Thursday, December 18, 2008

a little let down

today was not my favorite. i didn't get the job at the fancy house, and i didn't get any other jobs either. the whole day was spent cleaning the house of my hosts because that's what i do instead of pay rent. i'm grateful that rent is not an immediate concern, of course, i never need to pay rent, i can live under a tarp for all i care. it is nice to have a safe haven from mosquitoes though. i'm in that nebulous phase of being in a new place where everything seems like it could be an opportunity, but there are alot of dead ends thrown in there.
i recall when i arrived in denver it took me a looooong time to find a job. i had to clean houses for a while to make ends meet, and then i ran through a few not so great jobs before i landed my cash-cow bartending gig. and that was when the economy wasn't feeling so ill. now here i am on an island with only 130,000 people and the tourist based economy is in the shitter, what do i expect, really? i'm going to a temp agency tomorrow, hopefully i can start making a few nickels to rub together.
that guy that i met who has a friend opening a bar emailed me asking for my resume, so that's encouraging. and i applied for a government job today, my first effort of the kind, it's for a plant quarantine inspector type job at the airport. might be cool, or horrible, but it would be steady and i'd have benefits for the first time ever.
i miss my brothers today. they'd make me laugh and say something awesome.

2 comments:

Jack said...

Hang in there! It takes a while to get settled. Give it some time and reassess.

J

http://adventuresinvoluntarysimplicity.blogspot.com/

Anonymous said...

I have great news, Lid. I was looking on Craigslist... and it looks like if you have a computer and an internet connection, you can make money. VIRTUALLY ANYWHERE. You can buy anything you want 4ever, and you barely need to think!!!1

Seeing you tend fancy-bar goofs with my ability to picture you living in a tarp. I hope you're doing awesomer again soon.