https://nephir.dreamwidth.org/ Across the sky I reach for you - Dreamwidth Studios Sun, 21 Oct 2012 16:42:22 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios nephir personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/576148/555845 https://nephir.dreamwidth.org/ 100 100 https://nephir.dreamwidth.org/214834.html Sun, 21 Oct 2012 16:42:22 GMT https://nephir.dreamwidth.org/214834.html And it starts out like this; over the summer, although I'd done the 'walk' for graduation I had one last class to take and pass.<br /><br />PUBLIC SPEAKING<br /><br />Just so I am clear, this shall never be spoken of again. <br /><br />The class itself wasn't that horrible, but I found myself wondering why the hell I actually had to subject myself to this class. I could see the point for several in my cohort - they couldn't get up in front of the class to present a slideshow, let alone a persuasive argument, but I'm an old pro at standing in front of crowds and talking. Oh well, it really doesn't matter, I did the fucking class and passed and have my diploma sitting at the school waiting for me to pick it up.<br /><br />Things got really hairy by the end of summer financially here as my student loan wouldn't pay for the singular class and the annuity that I'd been receiving monthly from my mom's estate ran out (with out a statement or notice from the annuity company). Luckily I'd only scheduled one bill payment to come out so I didn't have a load of fees from the credit union.<br />Luckily enough all my job hunting FINALLY paid off and I have a full time job, in the profession I got a degree for and everything!<br /><br />I'm working for a funeral care center. What this means is that we aren't an actual funeral home, instead we provide services to 40+ funeral homes in the area that include removal and storage of decedents, cremation, embalming, casketing, and the more frequent than I would have thought shipping of said decedents to other places via plane and train.<br /><br />I've been there two full weeks and the best part is that I'm also doing my internships there. No more trying to find a funeral director to intern under, or embalmer either. I'm interning under the boss for my funeral director internship and under one of the embalmers for my embalming internship.<br /><br />And the truly bestest part of all? Its a paying job!<br /><br />For the first time in 3 years I am working full time. It's a big adjustment and it feels great! <br />Now I'm just playing to learning game and working on getting used to working full time again. I figure in another week or so my body will realize and adjust to the early wake up and will stop nagging me so much about it all.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=nephir&ditemid=214834" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://nephir.dreamwidth.org/214834.html job random update funeral business school Does the washing machine count? accomplished public 6