2 Weeks In

I have logged 2 solid weeks in Hawaii, and I'm getting pretty comfortable with it. I still wish I had my clothes, and my xbox, and oh, furniture would be nice, but we're dealing with the air force here. Apparently they have have a permanent excuse that they are the government and they can get away with whatever they want. It now might be until April 6th before we get our furniture. Which is nearly 2 months after it was shipped. I mean, I know Hawaii is pretty far away, but it's 2009 and it shouldn't take that long to get us our stuff. They just don't care. Just like they didn't care that part of Jon's contract agreement was a massive signing bonus. That means he should have got it when he signed the contract, right? Wrong, we're hoping it shows up on his first paycheck so we can pay for the apartment we're living in and what not. I didn't mean to come on and be such a complaining Cathy, but the air force just makes me that way.

I had 2 job interviews this week! The first was on Monday for Altres, which is a local staffing agency in Hawaii. It seemed to go well since they had me fill out a bunch of paperwork and choose health care and everything. In Hawaii, if you work at least 20 hours a week your employer is required to provide free health care. However, most places get away with this by scheduling people for like 19 hours, so when a job says "part-time" it's really best to check what that means. So, anyway, this place is supposed to call me with temp positions and what not with the hope that I might get something permanent. The good things are it's pretty flexible, if I want a week off I just tell them, and you get paid every Friday for the hours you worked that week; but it's a lot of clerical work and basically makes my degree useless.

I also had an interview today with First Hawaiian Bank! This is the job I really want since it's closer to my job offer from National City. I'd be starting off as a teller and there's not a clear cut advancement program like there is for National City, but I'll take what I can get. I need something that gets me out of the apartment and earns me some experience and money. I think it went really well and I should be hearing back next week. Keep your fingers crossed!

Ideally, I'd like to get a job doing you know, marketing, for like a major hotel here or something, but I've realized that's probably not going to happen. There aren't a lot of jobs here at all and it's a struggle for everyone. Our neighbors are struggling even to pay rent. We're lucky because we have degrees, but even that isn't getting us what we're worth. Oh well, it's not like Hawaii is forever (sadly).

The weather has also been really strange here. My neighbor was telling me that even people who have lived here their whole lives are finding it strange that it's super cloudy, rainy, and windy every day recently. It kind of bums me out because I'm not getting a tan anymore. Watch, as soon as I get a job the sun will come back out to play.

I miss everyone tons and thanks a bunch for reading. I like comments too (hint, hint!) Toodles :-)