ALLO!

It’s been awhile.

I feel as though I have disappeared from the face of the earth while I was in China. Although the trip was spent with my family, I really appreciated the change in atmosphere. Now I am back and forced to pick up where I left off and answer the big question "So, what's next?". I applied for a government sponsored position in New Zealand but the bastards refused to call me in China for a phone interview. Still waiting to hear from European placements I applied for.

The only enthusiastic employer is a resort in Banff called Johnston Canyon. Moms is not too hot on me flying off to Alberta to clean rooms and pour coffee after all that university education. Haven’t really decided on the Banff thing. My CV lists enough jobs that cultivated independence and other practical skills. I am considering turning it down though. It is about time that I look into career related jobs and find out what I am worth. Looking back on my semester exchange to Australia last year, I realized that it was my excuse to get away from living at home. Although it was a nice break, coming back to life-as-it-was turned out to be very painful. It made me realize that I was simply running away and not making any real progress. Going to Banff would be, to a certain extent, repeating Australia. It would be me running away and then coming right back to where I left off. I should really just suck it up and move on. Job search is not one of my favourite things in the world, but alas it must be done.

My mother is not pleased gives me the silence treatment and sporadic
cold remarks treatment. At least she has to go to work everyday so I can get a
break from her presence.

I am getting my wisdom teeth out tomorrow. So not ready for the pain.