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fredericksWhen I emerged from the Rockefeller Center train station the polite spring "spittle" rain had moved on - this was a full-on spring storm. I looked around trying to get my bearings; I was supposed to meet the Prudential Rep. for my palm reading financial advisory somewhere along Fifth, but I was on Avenue of the Americas. I'd visited the area enough to vaguely recall that Ave. of the Americas was either Fifth or Sixth, but that really didn't help me at the moment. So, to sum it up, I was lost, chilled, my bum leg was getting ready to say its painful hello (and the good one was twinging for good measure), and my shoes were squishing with every step. But, my GOD, it looked fan-fuckin'-tastic outside. The lights, the skyscrapers disappearing into the low-lying clouds, the bustle...I was soaked but smiling the most genuine smile I've had for a while. When I started down one street I met up with all the music stores Quincy had introduced me to when we were actively pursuing our art. Heh. All that stuff seems like it happened ages ago. Good memories, though.
The meeting itself? Hilarious (in the sarcastic sense) and yet very eye-opening. It, indeed, *was* like those time-share thinggeys I feared. Or like those online analyses you can fill out where you can only get detailed results if you shell out a credit card number. We only went through the first two preliminary steps of a financial advising session, establishing my long-term goals (ha!) and my current financial situation (*sigh*). This sort of meeting was wasted on me, a recent college grad with a minimal income who's mooching off her parents, and I told the rep. as much before we got down to the nitty-gritty. Still, she was insistent that it would be worthwhile. I noted that she got a lot less enthusiastic about everything after we went though my current assets. For the first time I put to paper about how much I earn each month and how much I spend each month. I'm saving not a damn thing. Nothing. And I didn't even factor in my Amex bill. It was a (welcome) wake-up call. And when she asked me what my long-term goals were I blanked. I seriously can't believe I haven't been concretely thinking past a weekly time frame. We arranged for another meeting, but I know it's pointless. She's helped me all she can, and I'm not going to go into the red even more by paying her to tell me how much I suck at budgeting.
Managed to get in contact with the Score person that had given me a call back the other day. As far as I know the whole hiring thing is basically a three step process. First you go through a phone interview (which I'm supposed to endure tomorrow morning at 10AM - I should have told her the afternoon was a better time to talk to me; now I have to wake up early), then a group (?) interview, and finally they run you through the gauntlet and...okay, so I don't really know what the final step is. The woman only went though two over the phone. She asked when I could go work for them, and when I mentioned within two weeks she seemed enthused, so I took that as a positive sign. When I told her I could most likely make it for the Friday group interview, though, she sort of went "Well, slow down there, laddy. You have to make it through my phone interview first", bringing me back to earth for a spell (I'm paraphrasing, but that's the gist of it).
That was my day. I have to apologize if this thing is typo-licious. It's taking me so long to write this stuff up lately that it's hard for me to find the energy to deal with proof-reading. If I've been laying on the typos in my few comments, I apologize for that as well. Brain work slow now.
Alright, enough with the kowtowing.
The meeting itself? Hilarious (in the sarcastic sense) and yet very eye-opening. It, indeed, *was* like those time-share thinggeys I feared. Or like those online analyses you can fill out where you can only get detailed results if you shell out a credit card number. We only went through the first two preliminary steps of a financial advising session, establishing my long-term goals (ha!) and my current financial situation (*sigh*). This sort of meeting was wasted on me, a recent college grad with a minimal income who's mooching off her parents, and I told the rep. as much before we got down to the nitty-gritty. Still, she was insistent that it would be worthwhile. I noted that she got a lot less enthusiastic about everything after we went though my current assets. For the first time I put to paper about how much I earn each month and how much I spend each month. I'm saving not a damn thing. Nothing. And I didn't even factor in my Amex bill. It was a (welcome) wake-up call. And when she asked me what my long-term goals were I blanked. I seriously can't believe I haven't been concretely thinking past a weekly time frame. We arranged for another meeting, but I know it's pointless. She's helped me all she can, and I'm not going to go into the red even more by paying her to tell me how much I suck at budgeting.
Managed to get in contact with the Score person that had given me a call back the other day. As far as I know the whole hiring thing is basically a three step process. First you go through a phone interview (which I'm supposed to endure tomorrow morning at 10AM - I should have told her the afternoon was a better time to talk to me; now I have to wake up early), then a group (?) interview, and finally they run you through the gauntlet and...okay, so I don't really know what the final step is. The woman only went though two over the phone. She asked when I could go work for them, and when I mentioned within two weeks she seemed enthused, so I took that as a positive sign. When I told her I could most likely make it for the Friday group interview, though, she sort of went "Well, slow down there, laddy. You have to make it through my phone interview first", bringing me back to earth for a spell (I'm paraphrasing, but that's the gist of it).
That was my day. I have to apologize if this thing is typo-licious. It's taking me so long to write this stuff up lately that it's hard for me to find the energy to deal with proof-reading. If I've been laying on the typos in my few comments, I apologize for that as well. Brain work slow now.
Alright, enough with the kowtowing.
