A busy end to this week...

...and a busier one ahead.

Strange... when I had a job, I had time to do house work!

Joking aside. The week started out relatively quietly; mostly watching the job sites and putting in applications. There was one cool sounding job in graphics that I suspect would be a really good fit for me. One that would be a good alternative to the plans I hope to follow. We shall have to see if I even get a shot at it. If I don’t get into the college it is the type of job that I would become quite focussed on trying to land.

Wednesday was looking into some FilKONtario outreach options. I joined some friends connecting with an group that promotes music and the arts for underprivileged children and adults in the inner city. For someone who’s been in child care for over twenty-three years it was quite interesting. After the meeting we had lunch at a small café and I then spent the afternoon with one of them and had a wonderful quiche supper at her condo before going home. It was a very pleasant day, I’d even dropped of a couple of resumes on my way downtown that morning.

Thursday I had the first interview with my Employment Advisor (EA). It seemed to go well. She seemed quite pleased with the fact that I both have a focus and am also willing to look at other things in case my plans don’t pan out. We looked at Second Career funding and what I want to get into does fall under the Second Career funding guidelines. Though there are quite a few hoops to jump through in order to get it. I wonder if it would be easier going through the college services for that (should I get in). They will have the needed information right there and not have to send it to me so I can give it to my EA. We shall have to see. She has also set me up with an appointment with one of their Career Councilors and recommenced some workshops. Then I went into the associated job centre to sign in and sign up for some of the workshops.

I also called the college to change the date of the tour of the college so that the young woman I met on my Chemistry course could join us. It was weird, we discovered the first night of the course that we were both taking it in order to qualify for the Collections and Management at Flemming. Then as the course went on we discovered that there were a lot of similarities between us. The most notable differences being that I deal better in people situations (ie presentations and interviews) and she performs better on tests (bet I’d do better now I’m sleeping properly). We discovered the weirdest similarity of all on the last night, when we were picking up our report cards. We have the same birthday....!

Friday. First of the workshops, (Negotiating a salary) reasonably interesting. Then an evening with friends for dinner and a music practice.

Saturday has been quite and I have not felt too good all day, but I did spend a nice relaxing evening with some other good friends.

Next week will be busy... Three workshops and a visit to the college campus. According to some inquiries made by the other person I know who is interested in the same course, we should find out by the 14th of this month. So we shall see. I also need to call the Colleges Canada web site and find out why my grades have not yet been updated. I’ll do that Monday.

So that should keep me out of mischief. Maybe I’ll get that housework done tomorrow while I have some time!

A Ramble

I have not yet heard anything from the college but I did get my cultural pass to all those museums last week. I will have to make sure that I get some good use out of it.

It was a quiet week. Mostly I became more focussed in the job search. I put up a couple of resumes on the web and took, or sent, out some to jobs I heard of. I shall just keep at it till I luck out (so says the ever hopeful).

The throat is mostly healed now, though I still need to be a little cautious. I did sing at the outreach house filk on Saturday though my placement took a couple of verses to settle down during the first song. I am however declaring myself healed from this point on despite some lingering spiciness issues.

On the other side of things. It’s wonderful to sleep through the night and wake up fully rested. Who knew that getting rid of a couple of large lumps in the back of my throat could make so much difference to my sleep.

Not much on this week beyond continuing the job search and an interview with someone at the job centre at Service Canada.

That’s all for now. Good wishes to all and thanks for all the encouragement people have been giving me over the past couple of months. It has been greatly appreciated.