My Spring Break is finally here! The prospect of no school for the whole week is exciting but the downside is that I have to babysit my little sis from 9 to 4 but oh well. I could be at school after all .

I just planted tomatoes in little containers in my room. I don't know why since I don't even like tomotoes lol. I guess I'll give them to my grandma when they're done growing she loves them.

My snake Krystal just shed and I learned that she is 2 and 1/2 feet long. Can't wait till she gets to be 4 feet long.

I just got a guitar.

I start my truely rediculous holidays now. Today is my last lecture until september, which strangely just isn't as good as it sounds. I do have some exams in May which will sort of break to monotiny but honestly I'm going to have more free time than anyone should and nothing really to do in it. And jobs are almost impossible to get here unless you're willing to work illegally (not a whole bundle of fun).

Still there's end of term celebrations tonight.

Theres bound to be a bit of work going somewhere. Since summer is rapidly approaching (I'm assuming it is for you I have no idea where you are) and if you're not too fussed as to what you do, you could maybe try garden centres, DIY type places or other things like that. Summer is peak season for them so they'll probably take on a few extra people even in this climate much as other places take on extra staff when Christmas is approaching..

This post has been edited by Ramirez: Mar 31 2009, 07:40 AM

I'm in the UK and yes work like that is availible but I refuse to work in catering (I just hate it) and almost all summer work pays under the minimum wage - cash in hand. Some of the bigger garden centres might not but getting there is an issue...

Well in that case I'm out of ideas but places like B&Q are bound to be looking for a few extra people if there is something like that you could actually get to. Other than that, keep your CV up to date and keep looking. You'll luck into something eventually.

Just finished Witcher. God damn it, even when I tried to choose lesser evils entire kingdoms got screwed as a part of the butterly effect.

Then again, everyone makes choices at times and at times our hand is forced.


Some less exciting news: a 50E item [Panasonic phone] got stolen from our store. What's interesting is, our cameras picked up thieves nicely, although their faces are somewhat blurry when we magnified the surveillance video. Now we'll contact the police and see what happens. In the meantime, my female boss is becoming more and more hostile toward me, blaming me even for someone else's blunders more frequently. Meh to her and to 190 euros I get every month.


This post has been edited by milanius: Apr 1 2009, 11:35 PM

You get 190 euros a month? It looks like a very small amount of money. As a paperboy in Sweden I get almost 180 euro per week (but I´m to lazy to work).

It is easter tomorrow and I gonna throw eggs on my friends then.

1 euro= 10,89 kr

I have a standing job offer from the U.S. Forest Service, for botany work based out of South Lake Tahoe, California. Unless I get a better job offer sometime soon today, I will be calling them up to accept. Unfortunately the job doesn't start until mid-May (provided the snows cooperate, which they haven't through much of the U.S. this year), but it is a job offer, after all. Will probably pay something between $14-$15 per hour ($560-$600 per week, or about 420-450 euros a week, for those on the other side of the pond).

Job offer retracted, at least for now. Ouch.

This post has been edited by canis216: Apr 2 2009, 06:16 PM

Ouch indeed. Anywhere else you could find work?

And won't somebody please think of the trees!!

Well hello ladies and gents. How have yall been doing? Figured I'd stop by and see whats up.

Hey everyone, just popping in to say "Hello" and see if any of the original forumites are still around. It's been quite a long while, and a lot of things have changed. I'm doing pretty alright for myself these days, mostly attending University in Portland, Oregon. How's everyone doing themselves?

Have had some progress in my job searching. If I don't get any other better offers soon I will probably end up working for the U.S. Geological Survey on an ecological study of Palmer's chipmunk in the mountains northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. Am hedging my bets, though--just yesterday I applied for a position studying road ecology of swift foxes, and today I need to put together an application for a botany job based out of Boise, Idaho.

Channycat, Stomach Ache! Great to see you're still around...For me it's just far too much job, far too much, but I think I'll survive...maybe.

A couple days ago I found out that a kid I used to know when I was about 4 years old and lived in a different town is in my Mass Media class.

I recognized the name (though I couldn't remember the face - my memories of that place are very vague), so I asked him if he lived in Bald Eagle Lake. He said he did. I asked what street he lived on, and it turned out to be the same street I lived on. It was definitely him. He said he wasn't sure if he remembered me - I imagine his parents might've. His parents and my parents were friends, I think. I'm not sure. It's been 17 years, and someone I barely remember has intersected paths with me again.

Small world, innit?

Well, earlier I said something about going to Vegas unless I received a better job offer... and I received a better job offer. Sometime relatively soon (within the next month, I'd say) I'll be moving to St. George, Utah, so I can work as a wildlife biology technician for the Bureau of Land Management. It's a "temporary" job, but whereas most temporary bio jobs last for like 3-6 months, this one will last for at least a year. That, and I'll be living right close to Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument... red rock heaven, really. I'm going to have a great job in one of the most stunning landscapes in the world.

Yay canis! that sounds incredibly fun...I wish you all the best with this job and I hope you'll post some pictures...I so like your nature photos!

Great stuff Canis. Sounds like a good job in a nice place, and if it lasts that long there must be a fair chance that they intend to keep you perminantly, and I can think of pleanty worse places to work.

What does a wildlife biology technician do?

Depends on the particular position and location, but my job will involve some study of desert tortoises, some habitat characterization, a little work with bighorn sheep, perhaps.

Sighs...this post does not exist. Do not acknowledge its existance.

This post has been edited by Kiln: Apr 19 2009, 02:00 PM