laura_seabrook | Tuesday (Reply)

Tuesday featured another "bus adventure", but that wasn't the "big news".

Interview

The big news is that I have a job interview with a bookshop owner next Wednesday. This is the job that the employment agency was chasing up for me. My case worker there is a) going to help me buy an "interview outfit" on Friday, and b) drive me to the interview. You ripper!

All of which came out of my going in to the agency on Tuesday. It was odd, because due to a stuff-up the person I was supposed to see was not there. I didn't mind waiting however and news that the potential employer was interested came back while I did. I'm also going to a "presentation tips" workshop tomorrow (Friday). My case worker's going to take me clothes shopping before that, with a budget for clothes too.

As a result I feel really positive. It's so hard to "keep up appearances" when I fall into a spiral of depression. Having the outside assistance helps in a big way. Even if I don't get employment on Wednesday, I'm still going to feel a lot better about myself.

Buses

The "adventure" I had was in catching the wrong bus. That is, I went window shopping after my session at the agency and while waiting for the bus home realised that I'd misread the timetable and the bus would come an hour later. I decided to catch the first bus to Wallsend (and catch the same bus there, than wait in the cold) and this turned out to be one that got there by the Westfield's in Kotara.

Spent the 30 minutes before the Sugar valley bus (which would take me home) went by, and spent it food shopping and hunting up a USB cable for my NEC e606 mobile phone. Out of the four phone accessory shops there, only one thought that they had it, and they didn't! Apparently NEC accessories are hard to come by now - they quoted me a price of $79 for it!

Think I'll wait until I can get one for $20 at the computer markets.