JOB!

* clears throat *

We interupt your regularly scheduled blog to bring you an important message.

Mindy has gotten a job.

We now return you to your usual blog. Thank you.

Yep, that's right. You are now "looking" at the proud owner of..a job! :) I got offered a seasonal zookeeper position at the African Safari Wildlife Park (africansafariwildlifepark.com) in Port Clinton, Ohio. The position sounds great and starts on May 5th, 2008.

That means I'll be moving to Ohio, not Chicago!!! This position is a step forward for my career and will open up doors in the future (and maybe could even lead to full time there after the season is over at the end of October!). Fabian and I have agreed that it's best to go there instead of Chicago. But perhaps Chicago will come at another time in our lives.

I'm excited for the position, even though I have to leave Minnesota in exactly 1 week, and there is a ton of things to do. I'll only be making minimum wage ($7.00/hour in Ohio), but will be getting a second job (the keeping one is full time) and I won't have gas/car insurance/car repairs to pay for, so that'll help. I will be buying a bike when I'm there, and that'll have to get me around. I'll be sooooo buff! :)

I'll be taking a Greyhound, so that'll be FUN....(note sarcasm)...last time I went it was a nightmare due to storms in Oklahoma and rerouting hassles. Let's hope this time goes better.
So, wish me luck. I'll keep you all updated.

P.S. Did I mention that Port Clinton is RIGHT ON LAKE ERIE!?!? WOO HOO!

Zoo Job - CO

Hey everyone. I just thought I’d update you all really fast and let you know that I did not get the job I interviewed for in Colorado. I didn’t ask why, but was told that my persistance has been appreciated and that my application will be kept on file for 4 months in case something else opens up.

I’m dissapointed, because I really wanted the position. I felt that it’d be as close to perfect as possible for Fabian and I to start out and that we’d really like living there.

I already had an inkling though that the position had been offered to another so I wasn’t too surprised when she said that someone else accepted the position.

But I’m looking forward. There’s still zoo jobs out there and I will get the position I’m supposed to get in due time. Obviously God has something else for me in store besides Colorado!! So...I’ll keep sending out applications and plugging away. Eventually, my dreams will come true.

p.s. I do have a full time job for the time being in the non-zoo world which pays pretty okay now! Knowing I have money coming in helps during this time of unknown with my career.