Jj1219's Blog

Life changes.

jj1219 — Sun, 02 May 2010 06:32:14 +0000

Wow. So much stuff has happened since my last post. It is actually quite scary to even begin to think about it. First of all, I have decided to not pursue Athens YWCO Camp for Girls this summer. The camp had never crossed my mind in the months leading up to now and I prayed about it briefly, consulted friends and family, and decided that enough was enough. I cannot live from summer paycheck to summer paycheck. It is time to grow up and find a career for my life. Second of all, I have put off getting my license. The reasons why are simply: fear. I am too scared to get it, simply because of the fact that the idea of having control over an automobile is a very scary thing for me. However, on May 19th (and this will NOT change), I will go and attempt to get my license. It is a good thing I moved my time and date to another time because of the flooding of the entire Middle Tennessee region.

In other news, life is looking up career-wise, what with a 2nd interview looming on the horizon and a possible 2nd job also..looming? Either way, I plan on having a part-time/full-time job starting in the summer so I can 1) pay off my school loans before they show up at my door, demanding payment, 2) get an automobile of my own after I have successfully completed my driving test, and 3) in the near future acquire an apartment of my own. That is my long-term goal, but I have realized that you can’t really ever plan things; you need to live life spontaneously for God, because He might change things up and you need to be ready.

Ok that is probably enough for this evening/morning. I hope this flooding of the Mid-state area ceases tomorrow/today. Lives were lost, homes, cars, streets and entire areas were completely destroyed and more storms are appearing later on. Pray.

Spring, where art thou?

jj1219 — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:18:48 +0000

It’s been an interesting few weeks here. Filled with worry, anxiety, fear, brief excitement, and boredom. That is my life these days, but soon I am hoping it will all change. Why you ask? Because I, Jessica Headrick, am going to attempt at getting……..my DRIVERS LICENSE! I know, it’s been 6 years in the making, but I am a late bloomer! I finally decided a few weeks ago that enough is enough; I can’t sit around anymore and let other people drive for me! So I have been practicing and practicing, doing some fine tuning, and I honestly believe I am ready for it. Am I nervous? OH YES. But I need to get over that. I want to be able to visit old friends, go to places I want to go and not just sit at home, waiting for my life to start. Oh another possible change: I applied for a Summer Program Director spot at Athens YWCO Camp for girls. Yes, it’s only temporary, but I want a job I am interested in and that will look good on my resume. It’s 5 hours away, which is the farthest I have been away from my parents for more than a week. However, I am 23 years old! I think this will be a good thing for me, both economically and job opportunity-wise. It will give me the confidence I need to set out and find a good, solid, steady job. Like I said…ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! Ok, I think I have rambled on long enough. Hopefully the next time I write, it will be filled with new steady job opportunities, new license, and just plain new stuff.

Life Update

jj1219 — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:37:28 +0000

Well, I can’t believe I remembered to write again! This is new for me. Normally I forgot until months later, and then I think “It’s too late now”. I am quite proud of myself at the moment. Anyways, I have 3 job opportunities I applied for in the last…day? Wow that was fast. A few days ago, I decided I would talk to a friend of mine who I hadn’t talked to you months and she asked how my life has been recently. I decided to tell her the truth, about how I am struggling to find a job but I won’t give up, and she tells me that if I send her my resume, she will pass it around at her work branch and another work branch close by. That was amazing to hear, because when I tell people of my current job situation, they say one of 3 things: 1) I will be praying for you!, 2)Where are you specific with your career choice?, and my favorite 3) Just get a job already. I never hear anyone, other than my parents and a close friend or two say “Ok well, here is how I can help you”. Oh and the job would involve my actual degree (Communications), so that is an even bigger plus. I knew for some reason I needed to talk to her that day, now I guess I know why. Ok, that is job opportunity numero uno. The second job opportunity came when I looked on my school’s career services website, one of my many haunts when I am bored and want to job search some more. I found a teaching opportunity at a learning center at a church very close to my mom’s office. I applied there immediately because 1) I love kids, 2) I would love to be off weekends, and 3) Carpooling with my mom would help me and her out a LOT. It just fell into my lap and I don’t want to miss any job opportunities right now. Ok, the third job opportunity REALLY fell into my lap. It was kind of scary if you ask me. I checked my email yesterday and I saw a woman mail me from a camp I do not remember applying for (I looked up 100 camps in 5 states for full time positions and applied…yeah I am that desperate). Anyways, she said that there was a Program Director position open for the summer, which is a position I would actually love to do, after seeing other people do it for 2 years straight. So I asked her a few questions, she emailed me the application and I am mailing it out tomorrow. I sincerely hope that one of these three opportunities will actually happen for me. It’s getting a little easier for me to say “I will get a job” and actually believe it, but I am running out of places to look. Well, I think I have updated this loooong enough. Hopefully I remember to update it next week!

Starting over fresh

jj1219 — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:29:17 +0000

I used to have a blog on Blogger, but after seeing 2 people’s blogs on here, I decided I would change over, start new, clean slate, etc. Change used to be a negative thing in my life, but sometimes I need it to get out of “funks” I put myself in from time to time. Anyways, I can’t believe it’s already Feb. 1st! It feels like January just flew by! However, I am getting excited for Spring to finally come and grace us with its amazing presence We got 3-4 inches of snow and 1-2 inches of ice over the weekend, which further enhanced my need for Spring and warmer temperatures and trees with leaves on them. I used to not like Spring at all, just Summer and Winter, but I guess taste for seasons change as you get older. What else is going on in my life I can express on here…OH I did just apply to 2 more jobs today and I hope I can interview for at least one of them. For the past 6 months I have been trying to find a steady job which provides me with money and something to do with my life, but all I have been able to secure was a temporary/seasonal job in retail that lasted for half a month However, I have applied to…probably well over 100 jobs, so I hope something will come around before the summer. Student loans do NOT pay for themselves (grr). I really hope I get this subbing/part-time teaching job at this learning center in Nashville, because it is what I want to do (teach kids and help them), it has the schedule I want (weekends off) and it’s only 5 minutes away from my mother’s office (carpool anyone??). I do not need to get my hopes up though, like I have done before, because I will really become depressed if any of these two jobs fall through. I won’t give up though. I won’t give up finding a job until I have exhausted every possible job opportunity I can find!-If you have heard or talked to me last year, you would not have seen or heard me say that…God does some wonderful things with people over time. Well, that’s all I have to say. I am really going to try and update this thing more than once every 2 years. Take care!