It's been what, a week since I posted? What a week it's been. I am completely drained.
So last Sunday I'm driving Emily home from Sumter, SC. We mangae to fit all of her stuff in the back of my van and make it to Chattanooga with no problems. We start driving up Lookout Mountain, and the transmission goes out on my car. Fortunately, a man from my church pulled off ahead of us and came to see that we were alright. We weren't so he went home, changed, and came back with his pickup, into which we transfered all of Emily stuff. He took us to her house, and we unloaded everything.
The next day, I started work. I borrowed Emily's car so I would be able to make it, and off I went. It's a temp job. It's pretty lousy. I'm shifting and purging radiological records at Memorial North Park in Hixon, about half an hour from my apartment. The assignment was billed as taking six weeks. At the rate we've been going, we should be done within two. I borrowed Emily's car for two days, then had to return it so she could get to school. My car is currently being repaired (for $1.5k), so I'm still without a ride. On Wednesday I bummed from Ben Horner and Mesh. Yesterday I borrowed a car from one of my elders. Today I bummed again, and with any luck, I'll be able to borrow the car from my elder until my car is fixed.
So, I'll probably be out of a job starting next week some time. OfficeTeam, my temp agency, doesn't have anything for me after that at the moment. Kelly Services, who staffs both Cigna and Blue Cross/Blue Shield, has no positions open at all. I've applied anyway, just in case. I've also applied for jobs at Erlanger and Memorial hospitals, but nothing doing there, at least nothing I've heard about. The banks aren't even accepting applications. The job postings I can find require experience and/or certification in things I don't have. I'm currently browsing the classified ads. Some friends are looking into various options for me, and right now they're probably my best shot.
So, in short, I have no job, no car, and I'm emotionally exhausted from both the stress of those things and various relational issues I won't go into here.
I guess that's all I've got right now.
Posted by ryan at January 9, 2004 06:44 PM | TrackBackLast Saturday, I think it was, John Gregor and I saw your van on the side of the road and wondered what had happened. Sorry to hear about that. I hope things turn around soon.
Posted by: Evan Donovan at January 10, 2004 02:48 PMI understand completely. I'm doing the same thing.
Posted by: rob at January 10, 2004 06:28 PMcongratulations on using "relational" rather than the abhorred and overused "relationship," not that it's an adjective anyway, but I'm sure if you'd been especially perverse you could have worked it in there. Anyway, all that to say, I'm sorry, man.
Posted by: linnea at January 11, 2004 06:22 PMI miss you Ryan.
Posted by: Nats at January 12, 2004 07:33 PM