Hey all! I got a job!!!! Yay!! It is at the Indian Creek Foundation in Souderton, PA. I will work as a TSS Worker and in their after school program. Unfortunately, it is only part-time so I will have to keep my job at Panera and am not offered benefits. It is kinda far away, but I only have to go 3 days a week. In the TSS part of my job, I would only be given clients who live somewhat close to me.
I did have an interview about a week ago with Foundations Behavioral Health in Doylestown, PA. I am supposed to hear back from them sometime tomorrow. If they do offer me a full-time job, I may have to take it, but I'd feel bad about going against my word with Indian Creek. My concern with the job I took is that what happens in May when kids are out of school. Am I out of a job then? I don't know.
My sister is moving back to Eastern today. It's going to be weird not starting school this fall. Although it has been two years since I have had to start school in the fall, this time a year ago I was in classes for DIS. Though actually, this time a year ago it would have been 7PM and I would have probably been at my host families house, awkwardly watching some Danish show with them, or have been down in my room trying to get all things I wanted to get done on the internet completed before the internet was "turned off" before 9PM. Thank goodness that DIS was able to provide me with a 3G thumb drive to hook up to my computer, because I don't know what I would have done.
This time 3 years ago, it was my sophomore year, I had moved into Doane, it was really hot, there was no air conditioning. I remember having to meet with my ex at the time to get an official apology from him for hacking into my facebook. I really did not want to have to talk to him, but it needed to be done. I remember he wanted to hug after I received his apology and I told him that I didn't really like hugging people. Pretty harsh. But I don't feel too bad about it because he later got angry with me for telling a friend over facebook that we had broken up and that she shouldn't trust him. I don't remember signing a contract saying that I was not allowed to disclose any details of our past relationship.
Since that time we haven't really spoken. He always acted really weird to me every time I saw him and would try to avoid me at all costs. Thankfully, I will probably never have to see him again.
Julie is going to be living in Sparrowk, which I have never lived in. Hopefully she likes it and has a good year this year. It is a little strange not having to go to school at all for the first time since I was four years old. Hopefully next year I will going to grad school, but I'm sure I'll be working at the same time, too.
~Jenna
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Monday, August 20, 2012
One year ago....
About one year ago today, I set foot in Denmark for the first time, jet lagged and exhausted. I remember being on the plane with other DIS students and almost as soon as we had exited the plane, we were in a line from there to get our passport stamped. The rest of that day was all a blur. I remember going to the Hilton Hotel lobby and waiting in a room. Two girls from my University who were also studying abroad with me, Kyra and Jen were also there. They were placed in host families. We were handed a packet of many, many papers and then told to wait for our host families.
I remember meeting my host mother and she brought the dog, Trile. There would be no way she would be allowed to bring a dog to a hotel in America. Or maybe she would have. She seemed very nice, and honestly the first thing I really do remember was that her English wasn't as great as what I was expecting. In my time with her, I think she understood about 75% of what I was saying. Or at least it sometimes felt that way. We took the metro and train to get to her home and I met Michael and their two children Eva and Jane (pronounced Yay- na) at Hellerup station.
It was a really nice day when I arrived a year ago. It was sunny and warm, maybe around 75 degrees. The neighborhood had a little lunch in the middle of the street, which was kinda cool. That day was the first time I had really been in a situation where everyone around me was speaking a different language, Danish, that I didn't understand, and it was really overwhelming. I became really exhausted so I tried to go to sleep. I slept maybe an hour, but couldn't sleep more, since I was so tired. Denmark was six hours ahead of US time, so 3PM in Denmark was 9AM in America, and I had spent the whole night up b/c I could not sleep on the plane.
I don't remember what we did the rest of that first day. At this point it doesn't matter. But I loved Denmark and wouldn't trade the experiences I had for anything.
At this point today, the new Fall 2012 DIS students will have gone to the opening ceremony and done other activities throughout the city. I remember getting so lost and confused the first day. Now, if I were in Copenhagen, I would easily been able to get around.
I will still continue to update this blog occasionally though my adventures are not as great as they once were. Thanks for all your support!
~Jenna
I remember meeting my host mother and she brought the dog, Trile. There would be no way she would be allowed to bring a dog to a hotel in America. Or maybe she would have. She seemed very nice, and honestly the first thing I really do remember was that her English wasn't as great as what I was expecting. In my time with her, I think she understood about 75% of what I was saying. Or at least it sometimes felt that way. We took the metro and train to get to her home and I met Michael and their two children Eva and Jane (pronounced Yay- na) at Hellerup station.
It was a really nice day when I arrived a year ago. It was sunny and warm, maybe around 75 degrees. The neighborhood had a little lunch in the middle of the street, which was kinda cool. That day was the first time I had really been in a situation where everyone around me was speaking a different language, Danish, that I didn't understand, and it was really overwhelming. I became really exhausted so I tried to go to sleep. I slept maybe an hour, but couldn't sleep more, since I was so tired. Denmark was six hours ahead of US time, so 3PM in Denmark was 9AM in America, and I had spent the whole night up b/c I could not sleep on the plane.
I don't remember what we did the rest of that first day. At this point it doesn't matter. But I loved Denmark and wouldn't trade the experiences I had for anything.
At this point today, the new Fall 2012 DIS students will have gone to the opening ceremony and done other activities throughout the city. I remember getting so lost and confused the first day. Now, if I were in Copenhagen, I would easily been able to get around.
I will still continue to update this blog occasionally though my adventures are not as great as they once were. Thanks for all your support!
~Jenna
Saturday, August 4, 2012
August already?
Hey!
Wish I had happier news on the job front, but I don't. I did not get the job at RHD, but I did just have an interview at Warwick Family Services as a Milieu counselor. I'm not too optimistic about this one. I, first, got to see a little about what I would do as a Milieu counselor. I was with a group of four boys who were 7, 11, and 12 years old. I watched them play a little and eat dinner. They seemed very hyper and didn't listen to their counselor. I then had the interview, which seemed really rushed. The interviewer seemed really tired and didn't seem to want to be there and told me I was "literally the 11th person" she had interviewed that day. Guess my chances of getting this job aren't too good. We'll see.
I need to move on from Panera. I did receive a rejection letter from another foundation that suggested I get a part-time position as a TSS worker. That could be a possibility. I could limit my hours at Panera (which are already cut real short) and then be making enough for loan repayments, which I have to start paying this month.
Word to the wise- do not do Parent Plus loans. Other than this, everything is fine. It will be weird not to be going back to school. I am just really frustrated with the job market. I had applied to also work in Norristown as a Abuse counselor. A girl I used to work with at Maple Village works there and I wrote to her on Facebook to put a good word in their for me. She never responded. So much for "networking".
We are supposed to be going down the shore to Wildwood, NJ for a few days. My dad doesn't really want to go and is upset about being diagnosed with diabetes, and my mom has some sort of infection and is in a lot of pain. I would like to go, but not if we are going to have a bad time. Plus we have to hang out with my cousin's cousin, who is so annoying and socially awkward, which isn't what I would call a vacation. He also has some really big crush on me, but I obviously do not reciprocate the feelings. Hopefully we will get to go again, but we'll see.
Hopefully, by the next time I write I will be employed. But I don't want to get my hopes up too much.
~Jenna
Wish I had happier news on the job front, but I don't. I did not get the job at RHD, but I did just have an interview at Warwick Family Services as a Milieu counselor. I'm not too optimistic about this one. I, first, got to see a little about what I would do as a Milieu counselor. I was with a group of four boys who were 7, 11, and 12 years old. I watched them play a little and eat dinner. They seemed very hyper and didn't listen to their counselor. I then had the interview, which seemed really rushed. The interviewer seemed really tired and didn't seem to want to be there and told me I was "literally the 11th person" she had interviewed that day. Guess my chances of getting this job aren't too good. We'll see.
I need to move on from Panera. I did receive a rejection letter from another foundation that suggested I get a part-time position as a TSS worker. That could be a possibility. I could limit my hours at Panera (which are already cut real short) and then be making enough for loan repayments, which I have to start paying this month.
Word to the wise- do not do Parent Plus loans. Other than this, everything is fine. It will be weird not to be going back to school. I am just really frustrated with the job market. I had applied to also work in Norristown as a Abuse counselor. A girl I used to work with at Maple Village works there and I wrote to her on Facebook to put a good word in their for me. She never responded. So much for "networking".
We are supposed to be going down the shore to Wildwood, NJ for a few days. My dad doesn't really want to go and is upset about being diagnosed with diabetes, and my mom has some sort of infection and is in a lot of pain. I would like to go, but not if we are going to have a bad time. Plus we have to hang out with my cousin's cousin, who is so annoying and socially awkward, which isn't what I would call a vacation. He also has some really big crush on me, but I obviously do not reciprocate the feelings. Hopefully we will get to go again, but we'll see.
Hopefully, by the next time I write I will be employed. But I don't want to get my hopes up too much.
~Jenna
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