Kirstie's job log: 19
Kirstie Nicols works in sales while hoping to become a journalist. Not walking into a new job A week of sitting in the sun and relaxing; or more importantly, not having to think about work. It’s everyone dream and I had the chance to live it.
Unfortunately that was over very quickly and it became time to think about starting my new job, and to celebrate my last weekend of unemployment, I drove to an indoor ski slope with friends for a day of snowboarding. This is something I haven’t done in a very long time – yet still thought I was as good as I once was. True to form, after a couple of hours I spotted a very nice looking instructor; and that’s when things started to go a bit wrong. For anyone slightly squeamish, please just skip this paragraph! I was showing off and trying to impress the nice looking instructor when I must have hit a bump; and I went flying into the air. When I finally came down, I landed face first on very hard snow while my legs had other ideas, and landed toes upwards. I have discovered that this is a very painful way to land, and was followed by a very horrible popping sound in my knee. I found I couldn’t get up, and had to be carried off. If I wasn’t embarrassed enough, it was the nice-looking instructor who helped me (though I’m starting to see this in a positive light, as it means I have an excuse to go back and say thank you!). I got driven to the nearest hospital, where I was told I’d managed to tear a tendon in my knee – and I would need to be on crutches for the next three weeks. Brilliant. Daytimes including TVSo instead of starting a new job on the Monday, I have started by having a couple of weeks at home in front of daytime TV, until my leg is easier to walk on and I can get into work. When I’ve not been moping around and feeling sorry for myself, I’ve been spending the time writing to various magazines and newspapers asking for freelance work, and of course, working on my article for Prospects! I haven’t heard anything from the papers yet, but after all it’s only been one week… A while ago, I was thinking about going back to university to do a Masters course; although in the end I decided not to. While I was thinking about it however, I did apply for a course I thought was quite interesting and then promptly forgot all about it. I assumed as it had been so long since I’d heard from them that I hadn’t got onto the course; that was until last week when an invite to a selection day for the course came through the post. Now this brought up a whole host of questions. I wasn’t sure if I should go to the selection day at all, as I might get my hopes up for no reason. Plus, I’d already decided I didn’t want to go back to uni so what would be the point in going to the day, and hearing about the course? In the end, however, I decided there was no harm in going to the selection day and seeing what happens; after all, I might not make it through at all. It’s in a couple of weeks and it's all day up in London; so I promise to write all about it next time! So for the next week I’ll be resting up and finishing off all the chocolate that’s now lying around the house. I’ll now have to start my first day in a new job two weeks late and on crutches, which should be interesting; and not quite how I hoped to make my entrance. I then have to book my first day off work in order to go to the selection day, less than two weeks after I start. I have a feeling I might not start off with the best of impressions at this new company! I hope everyone had a great Easter, and I’ll let you know how the job and the day at uni went next time. Read Kirstie's previous blogs
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