It was a Monday morning, Mondays are always the worst its back down to reality day, anyways, I was sitting having coffee with T,S&D remembering all the fun we had over the weekend and laughing so hard. Then we started talking about the dramas of Tooleys and we went on bitching and complaining about the place. D&I currently work(ed) at Tooleys and T was recently fired. So inevitably the Tooleys dramas came up. D was talking about how his hours were cut and he decided to call Ian and ask what was up Ian told us that we were fired. Alright this is a first...I've never been fired from a job before.
D decided to leave and go beg Ian for his job back.
So I got fired from my job, first time that has ever happened to me I was devastated. I don't get fired.
So I went out on the job hunt I went to the Internet cafe and printed off 30 resumes, that should be sufficient, I should have a job after giving 30 resumes out. "Alright Porter get your game face on were going to get a job," is what I said to myself. I came home that night disappointed and frustrated. 30 resumes and all I got was 1 trial, better then nothing I guess.
I went to the trial at a restaurant called Yellowfin, I did my trial and they asked me to stay 2 hours after my trial was over. "Yes I aced the trial" I thought. At the end of the night the most senior person told me that John would be in contact with me, he wasn't. I called them and asked how the trial went. They told me I got the job, YES!!!! Alright here's the catch...it doesn't start for 2 weeks!
So I was down on myself, I hated living never having any money, I was frustrated and I missed home. My first solution to the problem was I'm going home. I rang up Mum and Dad and said, "I'm coming home in January, I'm going to get a job out west and go out there." Alright they said we'll be happy to have you home. Excellent! I looked at the weather and it was -12, alright a little chilly. Later that day I thought to myself what am I doing going home in January, its too cold. So plan B was created. I was going to stay and finish out my lease until February and then travel the coast and go home in April. This would enable me to get a job in Musoka for the summer and then head Out West for the winter season. Wow this is sounding better and better.
After no luck with a job, shedding millions of tears, and feeling really down, I just didn't know what to do. So I went on Facebook to creep pictures of the summer, which I miss so much! I had a message from Michele, she told me about these Backpacker Recruitment websites. I logged in and created a profile and immediately I was sent job opportunities all over Australia. Wow a whole new world has opened up to me, Thank you so much Michele. There were places offering me work in places I didn't know could be so beautiful.
Alright so I collected my thoughts and came back down to reality. I can't go home, I can't give up, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity I have being able to live here, travel and work in Australia. I am going to give it my all and show the world whose boss! I'm staying in Australia until the bitter end.
As my parents told me when I was going through this breakdown, "Life is an adventure, there are always going to bumps in the road, when you fall down you gotta pick yourself up and get back on the adventure and give it your all."
I have the most amazing and supportive family I could ever ask for!
keep on rockin in the free world
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