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Last month I finished school for hopefully the last time, completing my MA in English. So now I have two very expensive pieces of paper on the wall. And now I am going through what several other university graduates go through. I'm now trying to find a decent job that is somewhat related to my field. I had a glimmer of hope when I saw two advertisements for some Communications jobs, but I haven't heard anything from either of them. I applied for a position with the Regina Folk Festival but I would've heard from them by now since the job begins on Thursday. I was also counting on working on the crew for a movie being shot in town starting tomorrow but I haven't got any word for that either. I just applied for a customer service job with Westjet so we'll see what happens with that. And I've kept checking out the U of R website about any potential openings, but there are only openings for sessional lecturers starting this Spring. So it looks like I'll join the countless of overqualified bartenders/servers with BAs and MAs doing whatever they can to pay the bills until a "real" job comes up. All I know is that I absolutely will not go back to Safeway. I honestly don't know if I could look myself in the mirror if I had to ask "Would you like a hand out with that?" again. I really don't know how people can sit on their ass on welfare or EI for months on end. Besides working at The Pump one or two nights a week I've had nothing to do but tweak my resumes and cover letters and apply for jobs. After a while it really starts to bring a person down. I've just felt so down lately. And the fact that it's winter just magnifies it since it's not always nice to go for a walk and catch some fresh air. Right now I am going batty and I have to get a job, any job, for my own sanity. I can understand why some people get part time jobs when they retire because I can only stand to stay home so much. Well, I think I've vented enough. I guess life can't always be a cherry on a sundae. Blah.