Happy Saturday

Feeling much better and enjoying a lazy weekend. Helped my LA friend's mom  (or I refer to her as my Orlando mom) with their yard sale today. They are trying to get rid of the not needed before they depart this week for LA as well. When the garage sale was done, I was fortunate that my Orlando mom passed some items to me. Among other things I received a beautiful antique night stand and some little tables that I can definitely use in my apartment. 

Additionally, I may have an opportunity come my way this week that is job related. I am trying not to jinx myself and not get too excited but I am trying to be hopeful and continue to pray that everything works out. When you are positive, better things seem to come your way. I hope that is true for me next week. Hope everyone is having a good weekend!

Don't try to run when you can't even crawl...

Maybe who ever created the "everything happens for a reason" saying knew what they were talking about.

Last week I applied to over 30 job opportunities in Orlando, Lake Mary, Kissimmee, Titusville, and even Cocoa. The only thing that has happened is that now my phone is by my side all hours of the day. Whenever my phone rings I get ready to turn my "professional self" on and then realize when I look at the caller ID it is my mother, my boyfriend, or some random friend that I haven't talked to in ages. Is it bad that I get a little annoyed it is someone I know instead of a random stranger possibly offering me some miscellaneous job opportunity? I probably sound like a horrible person, but I just want a job! I have been doing too much of this...

My fur-child Zeke keeping me company on the couch

I will get back to my point about the "everything happens..." thing. If I was employed I would of had to deal with packing up my old apartment, the move to the new one and the unpacking that follows. I was so busy that whole time I was almost thankful for unemployment. Additionally, I have been dumb the last week and started a new daily work out routine (created by Sean T from the insanity work out) and decided I would just jump into it, basically start sprinting before crawling and injured my back. I woke up on my "day of rest" from the video and I COULD NOT get out of the bed. I have never felt so much pain in my life! I can almost walk normally again but it has been 4 days of pain.

My point was (before I started rambling) that maybe I was supposed to be unemployed right now. Job or not, I would of started that work out anyways and I would be in this same position. I would like to think that the big man upstairs is watching out for me.

I am still hopeful on the job front and I am thankful I have friends also looking for me. I am still trying to stay positive because it is not worth beating yourself over something you can not control. I am hoping that who ever is reading this has a good rest of the week!

What type of glass do you have?

It's been awhile. Not going to try to make excuses this time...

I graduated with my masters degree back in May, had a job in place, and lost it just as quickly as it took me to cross the stage. The thing with social work and non-profit is that you can be the best employee ever, but funding is the ultimate boss, not the people that invest hours of their life into it. Additionally, my boyfriend and I moved in together and my room mate/best friend of five years is moving across country to start fresh in Los Angeles. I am happy for her but yet envious at the same time. I have been wanting to pick up and leave Orlando and find a new place of my own. I wanted my own fresh start.

This weekend, my other two close friends and past room mates came to my new apartment to bid farewell to our old friend and spend some time with her before the big move. The picture below was taken last night at a local bar and it will probably be the last picture taken of all of us for a long while.

In addition to spending quality time with good friends, I finally realized that I have been too hard on myself. The truth is, whether we re-locate or stay in the same place, we pick our adventures, our fresh starts and new beginnings. I can mope around and be depressed that I am unemployed and life is no longer the same as it was for the last five years of my life but maybe that's life giving me my fresh start.

Tomorrow starts a new week and I am going to take on the full time job of finding a job. I am going to exercise tomorrow and the next day and the next so I can find my old self again. I will also have to say the hardest "see you later" to the person that used to just be across the hall, to now being across the country.

I am going to say good bye to these tears and hello to my next adventure.

K.Clark on the far right, D.D, Myself, Christina, and Wa-wa