It may not be apparent to many of you IPFW students, but IPFW has a great resource for those students looking for a job or internship. IPFW JobZone lists work study positions, internships, part time jobs, and full time jobs in the area and around the country. It offers also some pretty interesting positions as well, so in no way would it be a waste of your time to check it out.
The IPFW Consumer and Family Sciences department also offers a listing of current jobs that are available in the Hospitality industry specifically in the Fort Wayne market. It can be found at http://www.ipfw.edu/cfs, and click on “Student Resources” on the left, then on “Job Opportunities and Internships”.
If you are an employer that is looking to put a listing on the IPFW JobZone search, there is an area for you to do so. Click on the link provided at the end of this post and click on “employers”.
I have to say, I actually don’t completely hate my job now that I know it will be ending soon. There’s really something to be said for showing up 20 minutes late and not giving a fuck. That got the day off to a great start, and from there it only got better. I only cussed 3 times, and once was just to make sure I still knew how. It is amazing to actually have an ok day.
*Disclaimer: This post may be rude and offensive to some. If you are easily offended, please do not read this post.
Let’s talk about food stamps, shall we? After having the incident with the angry customer, I started to notice some things:
There is a distinct “look” to the people on Government Assistance- yes, you can’t lie, there are distinct looks to people in my line who are on food stamps, and they look “trashy”. Most people associate them having the looks of stringy hair, rotten teeth (or lack there of), smelling bad, normally wearing sweatpants OR they look decent but are covered in tattoos or look high all the time. It’s sad that in my years of being a cashier, I can pick them out of a crowd like a criminal line up.
There is a distinct “look” to their food orders-yes, this is also true. I’m sorry, but when I see 35 of those $1 TV dinners, something snaps in my brain, and I KNOW that they’re not just “cheap”
Please don’t get me wrong, I think Government Assistance is great…for people who NEED it. There is a difference in people who NEED it and people who abuse the system to get a free ride. My ex-husband was like this. Notice how I said EX, lol. He was a lazy SOB who didn’t want to work, so he worked the minimum number of hours so he got assistance, and then bought steak and lobster for food every month. It made me sick. Don’t ask me why I married the dude because it was a complete lack of judgement on my part. In my state, you have to work a minimum of twenty hours a week to be considered for GA. So in order for the trash-bags to make sure they have their food stamps, they’ll just go to the local Mickey D’s and get a job, knowing they can do better, so they can get their weekly requirement.
Y’all make me sick! It’s called a freaking JOB. If you can’t afford what you have, it’s called a “second job”. It’s when you work TWO jobs. Oh, the audacity. Get off your lazy asses and do something.
The reason I don’t completely bash the whole GA program is simply due to the fact that as a child, I used GA health insurance. My parents didn’t have much, but knew I needed health coverage. They never asked for food stamps or cash assistance. They didn’t even ask for health insurance for THEMSELVES. We made do with what we call a “budget”. It’s when you have a JOB…and you make MONEY… and you only buy the things you can AFFORD and stretch the money in every way possible.
It’s sad that I’ve actually heard the excuse of “I can’t do any better for myself”. WTF? It’s called “beating the odds”. It’s when you take a bad situation and you make yourself better because of it. I’ve done it. Granted, I work as a cashier, but that’s not my only job. I also have a full-time salary, and I also have a home-based business. I can afford things like… hmmm… the internet. I wear sweatpants to sleep in, not formal attire.
In this economy, a lot of people are relying on GA to get by. That’s great. Whatever. Do what you need to do. But if you go shopping with your mom and grandma, and all THREE of you use food stamps, you might be a government assistance whore. (Notice how using “redneck” would’ve completely changed the persona of this post.) This is when the government needs to step in and audit exactly what is going on. The IRS does it all the time, why can’t they?
Point being, get a life, Welfare Junkies, or better yet, get a job and learn to fend for yourself.
Job 13:13-15 “Keep silent and let me speak; then let come to me what may. Why do I put myself in jeopardy and take my life in my hands? Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him”
There are religious people who get upset at any wrong word spoken before God. The God they know is harsh and judgemental and who will strike out at anyone who says a word out of place. That is not the picture of the God of the Bible. I have always marvelled at Moses’ willingness to argue with God. His two-chapter dialogue (Ex 3 & 4) is an amazing example of someone making excuses before God, but then his knowledge of the Lord is very limited so he gets away with it. But after all the Exodus happenings, the deliverance from Egypt, the journeying to Sinai and the revelation received at Sinai, you might think Moses has learnt to hold his tongue before an Almighty and Holy God but when the Lord threatens to destroy the makers of the golden calf, we find Moses arguing with God not to do it. As a young Christian I was always fascinated by preachers speaking of Moses ‘importuning’ God. It means soliciting Him or persistently pressing Him. It becomes clear that this is exactly what the Lord wanted of him. When God comes in the flesh in the form of His Son, Jesus, there are lots of interactions between Jesus and his disciples, especially Peter who was always opening his mouth to put his foot in it. Having observed that at length, I conclude that Peter felt utterly secure in Jesus’ presence and felt quite able to speak his mind. When we come to Job, we find something very similar.
See how he starts out in this next part of our study: “Keep silent and let me speak;” (v.13a). Come on, guys, give me space, allow me to say what is on my heart, is what he is saying. But note how our verses above continue, “then let come to me what may.” (v.13b). Wow! In other words, let me speak my heart and I’ll take whatever comes. Now those are either words of careless folly or they are words spoken out of immense security, and I suggest it is the latter. In one sense, perhaps, he’s already received so much suffering and sorrow that perhaps he thinks there is nothing more that God can do, but the words that follow seem to have more assurance behind them than that somewhat negative and fatalistic view of it. He asks a question about his actions: “Why do I put myself in jeopardy and take my life in my hands?” (v.14). He realises that speaking rashly before God is a dangerous and foolhardy business, but then he speaks out words of immense confidence in the Lord: “Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him.” (v.15a).
Those must be some of the great words of this book. God can take my life if that is His desire, yet I will trust Him for whatever comes after that, I will hope in Him, I will put my entire future into His hands and feel utterly secure in what He will do with me. Some of these Old Testament saints were incredible! I always marvel at the way the writer to the Hebrews spoke about Abraham being willing to offer Isaac, “Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead.” (Heb 11:19) These men shame our often weak faith. Job has such confidence in the Lord and his relationship with Him that he is not afraid to say, “I will surely defend my ways to his face.” (v.15b) To His face? Job is willing to look God in the eye and defend himself!
But his confidence goes on and on: “Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance, for no godless man would dare come before him!” (v.16). This will turn out for my deliverance? In this he trusts in God’s loving goodness and His faithfulness to what Job knows about Him, and then also in his own godliness. It is not pride to be able to look the truth in the face when it is about yourself. The apostle Paul taught, “Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you.” (Rom 12:3). Humility is the ability to see yourself as you are, to see your limitations AND to see your grace that God has given you. Job knew that he had been godly and wasn’t ashamed of it, and so also trusted that God would honour that godliness. In fact as he goes on, he builds on that certainty: “Listen carefully to my words; let your ears take in what I say.” (v.17). I’m happy to enlarge on this, is what he infers.
He continues, “Now that I have prepared my case, I know I will be vindicated.” (v.18). I’ve thought about this, is what he is saying, and I trust God and trust what I know about my own motivation and actions, and I believe I will be vindicated by Him. Indeed, when we come to the end of the book, as we’ve noted before, the Lord declare to the three friends, “you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.” (Job 42:7). Job concludes his case, “Can anyone bring charges against me? If so, I will be silent and die.” (v.19). Look, he says, as I look back over my past life, I have examined myself and I am not conscious of having stepped out of line and having sinned, therefore you won’t be able to find anything legitimate to say against me; you can make these generalisations about me being a sinner, if you like, but I challenge you to find specific wrong things that I did. That is an amazing claim. It is similar to Paul’s claim to the Thessalonians: “You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous and blameless we were among you who believed.” (1 Thess 2:10). It’s not a pride thing to be able to say this. It is a simple statement of truth spoken in humility. We should not be ashamed to say, “With God’s help I have been righteous this day”. Job actually has some lessons in humility for us. May we heed them!
This letter is to give two weeks’ notice of my intent to leave my position as Office Manager/HR Assistant with (Organization Which Doesn’t Deserve Your Generous Funds). I have decided to accept another position where I have a chance for professional growth and where my skills will be better utilized.
I’d like to wish you and your organization all the best in your future endeavors.
yes thats right!!! home sweet home.. that’s where I’ve been in the past 2 months.
I’ve enjoyed sooo much in the past 2 months .. We were planning for an India Trip in August. So once my contract (job) was finished, I didnt bother looking for a new one. I decided I will look for one once I get back from India. So I had no stress or tension thinking about the “unemployment” phase. I sat around, watched tv, stupid sitcoms, movies, read books, cooking experiments,visited my family in east coast, shopping && soooo many more stuff..
Then here comes the best part… 1 month in Kerala… god’s ownnnnnn country … I cant explain how much we loved our stay. One month went sooo fastttttt . First week, we took a 1 week road trip w/ my inlaws. The main aim was a theerthadanam ( basically a food”adanam”). The taste of kottayam fish curry, kozhikodu biriyani… hmm I dont think I will ever like my cooking again …
Some Restaurant suggestions for foodies like us : Kozhikodu Sagar (try the old sagar), Al-Bake , Alapuzha Brother’s (its a small crowded hotel , but their fish curry meals & chicken curry — just superb) , TVM (Tharavattil, Rajadhani (just ok), Zam Zam, Sindoor, & sooo many more)
For those who love beaches, but dont like to go crazy if people are around : try the private beaches in Kovalam. Somatheeram, Thapovan, Coconut Bay Beach Resort etc etc,… there are sooo many of them.
After looooooong 9 yrs, I got to spend Onam in Kerala. Eventhough, my amma made a big sadya every year & we went to all the onam celebs in US, it can’t be compared with the Onam in Kerala. I think its the feeling of being around w/ the family.. not just parents… but the whole big extended family… I just love that … & ofcoz the sadhya w/ adapradhaman, paalada etc.
Few days before the trip, I had a small tension coz this was the first & longest time I was going to stay w/ my inlaws since wedding….. It was totally a great experience… I never knew inlaws could spoil you more than your own parents… and I experienced that…. and hats off to them for dealing with me … lol … & on the way back we got free upgrade to business class … So, overall it was a greaaaaat trip. It’s been more than a week since we got back and I’m still talking about the trip lol..
Now back to reality… back to job hunt .. back to “my” cooking & housekeeping …
Good gracious, I’ve been busy. And I keep sitting down to write this entry and getting side-tracked.
I started my training Tuesday. Staying up late doing homework then getting up early for work usually results in me coming home to take a nap everyday. So that’s what I’ve been doing.
sleepy becky.
Yesterday was my 23rd birthday. Friday we went out to Ham’s, then went to the art walk. But before that, something even better happened. On my way home from work, as I usually do, I scanned the flea market on the side of the road. I always look closely in the bike area to see if I see any road bikes… from the road I can usually tell that it’s mostly kid’s bikes or mountain bikes.
There, in the middle of the bikes as if a spotlight is shining down on it so I can see it perfeclty, is THIS:
my dream bike
Now, I know you probably don’t understand the significance of this, but I have wanted a bike EXACTLY like this probably since I first went to VCU and wanted to be cool like the other hipsters. But of course, that phase passed, and I never stopped wanting a road bike. Buying one brand new would cost an arm and a leg, and you can usually only get them at speciality bike stores. So I always looked for them in thrift stores and such, with no luck at all. This bike couldn’t be any more perfect, or exactly what I wanted.
I used the birthday money my parents gave me and bought her for $15. Fifteen bucks! All it needed was an inner tube for the front tire, and we went for a bike ride last night. I was going to go outside and clean it up real good today, but I’ve been so sick that I literally stayed in bed about 90% of the day today…
The new job is going good. Of course I’ve only been training this week, so it’s nothing like what the actual job is going to be like, so I am still keeping an open mind. I’m learning so much, but my nervousness is easing up a bit.
I’ve met some cool people so far, and I also bought and finished Jenny McCarthy’s book, Louder than Words, in about 2 days.
I also bought and have now started a book called When Rabbit Howls by The Troops for Truddi Chase.It has nothing to do with autism, but it was in the autism section, and it just looked too interesting to pass up.
I recommend both, even though I’m only about 5 chapters into When Rabbit Howls.
It’s back to work/training early tomorrow, getting back into the routine of homework, cutting back on naps, cleaning up my bike, and oh…I got turned down by another lawyer. I definitely don’t want to end on a bad note, so I want to say that I am happy. And for some reason, this situation, this conundrum, this medical debt… it’s starting to bother me less. It’s just money. It’s just credit. Who cares? Who cares if I never can buy a new car or a own a house? Todd still has his credit, what has happened to me has no effect on his credit, so we may still be okay. Even if we aren’t, who cares if we have to rent for the rest of our lives? (I just had a realization that this crap will only stay on my credit for 7 years. D’oh. Not so bad!)
But I do need to call a new lawyer tomorrow and keep trying. I can’t give up. I still feel like I have a case, and I even have a doctor willing to speak on my behalf. Even though I keep getting rejected by lawyers, they have YET to give me a reason. When I call tomorrow, I am going to ask for a face-to-face consultation. All the other lawyers have had me email them my case, but I am determined to see a lawyer face and face and find out why I keep getting denied.
I’ve even started to consider making a tape for Extreme Home Makeover… how sad is that? Pretty sad that my situation has gotten to the point where I think we might actually have a chance! Who knows?
