update: job hunt

this past week has been crazy.  tiring, too.  here's the recap:

monday:  while heading to work (volunteering), got a call from one of the places (fast food) i applied to.  i was 5-10 minutes away from work.  interview was for that afternoon. i called work to tell them i couldn't make it; have interview. i headed back home. at the interview, the manager got worried when i told him i would be walking to and from work.  he was thinking of making me open (4:30a) and close (out at 11pm). i tell him i live in walking distance.  it's only 20 minutes.  he is still worried. at the end of the interview, he said to call him back in the evening.  i did so and he told me he was still interviewing people in the next few days and would give me a call back.  i know what that means:  sorry.  that night i set alarm to 430 to see what it looks like outside.  looked out window at 430 and saw darkness.  i don't hear any morning traffic.  it's freezing cold outside, i'm sure.  kinda relieved manager wasn't convinced.

tuesday:   continued job hunt.  uneventful day.  that evening, decided i would go back to a cafe that is hiring the next morning. i saw them last week. they told me to come back with my info (they were out of applications). i have not returned yet.

wednesday:  woke up and was ready to go to cafe.  right before i left, got a phone call from the temp agency that i had recently submitted my resume to.  they have a job that fits my skills and wanted me to come in for interview the next day.  i hesitated.  i was planning on going to the cafe.  do i go to the temp agency for this interview?  i ask my cousin and she says i should just go.  i call back agency and tell them i am coming.  she sends me skills test to do online.  i finish and went to library to print off resume.  no job hunting today.  i call work to tell them i'm not coming.  supervisor thinks i am calling to tell him i got a job.  in admin/clerical.  i sadly tell him, no it was for a restaurant.  he feels bad and tells me there is no part-time or full-time positions at the club but would i be interested in doing project-based work that the club will pay me for.  sure, i tell him.

thursday:  put on suit and small heels and walk to temp agency in the morning.  (they are only 15 min away).  had some wardrobe problems but made it to agency.  did not get job because it needed someone to do some work on a website and i have no experience with that.  how does photoshop translate to working on a website?  those are two different things.  agent tells me she will look for admin work for me.  interview over in 15 minutes.  did not go in to work.  went home and looked at job postings online.  in the evening a supervisor from work calls.  she sounds...frantic?  the club wants to pay me for the work that i am currently doing. i will work pretty much the same schedule:  twice a week, 8hr/wk.  there isn't anything that they needed done but i appreciate that they are trying to help me.  right before she called though, i was looking at a job posting online. it's at a nonprofit, 20hrs/wk, 5 days a week, starting at $13/hr.  only requirement i don't meet is the human resources exp.  i mapped out the commute (by bus):  it's 3 hours.  somehow that didn't sink in.  i was just happy that if i got this job, i would be getting out in the afternoon (meaning i wouldn't have to bug anyone at home for a ride if i got out too late in the evening).

today (friday):  still considering that job with a 3 hour commute.  went to kohls and target to find a shirt to wear to future interviews.  currently don't have proper shirt to wear.  came home with a shirt and trousers that will need hemming.  the job offer from my supervisor does not sit well with me.  if i try to fill in the rest of my week with something from retail or food places, it will get in the way.  everybody wants an open availability 7 days a week.  sigh.  i ask my cousin if the job i just found is worth the 3 hour commute.  she responds, "heck no!"

i have no idea what to do next.  way too much this week and it was all in my horoscopes.  it warned to not make any big decisions this week.  wait till next week.  guess, we'll see what happens at work.