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| Well, I guess the time for an update is long past due. Quite a lot has happened since I last wrote, which is not surprising since that was almost 6 months ago. First and foremost, I am no longer a PA with Lakeshore. They have moved me up in the world to the honorable and glorified position of "Accountant Assistant". Now, many of you are probably scratching your heads in wonderment, asking, "What exactly is an 'Accountant Assistant'". Well, it pretty much means that they gave me a raise, let me not be a PA anymore, and didn't know what else to call me. See, I kinda help out the accounting department from time to time. But, I also do a lot of work with the International side of the company. I personally think my title and position is quite ironic since I have absolutely no training or experience in either the legal or the accounting department: the two places I do almost all of my work. Life is surprising like that sometimes, I guess.
Needless to say, I put in my two weeks at Outback almost the moment I heard I was getting a raise. I now have my weekends back, and as a result am a much more sane and balanced individual.
Life is exciting right now because I am currently in the process of finding a new place to live. I will be moving in with 3 other guys, all friends from Malone. We checked out this really nice house yesterday, and it was beautiful. It's 3 bed/2 bath, hardwood floors, a gas fireplace (good for the brutal Southern California winters), a nice back patio, right next to a pool!!! Yes, that's right, a pool, oh, and a lemon tree. The nice thing about this place is that the gardner and pool maintenance is all included in the rent already, which divided by four people is not much at all, especially for LA standards. The stressful part of moving however, is that since the other three guys are just moving out now and are unemployed, I'm the only one on the application with a job. I'm real worried that this might make it hard for us to get in anywhere, so I'd appreciate the prayers: both for us getting into a place that we like, and that they would all be able to find jobs they like and enjoy. The awful catch-22 of moving to this city is that you can't get a job unless you are here, and you can't get a place to live unless you have a job.
I'm reading "The Beach" right now, and so far the book is much, much better than the movie (which I still did enjoy, although most people seem to hate it). The book is set in Thailand, and the main character is a English guy who is caught in the strange liminality of being in another country and not belonging. I find myself reading the book thinking, "Yes, exactly. That's exactly how I felt/feel too". It is making me very nostalgic. I miss Hong Kong. I think I'm going back in May for vacation.
I need to go now. I'm writing this on my roommates computer since my boarder is still sleeping in my room, and he needs the computer back. | | |
| I've decided that I have no manner of luck at all when it comes to cars. Since arriving in LA I've spend close to $1500 on car repairs. Well, yesterday, my luck remained as abysmal as ever. Before work, yesterday, I drove to get my hair cut, parallel parked on the street, then went into the barbershop. About 1 1/2 hours later (they were busy), I walked back to my car, but what I saw was not the car I remembered. I was now missing a driver side mirror, and most of the front-driver side of my car now had a huge dent in it. Apparently, somone had backed into my car. Yay!
Now, fortunately, there was a witness who made the driver (a driver for a company I think) leave me a note. Thank God for that. I have not been able to get hold of the supervisor yet, but do hope that they will be honest with me. My main complaint is that since I work 7 days a week, I'm not sure when I'm supposed to take care of this all. Plus, am I supposed to call my insurance company? I don't really know how any of this works. Anyone got any advice?
Well, I've got another fun-filled day serving at Outback ahead, so I better go get ready. If anyone has experience with this sort of problem, I'd appreciate any advice on the subject. | | |
| I just had my interview with Gary, and it didn't really go so well. He pretty much told me as soon as I sat down that he was looking for someone with a little more experience. Now, I completely expected this, but it's still a little bit of a let down. He did ask me what I was doing to advance my career right now, and unfortunately I couldn't answer him more than say trying to become his assistant. I've only been here 7 months...should I feel stressed to advance already? I realize this is a long road, so should I be actively striving to get a new job already?
I kind of felt like he was meeting with me as a courtesy because I've worked for the company and because other people talked to him about me. I'm glad that he took the time to see me, although it would have been nice to have a chance to actually sell myself. Oh well. Who know's what'll happen. | | |
| Well, I'm interviewing with Gary (Lakeshore President) on Monday about his assitant position. All I really have to say on the subject is that I'm really nervous. While many of you may think this sounds silly, I'm worried that if I get the job I'll suck. I'm a bit of a perfectionist, and it makes me nervous thinking about doing a job that I have no training for. Now, if I did get the job, obviously I'd be trained, but it doesn't make me less nervous. I think I'm too nervous of a person. All I can do, though, is interview and see what happens. If I don't get it, then I don't have to worry about it. And, if I do get the job, well, then I'll work by butt off to make sure I do it well.
I would really appreciate your prayers regarding this though. Pray that I would have peace.
If I got the job, I wouldn't have to work at Outback; I wouldn't have to work 7 days a week....yeehaw!
My work day just ended. I'm going home. | | |
| I just found out I'm having dinner with one of the Vice President's of Lakeshore tonight. I helped him pack up his office when we moved last month, and he offered to take me out to a nice steak dinner tonight. Yummy. | | |
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