Friday, September 29, 2006

No Hobart for you!

The job-nazi spat this in my face as I got a call from Rachel (a very nice-looking woman) whom I met with Wednesday.

She told me that I might be able to get into the other location of Honda, but that they were 2nd-shift and I wouldn't be able to do that because of my class schedule.

Then, she told me of her friend who works at Honda and told me to call her about possibly getting a job there.

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

I might get a job at Hobart

Well, I just got a call on Tue. and went in for a tour today, so if I get picked, I should hear by this Friday if I got the job. If I do, I should be starting by next Tue. or Wed.

If I don't get that job (which would be great, other than it's further away from home than my last job), there's still a possibility that I could get in at a job where an acquaintance works.

I'm not too worried about getting a job (at least not this week). I like the free-time, but I need a steady income to get me out of debt.

Oh, that reminds me; getting out of debt was one of the goals I had for this year (or was it last year?). Well, I've got most of my credit (which was at ~$4,000 before I started work at my last job) onto a 0% APR credit card so I'm not getting hit with compound interest while I pay off my debt. That has helped a little, but the real thing that has helped me cut my debt in half in about 5 months was to come up with a simple ratio for my money and get Quicken to help me keep tabs on where I put my money. Also, to get a debit card and use that instead of credit. I've also tried not to eat out much and curb my spending habits.

I've got a little over $1, 000 in savings and about the same in a checking account I use for all my bills and spending. If I was to pay off my credit with my money I have saved in both accounts, I would be almost in the black (that might have changed to black with my last paycheck I will receive from my last job). I like the control I feel I have over my expenses and using Quicken to visually see where my money goes and what I spend the most on has been really fun, actually.

Saturday, September 23, 2006

School, sleep, (look for work?)

Well, yesterday was my last day of work and to celebrate, some of the people from work went bowling at a local bowling alley. For some of the people working there, it was the end of an era, but for me, it was just a short (but very long) 5 months.

While I don't get along with everybody (in fact, there were a few people I had a hard time with, or they had a hard time with me), it was nice that I could go and have a fun time with a few of the people I'd worked with nearly every day for almost half a year. I didn't really get to make friends with anybody there, but I wouldn't mind getting together in the future.

Anyway, I'll have a LOT of free-time on my hands now and it'd be a good chance to get some of the homework I have to do for my classes next week, but I don't want to get sedentary again and lazy.

GET A JOB!!

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

School, work, sleep(?)

Well, I haven't posted in a while, but that's isn't because I haven't had anything to say. Currently, I'm in my second week of college (first time back in about 5 years), and still working, though my job I've been at for nearly 5 months will be over next week (they're moving operations to Columbus, OH).

There's been hard things to deal with at this job, but there isn't much stress involved and it's close to home. After I get out of work, I have an hour to drive down to Sinclair Community College in Dayton. This quarter is my first time at Sinclair (I'm a transfer student) and it was a little scary trying to find my way around campus and finding the best parking spot, but my classes meet only once a week, so I can leave my homework for the weekends if I don't have any energy left after work on the weekdays.

I just got fitted for a tuxedo I'm going to be renting for my brother's wedding in about a month. This will be the first wedding I've not got to sit in the audience for (I'm one of the groomsman).

Okay, I'm tired and I'll end it now before I spend all night on this entry. Later!

Addition: I almost forgot to say something about my birthday which is September 14th. I'm writing this on the 23rd and I still haven't gotten to do really anything for my birthday, or received any presents. : ( I'll change that though in the near future.