Day ten

My dad and my sister took off for Fresno today, looking at apartments for the spring at Fresno State. Lord willing she'll be able to find a place to live for this semester.

In other news, my job search continues. I sent out more applications today, trying to see if I can land someplace closer to home. Where I work now in Glendale, I need to get up at 4:50 am to catch the first of two buses to get to work by 7:00. I don't really like having to do it, but I prayed that God would enable me to adjust.

I like where I work, but it's becoming more and more clear to me that I can't really stay there. I can't really afford to stay there, I want and need to pick up more hours, and while I've picked up a few more responsibilities and skills in office work, there's not really any chance for advancement. I know they would give me more hours more consistently if they could, but they can't.

I've actually worked for this company twice. I first got hired the day after Labor Day 2004. It was my first job, and I found it through my oldest sister's friend, who had just started working there himself. I worked four days a week, ten and a half hours a day. Looking back, it amazes me that I could do those long days, working a compressed full-time schedule. For a time, I was perfectly content to stay there forever; I really entertained the idea of making a career out of a job I got a year out of high school.

Eventually, I scaled my hours back as I moved through college, until January 2008 when they laid me off. The business had been slowing down those last few months until they had to let me go. Fast forward to October 2012; in those years, I've finished college, completed pharmacy technician training, and got saved. Word gets to them that I'm not working (my boss goes to my church), and they need somebody on an as-needed basis. They call me up to come in on the day after my birthday, and I've been back over since. And now, it's time to move on. Hopefully sooner rather than later.