Urban Poly Princess

I really love the AJS program because it motivates me to continue to apply for and try to get a job. Now that I know about my background I am trying to take care of it. I have just submitted the permission to get charges expunged through going to the BCI or Utah's Bureau of Criminal Identification office in Taylorsville. I felt like a criminal when they took my fingerprints there.

This is just part of it. I know that. It is still hard despite that. There are 3 engineers in my group. One of the girls is a biomedical engineer. She is so impressive. She is the reigning Miss Utah International. She was making a little over 40,000 with just a BS. The chemical engineer is attending a recruiting dinner hosted by ATK tonight in Layton. His interview is tomorrow. He was laid off from Haliburton because they ran out of work for him to do. He is interested in working more in aerospace engineering. I'm sure he is going to make a bunch of money too.

There is another chemical engineer that also got an MBA and has been working in finance. He is married to a new attorney who is doing her internship at the Smithsonian in DC. Amy is a marketing person and single mother. She seems very comfortable in interview sessions and is excellent at her Me-In-30-Seconds pitch. The longer I am in the program however, the less impressed I am with her.

I'm helping serve cheese-cake at John and Valerie's reception tonight at her house. He is a realtor and has helped to inspire me to really explore the real estate interest I have. I applied to 2 real estate positions along with an associate librarian position so far today. I know the missionaries want me not to wait and to just apply for out-of-state positions but I know I wouldn't have been woken up at 3am if my record wasn't an issue. It is so frustrating. I can't make them move faster then how freakin long they're taking.

I am using this time to explore real estate because that is one industry that cares only about making money and not on what might be on your record. I have to pray carefully to know when is appropriate to mention to a potential employer that I have a misdemeanor charge BUT NOT conviction on my record. Who knew I'd ever have to deal with something like this? I can make several face-to-face contacts at Valerie's wedding tonight.