Thursday, April 30, 2009

Day from HECK but Trying to See the Positive

So I had one of the worst days ever today. I needed my laptop for Advanced Business Writing and for my Computers class. I made sure to bring my cord so that I could plug in because there was no way my battery would last three hours (I'm lucky if it can last through one class). Anyways, so I brought the cord and I was fine through Writing but as soon as I got to my Computers class I plugged it in. Class went pretty well. I understood what we were learning and I was actually pretty happy. But I was in a little bit of a rush to get to Economics so I wrapped up my cord and must have forgotten to zip the pocket that holds my cord. When I got home (TWO HOURS LATER), I realized what had happened and decided to retrace my steps. I retraced them probably three times with no luck finding the cord anywhere (I even checked the bathroom and under the benches in the hall on the way to Econ). I went to the BYUI School Bookstore, they don't sell cords for Dells. I went to the Lost-and-Found and nobody had turned it in. The lady there definitely was not friendly. I think she needs to find a new job where it's not like required to be a people person. Annelise had done the last retracing my steps and on the way home, it HAILED on us. I'm not talking snow or rain, it HAILED on us and it was painful and cold. When we got home, we both were very cold and wet. We weren't comfy. I called when I got back to the apartment and gave the Lost-and-Found lady my phone number in case somebody brought it in. But so far no luck.

I went to the Resume Workshop tonight. Only like twenty people came in, not even enough for everybody in the class to write one. I got Jodi James. She was nice enough but she didn't really care about getting her resume or not, so I don't know, this might sound bad, but I didn't put much effort into it. It is definitely something that I still think I would like to do for a career though. On Tueday in Econ, I kind of made a business plan, nothing like concrete but just kind of an idea of how the business could work. This is just an idea though, nothing concrete yet. I would offer free services to the less fortunate. I would help them write their resume and then give them some business clothes to wear to their interview. So obviously somehow I need clothes to give them. I would use some of the profits from the company to go to thrift stores like Goodwill to buy some nice clothes. There would also be clothes donated by people already in the business world. Hopefully, they will still be in good shape but otherwise, between Chris and I, I'm sure we can sew them up a bit and maybe replace any buttons that might be missing. So that's part one, I also want to help those on probation. I haven't decided if these services will be free or a small charge. I want to do it as a service but at the same time, I need to be making a little bit of income for my time and energy. Then the last part is where most of the money/income/profit will probably come from. I will do resume workshops (sort of like tonight but maybe more organized and more space so that you can hear the person better) and some interview workshops. I can also offer one-on-one services to those who may need it and can afford to pay for some help. While I'm thinking about it now, I could probably go to high schools and colleges and offer help to students, too. Again, not sure if this will require a small fee or be free of charge. Anyways, I'm pretty excited about this and think it might actually work out for me.

2 comments:

Hoyt said...

im sorry you had such a bad day. we will be in WI for most of August and will attend the racine ward.

nikki said...

Oh my gosh!!!! I'm sooooooooo excited to see you guys!!! My family will be gone one Sunday while we are on vacation in Florida but I'm sooooooo excited to see you otherwise. And you will meet Chris, who will be the newest member of the ward on SATURDAY!!!