Tomorrow at 7:00 a.m....
..I start my new job! Ouch, I think the whole 7 a.m. thing is gonna get old *real* quick! Or perhaps its the going to bed at 10:00 that's gonna get old, or not getting off until 5:30... who knows. Its almost 10 now & I'm exhausted.. then again I hiked half way up Bear Mountain today so I think I'm allowed to be a bit tired.
So that was the extent of my day, I went hiking for 5 hours. Didn't make it to the top of the mtn because my knees started bothering me. Oh well, next time. So, I came home, chilled, went out & had coffee at The Trident. Packed as usual, I was kinna hoping to run into my friend Devin, but he was not there. Found a nifty book at their bookstore though showing all the different hiking trails in & around Boulder County. The Bear Canyon/Summit trail I was on today was noted to be pretty strenuous, so I don't feel quite so bad about not finishing it being that I've never hiked any more than one mile before. :-)
Tomorrow.... ack! I'm nervous! I hope they like me!

Welcome to the world of the employed...
Alriiiiiight! I have a job! I start on Monday with the construction firm! Who-hoo!!
More on that later, I need to celebrate! ;-)

NewsFlash!
Alright, just given an update on the job situation. Someone called GTHKO for a reference just now concerning my interview from this morning. Good things! Good things!
Now I"m *really* gonna go explore a mountain! Ta-ta!

J-O-B
Alright, another interview this morning. I think it went rather well... not what I *want* to be doing, but hey, a jobs a job right? Besides, aside from the hours, this one sounds like fun. So, this one is with a construction/engineering firm, Jacobs Engineering. They building some boiengineering lab for Amcor(?). Regardless, they're building something! My job would basically be an office manager type position. There would be like 20-30 other office sort of people (engineers, etc.) plus over 200 construction guys and I would basically be working with all of them! Ack! Talk about hectic! Love it! Money also is pretty decent, $14-$15/hr + over time. Heh, no dressing up! That'd be nice!! This one's a whopping two miles from the house. :-) The only thing that sucks, hardcore, are the hours... its 48 hours a week, 7 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 7 a.m. to 3:30 on Fridays. Ouch! I'd have to be rollin my ass out of bed at like 6 a.m.!!! Double ouch! *But* that's time & a half for the additional 8 hours a week.... hehehe niiiiiiice! That would be very nice to have some cash saved up for when school starts.
Plus I was thinking, its better that I didn't get that job I liked so much, it would've sucked when I quit to go back to school. It would've been like leaving GTHKO all over again! (That totally sucked by the way!) Yea! So! I need a crappy job I hate that I'll look forward to quitting! hehehe
Again, they want someone ASAP, and I *think* the interview went well. I should be hearing soon!! In the meantime, I headed out to the mountains!

A-ha! Just got a call from Melinda over at my temp agency, I have an interview in 45 minutes! Who-hoo!

5:00, no call, no job... :-(
Me go do yoga.

Twitchy...
I'm supposed to hear about that job today with Finberg Law Firm! I'm dieing here! I wanted to take a ride out to the mountains today, do some exploring. But I'm not too confident as to how well my cel phone works out there & this is not one phone call I'm willing to risk missing! So now I'm stuck here, being nervous!! Its 2:46, what's up? Why haven't they called? They said they'd contact me either way... arrrrgggghhh! Should I call them? What on earth would I say? "Hi, this is Shannon, ya gonna hire me or what?" LOL this unemployed thing is sooooo old.

Shopping! Yay!
Can you believe it? September 1st already! What is up with that?! Ive been here in Boulder for a whole 3 weeks now. Def seems longer than 3 weeks, but on the other hand, still seems like Christmas was the other day..
Well, one good thing about it being September 1st & Labor Day.. I got to go shopping! Yay! Consignment shop down the street had a 50% off sale.. I couldn't resist. I needed to stock up for winter! Yea.. that's it... So! Here's what I got:

-Baby blue tank top
-Navy blue board shorts w/ orange & white stripes
-Yellow, white, blue, green, & orange striped shirt (for yoga class)
-Super velety soft tan knit sweater
-A long wrap around jean skirt
-An orange, brown, tan, & white knit sweater
-Super velvety soft brown knit sweater
-"Brownish/blackish/blueish/I don't know what color" courderoys
-Yellow sweater with navy blue/white stripes across the chest
-Plain gray shirt
-Black slacks with nice indian embroidery on the cuffs
-Grey & white pinstriped skirt (great for work)
-3 pairs of jeans

Who-hoo! That was fun.. spoke with Scott today, sounds like I may actually be getting my deposit back on my apartment. He actually paid people to go in & clean it! Wow! I'm impressed! So, that'll be nice, few extra bucks to send to the credit card people. :-)
I should find out tomorrow whether or not I got that job with Finberg Law Firm... ::pins & needles here people:: I'm gonna be crushed if I don't get it... I hope everyone else they interviewed sucked! Heh, was that mean? Well, I hope they just liked me as much as they seemed to. Well, I think I shall ride my bike downtown & have some coffee so I can chill. ;-P

From last week, Thursday August 28th, 2003
Typed this in last week, for some reason it didn't post...

6:06 pm
Great interview!! Def the sort of job I want! Interviewed with a law office right down the street, the girl who interviewed me had a nose ring & was wearing jeans & a sweatshirt. The head partner was very cool. Left DC b/c of the 'cookie-cutter-ness' of it all. (Yes! Take that!) Anyways, they are both attys, I would be assisting them. They do a variety of different types of law real estate, estate and asset protection, corporate, business, music & entertainment, IP, & employment. They seemed to like me... I def liked them! He even said he was impressed with my 'gusto for life' as well as my resume. Yay! Say your prayers and light your candles for me ladies and gentlemen. I should be finding out *real* soon.

Here's their website:
http://www.finberglaw.com/

11:46 am
Alriiiiiiight! Just came from the temp agency, they seemed impressed. Melinda said she may have some work for me coming up for next week! Data entry ::yawn:: but hey, its money in my pocket!
*And* Finberg Law Firm has contacted me for an interview! Who-hoo! We are currently in the midst of a great phone-tag game. I am excited, I know I can do this job. Legal Assistant for a small 2 attorney firm, some office management duties. Should be decent pay, and they are seriously *maybe* a quarter mile from my house. Yay! Alright peoples, you better be wishing me luck!

Found my ticket! Yay! ::Happy Dance::
Just in time to ride my bike down to the church (?!) where Thich Naht Hahn was speaking. Just a bit odd huh? A buddhist monk speaking in a Christian church when the Shambhala Center & Naropa University (both buddhist) are within one mile. He really speaks about universal truths mostly anyways so I guess it wasn't that odd..
Anyways, ran into my friend Heather there. She just recently moved out here from LA, she hasn't returned my calls from last weekend so I figured I'd pissed her off somehow. Turns out she's just having a hard time adapting to the move & stuff. I can definitely hear that. We went next door for meditation afterwards.
Walked around Pearl Street after that, had a snack & a glass of wine, rode the bike home (up hill this time... argh!). So, I'm fricken beat!! Rich & Sarah went out to dinner together (awww, how cute!). They invited me to watch a movie with them over at the Forest House later with their old roommates. Def debating on it... maybe after a nap.