I'm swapping day 18 and 19 because I feel like writing about what I want to write about right now.
Carpe Diem. Seize the day. It's pretty much the motto of my life. I'm the type of person who acts on impulse, so if something sounds good and I feel like doing it, I put all my energy towards doing that one thing. I'm not sure if this is a good thing because I feel like I often times change my mind halfway through powering towards one goal in order to pursue something else. But eventually some things get done and it feels awesome. For example...culinary school! Road trip across the US! Skydiving! Getting a job at the bread basket! Things work out.
My latest fiasco (fyi-fiasco is the word of the day. I've used it at least seven times) started last Tuesday. My mom suggested to me that I move to Idaho in the Spring instead of waiting until the Fall and I became obsessed. It felt like a great idea, I haven't had any luck with finding a job out here, and I'm simply ready for a change of pace. I need new faces and new scenery. I spent forever looking into apartments out there, figuring out which ones still had rooms open for the spring, which ones I could afford, where people I knew were staying... I found an apartment, I got all the papers ready to be sent back with the deposit...but then I was told I'm ineligible to even live in BYUI housing until I have a track assigned to me.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with how BYU-Idaho works, there are three semesters: Spring, Fall, and Winter. When you apply, you are assigned two semesters to attend (your track) and then one semester to have off (your off track.) This enables the school to have many more students than it's capable of having on a normal school schedule. It worked out great for me before because I was on the Spring/Fall track. I attended school in Idaho April-December and then went home January-March. No cold Idaho winters for me! However, I'm now in a rut because I have to be reassigned a track since I took so much time off. I can't live in BYUI housing until the semester I'm accepted to starts. I don't find out for at least another two weeks. If I'm moving into this apartment complex that I want, I need to sign a contract pretty much now or it'll fill up. It's an awful situation to be in and the housing/admissions offices aren't helping at all.
But I was saved! I got a call today from a grocery store I applied to a couple months ago. I applied for the bakery, but they had a position in their Starbucks open up and they liked my availability. I went out there and interviewed and they offered me the job on the spot. 35 hours a week, Sundays off, great pay. I start training on Wednesday. BYUI will have to wait until September. Bittersweet.
So, carpe diem. It might be my saving grace, it might be my demise. For now, it's making things hectic, but so good.
You may call me The Mormon Barista.
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