred dollars to take a test but I also know that the school cares more about their numbers than anything else.
Other than those few set backs, everything else has been really good for us. We have the apartment pretty much set up the way we want it and are getting settled quite nicely. This was a great apartment to chose for our first place. It is smaller than a house but it is bigger than the area we had in the house and the other apartments that we looked at. We do have one really loud neighbor but I will get over that. The running route that has come with the new place is pretty awesome. The loft that we have gives us more space because he can have his office up there and it is not taking up the extra space that we have in the living room. Now, if I could just find a place for my nursing books it would be perfect!
The move into the new apartment went smoothly. Even though my sister bitched and moaned about the heat, that was really the only low point. We had more than enough people come out to help move our furniture and eat lunch with us. Our one friend set up our internet after the MASSIVE failure of a Comcast tech that was sent here. He couldn't figure out how to work my laptop or the fact that he needed to connect everything to the router as well...Yeah, epic fail. Since then we have just been getting everything set up and getting all the little things that we didn't think about. Our most recent addition to the apartment a very nice round dining room table. It is a glass top and has 4 chairs. It fits nicely in the far corner of the living room. He now wants place mats for the table to protect it from food and people.
There is more news other than the new apartment. I found out on Tuesday that I lost my job while I was on my way to work. The only warning that I had was to call my DM at 1pm. She called me at 1130 and told me about the new DM and districts and how they no longer are utilizing part time employees, effective immediately. So, there I was driving to a job that no longer existed with out a pay check wasting gas. All I could think about was "Yay, no more scrubs and walking in circles!" Then I started thinking, "I have no pay check which means I have no money..." Even though it was a pitiful excuse for a pay check it was still income. Maybe three hours later, I had on some freshly ironed pants and shirt, freshly printed resumes in hand, and dress shoes on hoofing it around South Side Works looking for a job. I was offered two interviews for the next day and then two job offers on the spot. I took the second offer but until I actually start working there I will not know if I made a mistake in my choice or not. I kind of feel like I did even though the advice I received was very sounds and made a lot of sense. I really am just questioning if going for the resume building possibilities and the extremely slightly hire starting salary was really better than going for the Store Manager that has had employees in nursing school/prepping to take their boards and understands what they are going through. Only time will tell.
The job search is also yielding ZERO results or offers for nursing positions. I have until the end of September to be offered a position and accept it for the tuition forgiveness program to kick in. Even though that is still a little over two months, all I can think is "It is ONLY A LITTLE OVER TWO MONTHS!!" I am planning to take my exam at the end of August. Right now prep is going okay. I want my scores to get a little more steady in the 70's before I schedule my exam. I will see where I am in two weeks and if they are better then I will schedule for the end of August and if not, I will schedule for September. I know that the school is really big on students taking their boards ASAP but they are also really harsh on us about passing the first time. I would rather not pay another two hundred dollars to take a test but I also know that the school cares more about their numbers than anything else.
Other than those few set backs, everything else has been really good for us. We have the apartment pretty much set up the way we want it and are getting settled quite nicely. This was a great apartment to chose for our first place. It is smaller than a house but it is bigger than the area we had in the house and the other apartments that we looked at. We do have one really loud neighbor but I will get over that. The running route that has come with the new place is pretty awesome. The loft that we have gives us more space because he can have his office up there and it is not taking up the extra space that we have in the living room. Now, if I could just find a place for my nursing books it would be perfect!
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