Hey all (hello?  anyone still there?  lol)  its been awhile (it seems) since my last blog post but there’s not much to report.   Still out of work, still going to school, hanging out with my family, just took on part time day care of my 3 month old nephew and working out w/my trainer 3-5 days a week.  Same thing, different week is all. 

Well school is going great, got a new instructor this time and come to find out he’s the one who actually developed the HR training program for the college so you know he’s passionate about his teaching.  Thankfully he’s super nice, has TONS of different job/life experiences and shares them, very animatedly, with us so class time just flies by!   I have ten more week/classes and I’ll be done and ready to look for work again.   I didn’t think I’d ever say this but I’ll be glad to get back to work because I’m getting a little bored at home now that the kids are back in school and the holidays are gone.  But I’m not ready to take a part time job because I still do school run around and now babysitting, so I’ll wait til I’m done with class and hit the pavement running.

Last night, in class, I learned something that just brightened up my day and gave me a more positive outlook on the upcoming  job search.   One of the reasons I stayed so long (9 years) at my previous company is because of my fear with my past criminal record.  I had a few misdemeanors in my early 20’s and ended up with a couple of 30 day jail stints plus lots of probation.  I’ve been afraid to look for a new job because I wasn’t sure how that would effect me, you know?  But last night I just found out that our wonderful state of California has a seven year cap on criminal records.   Yes!  And for things like misdemeanors I don’t necessarily have to even list them because they are now irrelevant!   I haven’t been in trouble in about 12′ish years so I’m in the clear.  I was really worried about this, especially since I’ll be going into an HR field but now I’m feeling much better about the future.  

Like I said, there just may be hope for me in this new career path after all.   So how are you?  What’s new?