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Kylie_Pendragon
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Name: Shana
Country: United States
State: Missouri
Metro: Kansas City
Birthday: 1/29/1982
Gender: Female
Interests: All sorts of geeky stuff. I love movies, books, acting, gaming, art, and people. I enjoy being with my boyfriend Kurt, hanging out with my friends, and spending time with my family. The connections that you make in life are one of the most important parts of it.
Expertise: I suppose the only thing I would consider myself close to an expert on.. is people. I make it my business to understand, empathize, relate, or whatever. And while I'm sure I've made my share of mistakes, I think I'm better than most at understanding human nature. I'm nowhere near an expert on interior design yet.. but I'm working on it.
Occupation: Customer Service/Student
Industry: Banking (work) Interior Design
Message: message me
AIM:  RogueWarriorXx
Member Since:
4/29/2002
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| So I put sent out about ten copies of my resume to different internship/design job opportunities. I'm looking forward to starting something new, and since I'm about halfway through my degree, I think it's really time to start looking for something to use as internship credit. I've been on two different interviews, and I have two more lined up for tomorrow and Wednesday. My main concern, however, is that most of them are going to involve some sort of pay and/or benefits cut.
I'm in a position where I really need benefits. I need to continue my allergy shots, and I just don't feel comfortable not having them, in case something happens. and I need to stay on birth control, although technically I could probably obtain that pretty cheaply without insurance. But still. I can get benefits through the Cobra program at about four times the amount I'm paying with my work now. I may be able to get benefits from a company that called me in regards to an internet query.. they claim they offer benefits for those with preexisting conditions (my weight and my allergies both count), at a rate of about two times what I've been paying for insurance, which is waaaay more reasonable than Cobra.
The job I really want, if they offer it to me (I've been on the interview already) has no benefits.. they're offering me $2 less per hour than I'm making now, but only 15 hours weekly to start with no benefits, although there is the potential for a fair amount of commission. Another job I'm pretty sure I'll get offered offers benefits, but at a pay decrease of $3.50/hr. They'd be able to give me somewhere between 20-25 hours a week. Then I have another job I'm interviewing for that I have no idea what they're going to offer. Probably no benefits, considering it's a smaller company, I think. Which I imagine will put it in the $2 - $4 pay decrease.
I really need to do my internship soon, and more importantly, I really need to get a foot in the design business, some experience under my belt, and my butt OUT of Citibank. I'm considering a private student loan to cover some living expenses. I don't love the idea, but honestly, a lot of people have to do it, and I may just be one of them. I don't know that I'm going to have a choice. The longer I just stay at Citi and HOPE something works out, the worse shape I'm going to be in. But it's hard, because I've had people drilling into me my whole life not to make the same financial mistakes they've made, you know? And I don't want to end up really deep in debt.
Other than that, there hasn't been too much going on. I did spend the ENTIRE weekend cleaning out my closet in my back bedroom/office.. it looks fantastic. I'm so happy. I took the sliding closet doors off, and moved my large bookshelf in there, added a couple closet customization options to the setup I already had for crafts, and moved my DVD rack in as well. So now I've got all my arts, crafts, and design stuff in there, along with a good chunk of my books and about half our DVDs. As well as office supplies. It's really utilizing the space, and I'm happy about it. Then I cleaned up the basement quite a bit. I say "I" although really my mother helped me with a lot of this.. I don't think I could've done it without here, she keeps me motivated. It's helpful. Anyway, the basement looks fabulous, and I think Kurt is going to move the exercise machine downstairs (if it's not too tall to use with that low ceiling in the basement) and move his computer desk back here, so we have kitchen space again for a table and a couple chairs. Man, it would be awesome to eat at a TABLE again. I hate eating in the living room, at the sofa all the time.
I also got the cats a new cat litter box.. I'm hoping they'll acclimate to it okay. It's a washable one called the Cat Genie, it runs cycles throughout the day when you program it (or push the button) to clean the biodegradable granules that it uses instead of litter. Waaaaay more eco-friendly, and a lot more sanitary too. Then it uses a solution to dissolve everything and send it down the drain, so there's no litter to dispose of.
Alas, I should go as I have a homework assignment to finish up before my Space Planning class tomorrow, and I have that interview at ten in the morning for the unknown position at Design Resource Kansas City. I'll post about how it all goes, and what decision I make, I suppose.. although any advice or insight is much appreciated.
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| It's been awhile since I've posted because, honestly, I've been kind of overloaded. So sorry about that.
I'm utterly and truly miserable and work, and quite honestly, I'm getting sick of whining about it. So I'm pretty sure I'm going to do something about it soon, and I'm just trying to decide where to draw the line between financially responsible and emotionally responsible. I hate my job, I've started treating the customers sharply, my talk times are in the hole, and I'm getting stressed and anxious on an almost constant level. It's starting to remind me of how I felt this time last year before I went on short-term disability. And I won't go through it again. I'm planning on going out to JCCC tomorrow to pick up schoolbooks for next week, and to see what kind of internships are posted on the board at Jan's office. Maybe if there's nothing obvious I'll talk to Jan about my options.
Things are okay at home, although Kurt and I are trying to crack down and start cleaning the house more, keeping the place up. We've really been kind of "enabling" each other to be lazy, which is affecting both the house and our health, and it all needs to turn around.
So frustrated on the weight loss issue right now I just want to chop off all the fat with a hacksaw and hope someone can find me a holy-specced priest afterwards. Don't think it'll work that well, though. So barring some miracle, I'm still frustrated at being overweight and unhealthy and uncomfortable.
Hope everyone is doing well. I'll try not to go homicidal, but if I do, you might want to help clear the innocent bystanders, cause I'm pretty sure I'd blast first and ask questions later at this point.
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| Kurt's back - YAY! Other than that not much different, cast on till 8th then should be coming off. Can't think of anything else to write ATM.
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| Well, I haven't updated for awhile, with
legitimate reason. Typing with your hand in a splint freakin sucks, and
I didn't feel like it!
Okay, the hostility has passed. Anyway,
I'll make a long story short and let the pictures and this one sentence
sum it all up.
"FOR GODS SAKES IF YOU'RE GONNA HAUL CRAP AROUND ON A TRAILER ON THE HIGHWAY TIE THE SHIT DOWN ALREADY, K???"
Other
than that, been shopping for a new car and getting ready for classes
starting next week. Kurt's in Afghanistan for another month-ish. Been
playing TONS of WoW, for lac of anything better to do while on
disability, and because of a strong desire to acquire full Season 3
Arena gear!! PRIEST TANK FTW!!!
I did paint my living room...
well, to be accurate, my aunt, Mom, and I painted my living room. It
looks awesome. It's, like.. an adult living room now. Not a thrown
together college dorm living room. :D I'll get some pics sometime soon
to post of the living room.
Guess things could be worse, so I can't complain too bad. Hope everyone's doing okay.
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| I'm on my own for the next 6 weeks. Kurt left for Afghanistan this morning around 5:30.. his plane took off about 8:00, I believe.
No more update for now, can't think of anything to say. Other than that, everything's good. Hope everyone else is well.
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