Finally...

I got a job at DI today, I was quite shocked to get the call since they have a huge waiting list. I guess it helps that I worked there before...probably had something to do with it. But since it's DI I get full time and should be starting in the next few days. As of next wednesday I'm turning in mission papers, hopefully it doesn't take a month after that to get my mission call. Just you watch though I'll probably go to Boise Idaho...j/k, usually it's the place you never think of that you end up going to. We'll see though right?

This could actually be fun...

So I realized as of today that not having a job could actually be kind of fun...I had to conclude that though after two weeks of fruitless job searching. Or course I'm not saying that I'm not going to job hunt anymore, since I will kep doing that. But rather then just worrying about jobs and such I have decided that I could actually do alot of cool things while I'm waiting around. Like learning spanish and sign launguage, which is of course due to the fact that I'm probably going to tell the 2010 census people I know sign launguage. And then there is a spanish learning center in town and it's like only $20.00/class...so that could be cool. (I might not get to far though with no money but maybe just the beginning class) And then the temple opens again next week, since it's been closed most of the week. So since I've been given a pile of family names I have decided that I should hurry and go do them since it's like three families and nothing has been done in two years when the baptizms and confirmations were done. So I plan to do that next week along with studying for the GRE of course. And there are always books to read...so I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't be bored even without a job. Although I do need a job so that I can pay for 40% of the mission like I said I would on the mission papers.

But my roommate who was with us last semester graduated from BYU then went to Boston and worked, after six months she went on her mission and within three days of getting back she was in a graduate program at USU and did the whole move thing is those three days too. So she was always saying that she wished that she'd taken a break for a couple of semesters, meaning that maybe this is a good thing since I've been in college the last six years. And when there have been breaks I've always been working and stuff like that. So I should just stop complaining about not having a job and actually enjoy myself for once in my life. Since I hear that missions are no easy thing...but only 12 days left until I turn in my mission papers!!

Hilarious Dream last night...

So I had the funniest dream last night, I actually don't remember much of it. But I dreamed that I was at home and we were in the house on a sunday, so I was all mad because no one woke me up and I skipped church. And so I was in the house all annoyed to look out the window and see these back hoes dumping piles of dirt on our stairs outside. These back hoes were making really loud noises and everything, but suddenly I woke up and I could still hear the loud noise from my dream. Funny enough it was 6:30 a.m. and it was the garbage truck outside my apartment, it was just hilarious that the back hoes just so happened to be in my dream at that exact same time that the dump truck was outside my apartment. So the loud noise was probably just coming from the garbage truck, I was annoyed to get woken up though because that garbage truck is way to loud and it's amazing that I wake as little as I do when it comes by.

I've officially made up my mind...

Good News first: I talked to the financial aid office on campus and they said that they'll defer my student laon and so I don't have to pay it off until I get back from the misison.

Bad News second: So I went into Intermountain Staffing and signed up with them, but then they wanted me to go into Icon at 5:30 a.m. on wednesday and so I told them that would be impossible since I have no car and the buses don't drive around that early. Pretty much they just said to come check with them again in a few days, so I have just been job hunting still since that could happen alot and then I'd only get 15 hours a week. Most definately not enough hours to make $5000.00 by the summer when I leave. So it finally got to the point that I didn't know where to go and apply or anything, since subbing with the school district is full. And I talked to some people at the summer cleaning job I had and they sound like they just hired new people. So yeah, I finally decided that I had to resort to going and talking to the DI people since that would be my best bet. Well, as the story goes I went into DI and the lady I would have liked to have talked to was in a meeting so I had to talk to this guy I didn't know. So I explained that I had worked there before and just needed a job while waiting to go on a mission...you'd think they would be understanding of that since it's church run. But he was like "oh, well you can apply again but we have a waiting list so it might take a month or more for you to get back on." Yeah, I left basically devastated and normally I'm not a crier but I walked out the door and started crying my little eyes out because that was my last option. I guess other then Wal-Mart, because I've honestly applied at every single job on the job board that isn't like a TA for some math class that I've never taken and stuff like that. But everything that has applied and such I've tried at and have heard nothing back at the majority of the jobs. So I walked out crying and suddenly remembered that I'd be getting on the bus in the next five minutes so I had to hurry and pretend like that I was just fine. So anyways at that point I was just like "I can't go on a mission if I don't have a job like soon and that is simply all there is to it unless I borrow every last cent from the Myton Second ward which I can't do. But of course I knew that I would be going, so decided that it would have to work out somehow but it might take moving the availability date on the papers back a couple of months or so."

Last night I went to my mission prep class and the teacher started talking about how as soon as you make up your mind to go on a mission satan will try to stop you at every cost from going. So this girl in the class started telling us about her brother and how he had his call and everything. But right at the exact same time their Grandma died, then their mom broke her hip, and all this other stuff. So he started wondering if he should really go, but then he did since he had the call and everything. So the main point of this was that satan will try to stop you at every cost to not go and as our teacher said "just make sure you move forward in going no matter what". Suddenly right then and there it just hit me like a brick that satan is honestly trying to stop me from going and that is all there is to it. That would explain why I'm suddenly depressed everyday and just want to give up by just sitting in my apartment reading, rather then going out applying for jobs in a crashed economy. And so I suddenly knew that I'm supposed to turn the papers in on February 3, for some reason and so that is exacally what I'm going to do. No sooner and no later then that is what I'm going to do...although I have no clue as to how I'm going to start up insurance if I haven't gotten any pay checks by February 3, but I'm sure it'll work out.

Then last night after institute and going to the Joseph Smith movie at the Kent Concert hall I still was rather frusterated and upset. And so the Joseph Smith lesson manual from the last two years of priesthood/relief-society just happened to be sitting there by my bed. So I picked it up and started reading chapter two, and when I was reading I ran across where Joseph Smith was trying to figure out why he was getting so much persecution when he was just telling the truth. And so anyways he ended up saying something along the lines that he learned at a early age that satan knew that he was going to be an "annoyer and disturber to his kingdom" and so that's why the persecution continued. And suddenly right then and there I realized that by going on a mission I like Joseph Smith (not quite as dramatic mind you) would be an "annoyer and disturber" to satans kingdom and that's why he's trying so very hard to stop me from going on a mission. So I have determined that no matter what I will not be decieved by satan...!

Well, today I went over to this interview at a preschool which is more of subbing when the head teachers are gone. But I went in and did the interview and just happened to find out when I got there that I knew the director of the preschool. And so I did the interview and they offered me the job right then and there, I know there is always the thing about how you should tell them that you want to think about it. But I absolutely need the job and so I took it, and after I left I concluded that since they said they were covered next week and I probably won't get on for another week and a half that I should still apply at jobs and see if anyone gets back with me. Because there could be a better job then just subbing, since that isn't an everyday thing, so I'll wait and see and if anything better does come up then I'll just tell them that I changed my mind because I got a better job.

Anyways I would try to get with Intermountain Staffing tomorrow but I got a message on facebook from a friend saying that she's going to the Ogden temple tomorrow morning so I'm going to go with her. Maybe it's a bad idea since I do need money at the moment, but possibly I'll get some new ideas as to where to apply when I'm there...never know! And she sounds like she wants to apply at the census job, and we have to do it in Ogden so we might stop by there too.

Back in Logan...

I really wish that I didn't have to be in Logan looking for a job, because it's the usual Logan and not very many decent jobs. I applied for this 2010 census job in North Logan, but from what I hear it's one of those jobs were they only take people who know spanish. Sigh...I really need to learn spanish and I really wish that I'd taken more spanish in college and such. But other then that I've been applying, and applying, and applying...all during Christmas break I was and only heard back from about 4 of the 30 places I applied for. So I'm going to go to intermountain staffing and sos today, along with job service and the school district. At least I'll be able to get temporary work at either sos or intermountain staffing, so that I'll at least not be bankrupt. It's pretty sad that it's still this bad even after graduating, but that's the problem with not doing a specific major like engineering or el ed. But I couldn't have got a elementary teaching job with staying only one semester. I will keep applying of course, but I may end up doing factory work if I can only get with intermountain staffing or substituting with the school district. Anyways, I am going to institute now and then I'm going to go and do all that along with checking at some of the book stores. Yuck, yuck, yuck...job hunting is so annoying...bla!

Today happenings...

I found out last week that the Logan temple is closed until January 27, due to cleaning and such. So I had decided that I should go like today to the Vernal temple, before going back to Logan in the next few days due to Logan Temple being closed. Well, it was the strangest thing but this morning I woke up and for some odd reason I was extremely grumpy. It was wierd because I'm generally not the grumpy type, but I was really grumpy. So then my mom asked me if I was still going to go to the temple? And I was so grumpy that I didn't even want to go anymore, but then I started thinking about it and realized that it was probably Satan trying to stop me from going or something. So I quickly changed my mind and went anyways and I have to say that this day and turned out much better then it would have if it had stayed the same way it was this morning. So I'm glad that I didn't let myself stay grumpy all day long and all...!

I'm really happy because I found my friend Kelsey's missionary blog and so her family put's all her letters on it for everyone to read. Of course I've been really nervous about the whole mission thing, since I'm really not the missionary kind. And I've never in my life had a teaching calling or anything like that, so it's rather strange that I'm even going. But since I've found her blog and started reading her letters I've become less scared about going...although I'm still nervous. But that probably won't totally leave until I'm actually out there. Well, I changed dates a little and it's offically May 3, 2010 that I put as the available date. So my papers will be turned in on February 3, 2010...so a little under a month from now!

Just hopefully all goes well with getting a job once I get back to Logan in a few days...!!