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not perfect, but working on stable

My fiancé decided that trucking was not his idea of a good career for a man with a family. They were never going to let him come home, and if he complained he would get fired like others before him had. So he jumped ship. Leaves us in a bind, but, there are many other things we can do. For instance, I can apply for assistance for the time being while we're both looking for work. I am also re-enrolling in beauty school for August. I really want to finish school and I plan on doing it in the next year. He's going to apply and has been calling temp agencies our roommate told him about. These agencies pay fairly well and would earn him more weekly than truck driving actually would. And while he works for the temp agencies, he's going to keep track of the local transit agencies and job openings with one of them. I might spend my free time at the park with the kids selling sodas and waters and homemade cookies for some extra cash. Hey if the tamale ladies can do it, so can I. Tha

Changes... good and bad

I had to leave school this month. I had to leave my home in Vegas. I moved my family to California. I am staying with my HM (heart mother aka the woman who should have always been my mom). I am engaged (finally). I am happy, but most of all my family is happy. I've had a hard time with finding reliable paying jobs in Vegas as was my fiancé. We looked and looked, and everything that came along just either didn't pay, or didn't pay well. We were two months behind in our rent, and fast running out of food to feed our children. I did what I had to do. I sold anything of real value, packed a few of our meager belongings, and we moved to where there was a job for my fiancé. California. We are currently staying with my mom (temporarily) and within in three days my fiancé found a job. A real one, not something commission based, he's training to be a trucker. He will be gone for weeks at a time, which will be hard on the kids and me, but it will make him close to 1500 a week, w

Las Vegas Unemployment and Jobs not available... or are they?

I have applied to many restaurants out here, and other places as well, but I get no call backs for interviews or an email stating I'm not qualified enough. I have plenty of experience in different types of jobs but, it doesn't seem to be enough. I'm not the only one out of work, and I'm not the only one getting no response from the places that claim to be hiring either. But when I see an ad for a bartender who needs to send in a head shot, or server who needs to send a full body shot, that's discrimination. I realize Nevada is a right to work state, but it is also and equal opportunity state as well... or so they say. Here are a few links to the craigslist ads people are posting about their experiences looking for work: http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/fbh/1628778138.html http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/fbh/1629136186.html http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/fbh/1629324213.html http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/fbh/1627288890.html http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/fbh/1627723590.

Trouble Makers are gone... Stuck in Elevator for 30 minutes

Ok so on Thursday I went to talk to the dean, and he turned me away, but told me he was on it. We're in class 15 minutes and told to go on break early. Ok, so me and my friends get on the elevator and Javie tells seven other students to get on cause he didn't want to make them wait for the elevator. So in total there were 11 of us on the elevator and the elevator decided it wasn't going anywhere, and it wasn't going to let us of either. We were stuck on the damn thing for 30 minutes! I blame Javie for it. LOL. When we were rescued we were informed that the trouble makers were no longer in our class. I so hope that this resolves any further issues. Gotta go get ready for school now.

Issues with troublemakers at school

So, I go to class today hoping for things to be different. Nope, not at all. First of all we're supposed to be reading the second part in chapter 8 cause our teacher is in a meeting. Those girls couldn't shut their yaps so I couldn't concentrate. I had to put on my headphones and still was only able to read the first couple of pages. When our teacher was there, they started off on how they were having trouble reading the second part cause they never read the first (which we tried to do on Monday and yesterday but they kept interrupting). Another girl spoke up about it and said that we all need to wear our big girl pants (meaning we all need to act like the adults that we're supposed to be), and Big-Mouth had to act out like she doesn't get it and starts talking crap about the other girl. OMG what, are we still in f-ing high school. They continued to harrass her and her friend as well me and another student and our teacher. They were totally disrespectful, didn't

Vindication at school!

Today we were supposed to learn all about a uniformed layer (aka 90 degree angle) cut. Our teacher was trying to show us but the same people were all, "That's too hard, I don't get it." I wanted to say, "You know what? If you shut your GD mouths for more than 30 sec at a time, you might actually hear what the teacher is trying to teach us." Did I... uh-uh, no way man, NOT my job. So after break we came back to try and get it done but since NO ONE in class was able to pay attention because of a few kids who can't shut their yaps (I personally tune everything out when they start talking cause it's all stupid to me), none of us really got the concept. So what happened? The teacher went off on the class as a whole. Ok... I didn't appreciate it being turned on me ( I sit in the front row so I can actually learn something) but I did like the fact that she got the point across to Miss That's-too-hard. Maybe now she'll listen and actually do some

Screwed by Jackson Hewitt

72 hours my fucking ass. OMG I just talked to the bank they are using and they are saying that I was denied my RAL because of low credit. I have ALWAYS had low credit and I have ALWAYS been able to get a RAL until this year. NEVER go to Jackson Hewitt. I have to pay them $492 for their fees alone. That's flippin ridiculous! Now I'm not expected to get any money until next Friday at the latest, that doesn't help me now when I need the money for rent that is WAYYYYY late. I have no clue what I am going to do.

Test Number 2 for beauty school

I aced it yet again. Woo hoo! With ONLY a 94 this time, not the highest in the class but not bad for not reading the chapter. ;) Today, we started reading chapter 8 Design Decisions in class. Did we get through it? No. Why you ask? Well, for pretty much the same reason every time we do theory in class. We were interrupted by someone who does not take the class seriously. This same person failed last weeks test TWICE, AND failed this weeks test too! After we took the test we only had 30 minutes till break to do theory, which is understandable, but after TWO minutes of the teacher trying to go through the chapter, this kid is all, "I don't want to read about hair cutting and designing I just want to do it"... seriously? I am SO sick of these kids ruining our class by whining and crying about how HARD it is to learn it all, and then do a 180 and say that this is NOT a college. WTF?!?!?! Seriously? Hello? Anyone home? Do you not know that the school we attend is an ACCREDITED

Jackson Hewitt is NOT the place to go to get your taxes done anymore

So I went to Jackson Hewitt to get my taxes done because they have always been good to me. Well this year they switched banks so they no longer do instant refunds or next day, you HAVE to wait 72 hours, or so I was told. Well it has been 97 hours since my taxes were done and they are now telling me that Saturday and Sunday do NOT count as days anymore. Really? SO, now I HAVE to wait till tomorrow. I was completely IRATE so I was glad to tell the several people waiting to do their taxes to go to Check City or H&R Block to do their taxes where they will get their money back when they are told that they will. The Jack (that's what I call people who are jack a$$e$ to me) in the office then decides to yell at me about how wrong it was for me to cause them to lose several customers. I told them it was wrong of them to lie to me and tell me 72 hours when it is going to take 120 hours. If my money is not there tomorrow, I will be sitting outside their offices till I have to go to schoo

Beauty School and Me

So this past Monday we had our first test. It was on Trichology. Trichology is the study of hair. Our teacher was very ill for two days so we had a sub on Monday. Who allowed the kids (and yes I mean kids) to run kinda wild and do as they pleased. These little buggers were all, "We can't concentrate cuz it's too quiet, can we turn on some music for the test?" Seriously? Are you f-ing kidding me? I did 100 questions in 20 minutes and only got 6 wrong. I also received the highest score in the class of a 94, the next highest was lil miss One-Upper with a 91 (I call her one-upper cuz anything that's happened to you she's had done better or worse to her) and my friend CSI (she is a forensic tech for metro) got a 90. I was glad to have our instructor back on Wednesday. Most of the class failed their test, and admitted it was probably due to be distracted by the music, and more than half of the re-testers failed when they had to make up the test on Thursday. Most of

I started school yesterday.

So yesterday was my first day of school. Yay!!!! I got most of my kit, which is REALLLLY cool. I'm only missing perm rods rollers and the whole manicure kit... but I'm sure we'll get those soon. I have to ask my teacher if I can get a woman's smock cause right now I have a guys smock and I want the fitted one dammit. LOL. The sucky part was I started my period on the same flippin day. YUCKO! oh well gotta deal with it. Gotta find some cheap comfy shoes in black, cause my black flats are totally uncomfortable. They're too small. Off to the store.

New Beginnings

I start a new beginning this week. Tomorrow I officially become a cosmetology student. I will learn the art of hair design, nails, and esthetician. It is only part time and I have to complete an 1800 hour course. Doing it part time means it will take me 22 months. I am ready for this. I need this, want it and will have it by 11/11. I will work hard to become the best at this craft. I will start off my career in a salon owned by someone else, and withing 5 years hope to own my own salon wherever I want to in this world. I am very excited.I will post my progress as I progress.

Life Changes

So, I've been thinking long and hard about my life lately. I've come to a decision about it. I'm going back to school. yes you heard me right. I'm going back, and I'm going to become a hair stylist. I've wanted to do it for years. My sister went to cosmetology school, but she gave up on her dream. I've been wandering aimlessly for the last 12 years, from job to job, never truly satisfied with what I was doing. I know Beauty school cost money, but I will figure a way to make it happen. I want to do this for me. It's the first and only real thing that has inspired me to continue my education. I'll keep everyone updated on my progress.