I can’t believe the interview lasted only ten minutes. However, I feel good about it; relieved that I didn’t have to discuss my criminal history. The client will notify the agency by the end of the day or tomorrow.
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This Hippeastrum must be blooming on God’s time, just like my blossoming hope at the fact that I have an interview Monday as a result of joining the temporary agency. The assignment is a temporary two-three month assignment.
Procedures must have changed since my last dealings with a temporary agency because I never remember having to interview with the company. My hopes remain high as I am being referred through the agency, I don’t expect it necessary to reveal my felony record.
Either way, I could use all the positive energy, thoughts, wishes you could afford to send my way.
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Wow! What an emotional roller coaster life has been this week. The reality of my life choices and the current economic times hit me when I went to the bank and realized I only had enough in my savings for one more month of expenses.
I followed up with 
Michael’s and was put on hold another day. This morning not having heard from the store manager, I called again. He is out today until tomorrow. I forgot to follow up with 
Jo-Ann because in the meantime, I had the brilliant idea to try and rejoin 
TeamOne. I just completed testing:
Microsoft Excel 2007: 90%
I am shocked. I have never used this version and still scored very high.
1 Minute Typing: 65 WPM
only 5 WPM less than what I was boasting on my resume.
3 Minute Typing: 68 WPM
I guess I need time to warm up.
Data Entry Alpha Numeric: 11844 KPM
I think this is much higher than I was indicating on my resume.
Anyway, when I called my staffing manager to let him know that I had completed the tests, he referred me to call another office for a 2-3 month assignment in 
Gardena. I just emailed my resume. I don’t know why I didn’t think about signing up with a temp agency sooner.
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Because of my current financial situation, I have been asking myself what is the spiritual lesson here? I think I found out when I sent an email to my address book notifying them that I would soon be offline. As a result some of my friends have stepped up and are making monetary contributions to keep me online and in communication. Certainly, that was not my intention by sending out my email. Preferring to be self-sufficient, it was hard for me to spiritually accept this blessing. After contacting a spiritual advisor, I learned that I should just be grateful and accept the blessings. I hate humility!
What I have learned is to humble and a little more compassionate. Through everything, I have tried to remain focused on the knowledge spiritual knowledge that God did not bring me this far to abandon me; that everything would work out in God’s time.
Still…I hope that God brings me the job before I have to rely on anyone’s goodness. To me that would be the miracle. I say this because I am fully aware that my circumstances are a result of the choices I have made in life.
In the end, I am grateful to have such wonderful, giving people in my life and will make an earnest effort to be the same from this point forward. I chose footprints as the image for this post, as it that is where I try to focus my thoughts when things get rough. I just love the piece of prose.
This is what I always thought a Zinnia looked like: full, not daisy-like, like the previous blooms in King Acres, thought it is still on the small side.
I included this one because I love the coloring on it.
Yesterday I woke to computer drama. Somehow “Security Tools (a nasty spyware application)” had infected my computer and I was unable to do anything, including farming. I found several fixes online, but not trusting the source, I decided to go back to 
Symantec for virus protection. It was an ordeal getting the program installed, but one support representative, Manmeet – just kidding, his name was David, actually called me back and resolved my issues, restoring my confidence in Symantec. The fact that I saved 25% off the purchase price was a major factor, as the kingdom coffers are running low. Ironically, I only have about a month of internet service left, but my computer will be protected for the whole next year. The next computer I buy will be a 
MAC; that’s if I ever get a job. To that end I will be visiting the 
Starbucks near the airport, Michael’s and Jo-Ann Fabrics and Crafts.
Being depressed regarding the job outlook, I filled out the 
federal student aid application online. Maybe if I get some money to go back to school, I can use some of that to live on.
I ended the day with my family, barbecuing for La Reina de las Abejas birthday and watching Mildred Pierce. Here is the cake I made for her birthday: Triple Chocolate Fudge with fudge frosting. It was gooder!
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Yesterday, I went to the bank and made a withdrawal for my August expenses (rent, phone, internet). Discovering I had approximately one more month of savings in the bank, I was depressed, despondent and dilapidated; especially since I did not get hired.
Today I offered five dollars to my mother just so I could put my name on a birthday card/gift for a three-year-old, who’s party we are attending today. On second thought, I don’t think I want to depart with five dollars for that honor.
On the bright side, when I am destitute and starving, I will have a gift card from 
The Cheesecake Factory with which I can dine at Grand Lux Cafe. This happened as a result of the 
Mother’s Day incident. Yesterday, in a last ditch effort to recover some of the money that had been stolen from my wallet I followed up with The Cheesecake Factory corporate office. I did not like the fact that the guy asked me what I was expecting as a result of my report, much less the fact that I had been left to feel unforgotten. It should have been automatic that they would send me a gift card – at least; without substantial evidence the money is gone.
Today I am bitter with humanity and the fact that I am being discriminated against because of a felony conviction. Of course this is supposition, but that combined with a negative credit history should not be the basis by which one is solely judged for employment. Whatever happened to checking one’s references?
Today my action included filing for financial aid. Hell! If I am not going to get hired for a job, I might as well go back to school.
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I just got the call; I WAS NOT hired. The store manager unfortunately informed me that the district manager would not allow him to hire me. He did suggest applying at other Starbucks in different districts, where my luck might improve. It’s too bad, I think if my hiring was left to the discretion of the store manager, he would have hired me. In the meantime, click on the image for a humorous outlook on my experience.
The Moral of the Story: Don’t commit a felony; it will ruin your life.
Giada a few days ago on the 
Food Network, I told mom about the 
Vegetable Parmesan I had seen. She wanted me to make it, and I finally got around to it today. I had the oven temperature wrong, so it took longer than instructed, but that missing portion is my taste. YUM! I am not a fan of eggplant, but really couldn’t taste it for all the cheese and marinara. I did like the fennel, which again, I had never had before.
