Tuesday, July 28, 2009

my name is Sylvia (although I wish it was Jonas)

Oh, geez. I just returned Capital One's phone call. I was hoping to do the irresponsible thing and just kind of blow them off, but my nerves felt a little shot when I heard the "UNKNOWN" ringer go off. It would have been too much... working 33+ hours and going to school at night. It would have been the worst. I guess for now, the job search grind continues. Trust me, it sucks not having a job and living off of my savings, but I know Jesus is gracious and will provide. So when this situation would have normaly bothered me at a level of 8, it's currently around a 5. He's slowly (yet surely) working on my trust.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

$X

I have a job interview!

Well, it's only a phone interview...

But it's a start!

I quit the reading lab after three - almost four - semesters of working there. My boss was really upset about it, too. I had been seriously considering quitting for some time now, and when she sent me an e-mail saying she had scheduled me to work for Summer II I knew it was time.

I didn't want to quit over the phone or by e-mail, so I went in person (which was kind of a mistake).
As soon as I walked in, the first words out of Diana's (my reading lab boss) mouth were
"Oh Sylvia! I'm so glad your here! I thought you were going to be a no-show. We really needed you to work for Summer II :)"


"Oh,,,,,

actually, that's why I'm here"

:/ ::uh oh::

"Yeah, I uh... I don't think I'll be coming back to work here anymore. I just kind of feel that it's my Senior year and it's time to move on. I'm looking for a job that's more in the business field. I've started applying at banks, even!"

"Oh. OK. Yeah I uhm, I understand. It's just going to be hard looking for a replacement. I've made the schedules and everything :/"

"...sorry"

"Yeah, it's ok. Alright, well see you later."

Now, for my boss to kind of cut the conversation short and abruptly says a lot. This lady LOVES to talk so for her to dismiss me after talking so little means I'm definitely not her favorite person in the world.

But whatevs mofo.

I have my first interview with Capital One sometime soon. I need to call and schedule it today. I would be so stoked to work in a bank. It sounds cliche, but it could really open a lot of doors (there's a lot of room for advancement) and I would be working towards that experience that universities like to see on MBA applications.

So is it a
lose lose
lose win
win lose
win win
or
win win win?

well
diana = lose
sylvia = double win (cuz i'm so stoked)
so her lose cancels out
thus, leaving us with a
win win