Life: Job Hunting

So I have spent the last week job hunting, what can I say it is a very stressful process! Not only is it stressful but it is also very time consuming and can be very demotivating at times. How can you get experience when no one will give you experience? What's the point in public transport if you need to have a driving licence to get to work?

I've tried everything over the past few days to attempt secure a job, from rewriting my CV to literally applying for any and every job I come across. I have landed myself 3 interviews - 2 I have already attended and I have one on Monday (which clashed with assessment days to one of the jobs I had an interview for).

I have had interviews for a sales job and a coffee shop/ bar I felt that they both went really well however I feel as though my age is something that holds me back. I also don't see myself as a door to door sales person and now that I have another interview that clashes with the assessment days what do I do? Do I attend the assessment days and not the other interview or do I attend the interview and not the assessment? It is really difficult to decide what to do.

Who would have thought job hunting was this stressful. I also thought I would find it alot easier to get a job here in Cardiff due to it being a city. However it has been harder than both Cambridge and Bournemouth.

Oh well, as long as I keep up my intense job search hopefully I will find that I land myself a job soon!

- Stacey xo

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Life: One Step Closer

Time seems to be going by so quickly at the moment! The big move to Cardiff is getting so close and so many things are coming to an end. In some ways it is sad to see things coming to an end in Bournemouth and other ways it exciting as I am going to see new things, meet new people and get to start a whole new chapter in my life with Katie-Jo.

On Monday I had my last shift at work. I have only been working there since January but it has been amazing, I have met a lot of people and worked along side people who I hope to stay in touch with. It was important for me to have a job this year at university as it has helped me on some of my hardest days by giving me something to get up in the morning for and something to focus on. I was so lucky that my boss was so supportive whilst the police investigation was going on. When I got offered my job back in December 2013 I couldn't wait to start, I was going to be back in an environment I was used to and I was going to be able to get out of the house and have something to do with my time. Having a job makes me feel as though I have a purpose and has always given me a way to concentrate my mind something that was very important this year as everything was feeling so raw again.

The prospect of having to look for another job when we move to Cardiff is daunting, but I'm definitely looking forward to the challenge. I'm also looking forward to having the chance to meet new people and to be able to learn new skills. Hopefully it won't take me too long to find a new job.

As one chapter closes and another one is closer to starting. While it was sad to say goodbye to the people I worked with and also my job I am looking forward to moving with Katie-Jo and all of the exciting things that are going to come our way as a result of moving.

- Stacey xo

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Easter so far!

I only have until Saturday until I return back to Bournemouth from Cambridge and I'm currently recovering from some sort of bug that I got yesterday which meant I wasn't allowed to go to work.

So far my Easter holidays have been pretty crazy!

On the first night back I went to the pub with my Mum, Tasha and Debbie (my Auntie who I often refer to as Debster). That evening was filled with playing pool, dancing and singing to the jukebox. All in all it was a good evening.

Mum & Me

Me and Tasha

Me and Me

Me trying to get a picture of Me and Debster

Action shot of Mum playing pool

Another action shot of Mum playing pool

Tasha and her J2O

Sneaky shot of Mum

Sneaky shot of Debbie

Me :)

 For Easter my Mum and Dad got us two eggs each, Alfie thought I would be sharing mine - which I didn't!

My parents went away for the first week of the holiday and so Tasha had bought loads of different food for us to have.

The first night was Chinese, as you can see Aaron was excited by this!

Chinese!

On my first proper day off from both uni and work I met up with some friends in town and we went to pizza hut, bowling and also did a little bit of karaoke.

Laura, Abi and Alexi's team dance.

Mel and Tom

Abi, Laura, Tom and Mel

Me, Tom and George

Fred, George and Tom

Me and George doing karaoke

Me and George - quick break from karaoke

The karaoke crew (minus George) - Fred, Alexi, Abi, Me and Tom

After work I have found myself to be very tired and have often crashed out on the sofa and a on a few nights Alfie has joined me:

As a result of working so much I decided to take my assignment with my to work and to go in early to get some of it done, thankfully it was a sunny day!

 I also went to Nando's with Bethany on Thursday for lunch and we had a really good catch up.

It has actually been quite weird to be so busy during the holidays, I think part of the reason why I may have become ill was as a result of being so tired.

I'm looking forward to going back to Bournemouth on Saturday and getting back into my more chilled out life.

- Stacey xo

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