On the other side of the counter

Since moving up to Santa Barbara I've been on a mission... a job hunt of sorts. I learned from my mistakes in the past, and I applied to as many places as possible. I applied at the campus bookstore, library, rec center, and a couple places in Isla Vista (where i live).

Thankfully, after just a week of searching, I found a job! I started last Monday at the Alternative Copy Store, where students come in to pick up their readers for classes. For the past two days there it has been an absolute nuthouse with people coming in to grab their readers. I work at the cash register, and now I'm a pro at charging via credit or with cash, which is a useful skill for potential jobs in the future. It has been quite interesting being on the 'other side' of proceedings and asking for people's id and conversing with them casually. To be honest I like it, and I've got to say Comm majors are by far the most friendly customers, especially the ladies ;)

All in all, I'm quite pleased that God was able to provide me with a job so quickly. I need the money thanks to buying my own groceries and other expenses I didn't need to deal with before.

That's it for now, I'll blog about other topics some time real soon.

Until then,

Cheers!

Change in Blog

So over the course of the Summer I've been thinking of changing the title of this blog, cause "Into the Deep" sounds really heavy and serious. I want to blog about the lighter things in life, but I won't neglect some serious business rolling around in my noggin.

I'm gonna be keepin it real--no masquerade business here. This blog is a work in progress (just like me) so the name might change if I can think of something better.

Welcome to Real Time.

100% real. 100% of the time.

Summer That Was

Well I'm back up in Santa Barbara, which can mean only one thing-- School's about to start. Although it doesn't quite feel like that yet, because every morning I wake up to eat breakfast on a balcony with a beautiful ocean view. I watch the few people that are getting started on their day and observe the surprising amount of hummingbirds and bumble bees we have flying around a tree next to our house. Yeah life's quite rough here, I'm gonna just barely scrape by I think.

My summer back in San Diego was great, I really missed the comforts that Home had to offer. I read the Shack -which I will try to reread before school starts up- and started looking for jobs when I got home. It was quite an epic adventure finding work, let me tell you. I worked as a manual laborer for a couple days, and other than that I was striking out. I had two interviews with a Vans store and 'just barely missed the cut' and an embarrassing one at Sammy's Pizza that lasted all of two minutes since I never had eaten there before. Haha. But after waiting, I finally picked up a job working at a dog kennel. My sister worked there and told me they were hiring, so I jumped at the chance with desperation. Then a couple weeks later I picked up a second job at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club. So on days when I had both jobs I worked over 13 hours a day! But it definitely helped to make up for the time I lost not working.

The coolest moment I had this Summer has to be when the four of us made our monthly visit to Disneyland. We stayed for a couple days at the Paradise Pier Hotel and it had a great view of the park. We ate at the Blue Bayou restaurant and it was exquisite! All in all, I'm so glad I was able to make the adjustment of living at Home again and I'm so thankful for my family... which is something I'll never take for granted.

There's so much more I could write, but I'll hold off or else this blog will be ridiculously long. Hopefully I'll be on here soon.

Cheers