Cutting Back

Hello There My Little Bunnies,

So, first of all I want to tell you all that I am thankful for all of you as my readers. I have been blogging since December of 2003. For the first five years, I was lucky if I ever had more than three comments. Just look through my archives. But I didn't care.  I wrote for me, and eventually when AOL shut down the blogs, and I moved to Blogger, I ended up getting more readers.

I don't write for anyone, and I write whatever I feel comes to mind. And I want to thank those of you that read my blog and those of you that leave comments or even lurk.

I am used to writing almost every day, but I just got hired, and I started my new job yesterday. I have been swamped lately and I just don't think I am going to be able to write as often as I would like.

I work in a law firm as a patent clerk, finally something in my field. I know that the economy sucks ass right now, but even though, none of this was through luck. I did not get lucky with this job. I didn't have any connections, I didn't know anyone that could help me, they found my resume and contacted me.  I can fully say that I earned it and that I am the best person for the job and I had wonderful references through my past internships. I've had luck before in life. Great things have happened to me that I didn't really earn. But this, I busted my ass for.

I have faced rejection non-stop for the past two and a half years. When I first started out, before I even went back to school, recruiters were rude to me and I could barely get people to talk to me or even give me advice on how to get into the field. I had to go back to school even though I had a bachelors. Luckily after I got my paralegal certificate last year, people started calling me and I did get a lot of interviews. At one point I had four interviews in one week, only to get rejected four times in a row. But at least it was nice rejection. I did well in most of the interviews and would make it to the second round, they usually just went with the other candidate. And I can say this because I've gotten compliments from the interviewing attorneys or the admins.

None of this came easy, and I had to work for free for two years by volunteering while I went to school and worked. I really enjoyed volunteering, and it was through that, that I gained the confidence to do well in interviews. And I gave back to the community. But even though I volunteered and had good grades, no one was giving me a chance.

Finally someone finally said yes.

Anyway, so my advice to anyone that is looking for a new job is to not get discouraged. I did get discouraged along the way and I would stop looking altogether. That is the worst thing you could do. It just brings you down further mentally and then on top of that, no one is calling because you didn't put out your information.

My biggest piece of advice is to not be afraid of rejection. You have to be okay with getting rejected and learn to move on. In fact, you need to just know that there is a job out there somewhere for you and you just have to find it. Because once I started thinking like that, things turned around. You have to think that tomorrow is another day and that anything could happen. Because it really can. And what have you done to prepare for that ? Once I started putting my information out there more and more, maybe things didn't happen, but I did get calls. Getting an interview even if it doesn't work out is better than no response at all.

If you are thinking my advice can suck it, and you've tried positive thinking and it blew up in your face because maybe you're unemployed and are tired of rejection after rejection, then I can understand that too. (It took me two and a half years to find an entry-level job in my field, a job that in a good economy would just require a high school education.) What I would then ask you is 1.) Do you like your line of work ?
 2.) Do you truly think you're qualified for the job you're applying for?
 Because if you can't stand your line of work, or if you are underqualified, then yes, positive thinking isn't enough. You will then need to change your line of work or invest some time in bettering yourself. And you have to invest that time. I knew that I would have to put in a solid couple of years in school and make a lot of sacrifices, but I got over it and did it, and it was totally worth it. And if you can't do that, then you're just going to have to have thick skin and not be afraid of rejection.

Okay, enough of me preaching.

I will still be posting and making my rounds on your blogs and leaving comments because you are all comment whores. Just not as often. I know that I may lose some readers, but I hope not.

Ciao for now, loves !

Besitos !

Say What ???

Hello My Little Babies,

So my former roommate is having a baby shower in a couple of weeks for his girlfriend. I swear, there must be something in the water since I will be attending 3 baby showers before June. I don't have that many friends, so three pregnancies is a lot in my world. Looks like I will be switching to soda.

Anyway, I went by his place since I still get some mail over there (even though I haven't lived there in 2 years) and he asked me if I was bringing someone.

At first I thought he was casually mentioning it, so I left it alone. But no, he kept asking, and said that I should bring someone with me to the babyshower. I asked " as in a date" and yes, he really is hoping I bring a guy to the babyshower.

Seriously ? Who does that ? I am very single at the moment. How in the hell does he expect me to pull this off ?

How desperate would that be if I asked a guy to accompany me to a baby shower ?

What Does This Look Like To You ?!?!?!

Hello Loves,

Okay, so down to business. I need a you all to weigh in and tell me that I am not losing my effing mind. The picture below is the view directly from my apartment. If you walk into my living room, this is what you are staring at. This is how it looks during the day.

Below is what it looks like at night. When it's night time, the middle window below is the only one that lights up. No one else's window is lit. Not even with curtains. The whole front of the building is completely dark except for the window below. I think it's a hallway or a completely vacant apartment. But I think it's a hallway. But it looks like an old widow standing in front of the door about to open it.

A little closer........... At first this freaked me the fuck out. I was just sitting on the couch watching the traffic, and then when the streetlights went out, I saw that. The figure just stood there and wouldn't move. I've been here at my place for a few months, and I just noticed this. Of course, I stood there and waited for her to move or to turn around and drop the hood and show me her skeleton face, but no such thing happened.......YET. I stood there frozen for about 15 minutes focusing my eyes on one of the squares and the whole time she didn't budge an inch.

So I have come to the conclusion that this is an object and not a person nor a ghost. But what could this possibly be this shape in the dark ?

Please someone tell me.

Thank you !

Love,

Senorita

Omg ! I gots me an OMB !!!

Hello There My Little Rose Petals,

So Sweet Britches nominated me for an award and I am stoked ! I love me some bloggy awards.

So in exchange for accepting this award for my awesomeness, I have to follow the rules below which I am copying and pasting from her blog:

1. Get really excited that you got the coolest award EVER. Done ! That wasn't hard since I am a total blog award whore.

2. Choose ONE of the following options for accepting the OMB! award:

(a) Get really drunk and blog for 15 minutes straight, stream-of-consciousness style. I've never even been really drunk before so NO.......

(b) Write about your most embarrassing moment. Not a chance. I could tell you about the time I accidentally farted in an interview in front of the managing attorney last year, but oh wait, I already did. The other moment that was way more mortifying than that is going with me to the grave.

(c) Write a "Soundtrack of your childhood" blog. No way, I can't write lyrics for shit.

(d) Make your next blog a "vlog", or video blog. No, I don't like how I sound, and I don't have a camera.

(e) Take a picture of yourself first thing in the morning, before you do anything else (makeup, brush hair, pee, etc.) and post it. Finally, something that is doable !! Yes !



3. Pass the award on to at least three, but preferably more, awesome bloggers like yourself. Don't forget to tell them (duh).


First things first. Below is the picture of me taken after I had just woken up. I hadn't even gotten out of bed yet. I am cheating, as this was taken a few years ago. But to make it up to you, I made a funny face !

So yeah, that quality sucks, but that is a good thing, cuz otherwise you'd be able clearly to see up my nose.

Anywhore, so now I get to choose three of my readers that I dare to accept the award and the challenge.

Let's see who I dare.................

1.) Mac who has got to be one of my perviest followers and he rides a Harley. Sometimes I think those go hand in hand.

2.) Ashleigh my friend in real life and on my blog. Without her, I would have no one to eat cake batter and frosting with.

3.) Illy who is a fabulous Sagittarius, and I would love to see what option she would chose and what she would say.

4.) *BONUS* Fireblossom. She is a new reader to my blog, and I love her attitude.

So that is all for now my loves ! Besitos !

Downfall de Senorita

Hello There My Little Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Eggs,

Lemme just say that I LOVE Easter candy. Halloween candy sucks compared to Easter candy. Easter is where I think about Jesus and grow another ass. My weakness is the chocolate covered marshmallow eggs that come in the styrofoam carton in pastel colors. I found mine at Walmart for a buck. I was tempted to drop ten bucks, but I restrained myself. My other downfalls include, but are not limited to Peeps, malt chocolate balls in the milk carton, and marshmallows. Did I also mention that I LOVE the little Easter stuffed animals ?

You can blame my mother for that. While you're at it blame her mother too. We're Austrians and Austrians can't say no to sweets.

I thought that I was doing well yesterday. I ran four miles. My waist has been getting smaller, and I am slowly trying to get that hourglass figure back.

 But no, I had to undo all the good I did by eating all those chocolate covered eggs. Ah well, you live and you learn. The sugar high was good though, for about 20 minutes. Those eggs were good. Such soft marshmallow middle with a chocolate covering that just melted in my mouth.

You know what I am thankful for ? The high metabolism I used to have before I turned 26. I am thankful that I took advantage of it and ate tons of cake, frosting and ice cream while I could. Because I had a window of opportunity and I took it. And I didn't take it for granted.

Of course I have to be way more careful now, but that is okay. We all have to slow down sometime and I've had to learn. But I am getting better.

Okay, better get some sleep now.

Besos !