California here I come

I am heading to California to visit my daughter for a couple weeks. I will be doing some work for her to help her with a data entry task for patient files. It will help me to get some office experience that I can use on a resume. Maybe will help me to get a job.

While there I am going to look for a job in and around Temecula where they live. Also going to check out the rental market to see if I can afford to live there.

No jobs in Arizona. I have been here a little over a year and nothing. The web sites and newspaper always show thousands of jobs open in Phoenix and surrounding areas, but there aren't. It is all a scam. I have had more response answering ads on Craig's List. But am Leary of that too. It is all in who you know and who can help you get in the door. I don't have business contacts in Arizona, so I am not getting in the door.

I am hoping that California will work out for me. I think I would like green grass instead of rock and dirt. AZ has been nice, its great seeing daughter, Mandy and kids. It is nice being with my friends, but I need employment. One of my friends recently got a job in Beverly Hills after being out of work the same period of time that I have been unemployed. He is so happy. He could not find anything in Colorado, but California came through. So I am looking.

It doesn't matter where I live, I can still finish school. And thank goodness school starts up again tomorrow. The break is nice, but I get so bored when I don't have homework to do or a paper to write. I really get into my school work, trying to do my very best. This last year of school will be even more challenging since it is mainly focused on the medical industry. The first year was full of core classes for my degree. I could draw on previous knowledge to help me, but now the medical stuff will be all new.

My externship will start at the end of the year. I checked my degree plan and it is only 90 hours, so that's good. That is only about two weeks of working with no pay. Hopefully I will already have a job, so that I can use vacation time to do my externship. I will cross that bridge when it gets here.

Time to do laundry and get packed. I am so excited to take a road trip. My travel companion, my cocker spaniel, Tom, loves to go on a road trip. He gets so excited to get in the car. He just sleeps, but it is always nice to know he is with me.