[bksvol-discuss] Re: O_T Yellow jackets and the visit and interview
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 22:00:06 -0700 (PDT)
Shelley,
Sorry Utica didn't work out. Can you afford to take a
trip to Palo Alto to check out tht job and place and
housing?
Sorry to hear about the yellowjackets, too. That would
freak me out. How did you know they were there? Could
you hear them?
Cindy R
--- "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> For those following the job hunting saga, that I and
> Judson have been going
> through.
>
> Well.... I went up and visited Utica today. It is a
> nice little city,
> though you can definitely see where it may have been
> once great. Like a lot
> of eastern and northern cities it is economically
> depressed.
>
> The center I visited Central Association for the
> Blind and Visually Impaired
> is a nice little agency. Everyone seemed friendly
> the agency was clean,
> they had a large number of services and information.
>
> However, the benefits and the wages are not what is
> usually offered in Blind
> Rehab, and well, I am not sure if I can actually
> afford to live in Utica.
> I sat down and put together a budget, and well, it
> is EXTREMELY tight if I
> were to take the job. Also they are willing to pay
> half the wages of a
> driver, I have to pay the other half, and they would
> pay mileage. It
> sounded like a wonderful job and a great place to
> work, except for the pay.
> I am still applying and will keep it in the pool of
> possibilities.
>
> So I am still hunting, smile.
>
> Well, we got home tonight, and I had a really nasty
> surprise when I came up
> here to unpack. I apparently am the not so proud
> owner of six yellow jacket
> nests. I had slowly crawling sluggish yellow
> jackets all over my floor and
> climbing up the walls, we counted at least twenty in
> one window.
>
> Dad came up here and sprayed, I need to wipe down
> all the furniture
> tomorrow, and we swept up all the dead critters.
> Dad also found where the
> nests were and drown them in wasp poison, so here is
> hoping I don't get to
> see any more of those critters.
>
> Shiver. Luckily it was cold today so they weren't
> moving very fast, but it
> was quite a shock to say the least.
>
> Smile. So for now, I am still here in Corry, still
> volunteering for
> Bookshare and hopefully will find a nice center
> based job, where I don't
> need to worry about drivers. I am thinking
> optimistically, smile. Though
> Itinerate work would not be bad at all.
>
>
> Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
> and Judson, guiding golden
> juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
> Graduate Alumni Association Board
> www.guidedogs.com
>
> Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
> Puppies are the joy at one end.
> Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
> Carolyn Alexander
>
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