When I first went back to school, I actually had no clue
what I wanted to do. I just knew that living that minimum wage life wasn’t for
me. I was working two/three jobs and was barely making ends meet. I was working
at two different Payless Shoe Source locations (one in Guelph and one in
Kitchener) and then I would commute to Cambridge to work at Wal Mart. I loved
working at Payless, but hated working at Wal Mart. At the time, I was having
the hardest financial struggle I’ve ever had. As if that wasn’t enough, my car
was older (he was quite reliable for a really long time – I miss you Cobra!)
and he had its own mental break down. I woke up one “beautiful” winter morning
and my car didn’t start. I had to call into work and say I wouldn’t be going in,
and my manager (who had her own set of on-going issues) was not impressed and
told me that if I couldn’t find another way in, she’d have to go in, but I would
have to make up the day somehow. At the time, I wanted to be like, “uhm, hello!
My car literally won’t start. I live in another city, that has no attaching bus
routes, like what do you want me to do? Walk! Because, No.” However, because I’m
a respectable human being, I simply said “that’s fine.” I didn’t mind picking
up a shift to replace this one anyways.
I ended up having to call a tow truck for my car and got it
towed to the nearest mechanic. That mechanic told me that they didn’t do what I
needed there and that I’d have to go somewhere else. I ended up have to call
the tow truck back, and getting towed to another mechanic. This mechanic
inspected my car, and told me I needed a new battery. He told me how much it
would cost, and my heart stopped (I needed a new battery as well apparently). I
started crying IMMEDIATELY. That had literally never happened to me before. I
didn’t have that kind of money and I needed my car to get to work. This, my
friends, is the straw that broke the camel’s back. Although, I didn’t immediately
decide to go back to school, this was the moment I realized I needed to make a
change. Fast forward about six months, and I had enrolled into school. It was
weird choice to go into human resources, and it was only supposed to be for a
two year program. However, that turned into three, which turned into four years.
So, now, here I am.
I am in my fourth year, with one more semester to go.
However, before I can graduate, I need to do a co-op semester. I honestly
thought this was going to be easy. My school made it sound like they would find
them for us, but that didn’t turn out to be true. I spent almost five months
without one, and only one interview (You can read about that here). It was
frustrating, my friends and classmates started getting theirs, and there I was without
any prospects and nothing lined up. I knew I couldn’t graduate without having
one and I was starting to freak out. I had come this far, and how was it
possible that God wouldn’t have provided me with one. I had been faithful, I
had prayed and I was even trying to stay hopeful. The thing about believing in
God, is that faith is only truly at work when you don’t see anything happening.
If I had been getting interviews, or even replies to my e-mails, I would have
had hope that someone was willing to take a chance on me. But the truth was,
that not one person was responding to me, and I started to doubt myself and
God.
But alas (yes, I just wrote alas), someone took a chance on
the girl that had no experience. I have officially been working for London
Hydro for one month. God knew what he was doing when he provided this job to
me. I am extremely happy there. I get to do a mixture of things that will help advance
my career in the future, all the while experiencing the ins and outs of an
established business. Starting a new job is always a little intimidating, but
the girls in the office have been great, understanding and kind. It didn’t take
me too long before I started to feel comfortable and confident in my abilities.
I am hoping and praying, that when my co-op contract ends, they will hire me on
(help me pray y’all). Oh, one last thing, there is this really cute boy that
takes his lunch break at the same time as me and it’s a random ray of sunshine
in my lonely, single, life (hahahaha).
I even get a cool little badge, to get me access to rooms and areas.
That is all y’all.
Till next time.
Hopefully something else
new and exciting is happening.
