Yes, I imagine it has been a busy few days, what with a new grandson in the family and whatnot!
I'm doing ok, but am feeling pretty discouraged about jobs :( I've spent 2 weeks now home alone applying to jobs all day long, and all I've heard is that they have no vacancies or that they need me to speak Dutch or that they have only volunteer positions available, which simply isn't going to pay the bills! I contacted every single NGO in the area, regardless of whether or not they had any vacancies posted (because that's what I really want to do...) and have now moved on to looking at super horrendously crap jobs, which are the only ones that require native English speakers! :( One of my friends here is in a similar predicament, and has been here for 5 weeks instead of my 2 and has accepted a job cold calling businesses in the UK to verify their post code. for 8 hours a day. I'm not sure it can get much worse...but she's done at 3 on fridays, and it's biking distance! poop. I'll let you know how it goes, but I'm pretty down about it right now. :( Though I do have an "interview" tomorrow for a volunteer position with a really amazing NGO that allows me to work from home! Here's the link to it http://www.kalinga.nl/www/
However, I have just the remedy for these job search doldrums coming up on Thursday! A full day spent with my dear cousin, then 10 days on the beach with Mom, Dad and Grandma! It couldn't get much better, or be much more perfectly timed, in fact! And then of course a weekend spent with you guys before being reunited with T! But then...meh. Actually, then it's Thanksgiving and we already have plans with a Dutch/American couple here, and then I have a coffee date with a couple girl friends here that friday, and then we're going to the Christmas market in Aachen, Germany that weekend with that same Dutch/American couple, and also hiking with them! So I have a lot to be excited for, but then I'm not much looking forward to the month of December until T's parents come out for Xmas on the 20th. Oh well.
Thanks for checking in and helping out so much! Can't wait to see you guys!!
xx
I'm doing ok, but am feeling pretty discouraged about jobs :( I've spent 2 weeks now home alone applying to jobs all day long, and all I've heard is that they have no vacancies or that they need me to speak Dutch or that they have only volunteer positions available, which simply isn't going to pay the bills! I contacted every single NGO in the area, regardless of whether or not they had any vacancies posted (because that's what I really want to do...) and have now moved on to looking at super horrendously crap jobs, which are the only ones that require native English speakers! :( One of my friends here is in a similar predicament, and has been here for 5 weeks instead of my 2 and has accepted a job cold calling businesses in the UK to verify their post code. for 8 hours a day. I'm not sure it can get much worse...but she's done at 3 on fridays, and it's biking distance! poop. I'll let you know how it goes, but I'm pretty down about it right now. :( Though I do have an "interview" tomorrow for a volunteer position with a really amazing NGO that allows me to work from home! Here's the link to it http://www.kalinga.nl/www/
However, I have just the remedy for these job search doldrums coming up on Thursday! A full day spent with my dear cousin, then 10 days on the beach with Mom, Dad and Grandma! It couldn't get much better, or be much more perfectly timed, in fact! And then of course a weekend spent with you guys before being reunited with T! But then...meh. Actually, then it's Thanksgiving and we already have plans with a Dutch/American couple here, and then I have a coffee date with a couple girl friends here that friday, and then we're going to the Christmas market in Aachen, Germany that weekend with that same Dutch/American couple, and also hiking with them! So I have a lot to be excited for, but then I'm not much looking forward to the month of December until T's parents come out for Xmas on the 20th. Oh well.
Thanks for checking in and helping out so much! Can't wait to see you guys!!
xx
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