Random Rambling Tidbits

Well, it's official. I sat for my state board exam on August 9th and passed! All I have to do is wait for the veterinarian board to finish processing the paperwork (estimate date is September 19th) and pay the fees and I will officially be a certified veterinary technician!

I didn't get the results till the end of August because it was a scan tron test (compared to nationals where it was computerized so you get an immediate answer) so I was on pins and needles fearing that I failed. Now helping matters was that I kept going to job interviews after job interview, getting my hopes up and then being told they went with someone else. There was a point where I was really down and was wondering what the point was. I felt that nobody would ever hire me.

But then, the day after I got my state results, I actually got a job offer! It was a place I liked and was hoping would want me. I'm going to start next Monday and am so excited!

In the meantime, I moved out of my studio apartment that I was living in for the last semester of school. I'm living with my parents for now until I can save up enough to get my own place. I'm hoping that things go better now than the last time I lived with them, and I am being cautiously optimistic. It is kind of cute how my mom keeps seeing if there are vet shows on animal planet for us to watch together; she often asks me to explain things, such as why animals have that tube in their mouth. And it is great that they let me bring my mice with me.

I had my desktop packed up in anticipation for a move since...the end of May so I didn't have access to my drawing tablet or my steam games. I did have my table with a keyboard, so I did a lot of fanfiction writing...or at least what I think is a lot. I haven't published fanfiction before, so even one was a lot. It was a good outlet for when I need a distraction from my failed interviews, and it was kind of great to be able to interact with fandoms after being such a lurker. I even got an Archive of Our Own account! I'm RamblingAcara there!

It really feels like a new season of my life. I'm in a new field, in a new job, with my new pets, and I'm trying new things in the fan space. 

...I still didn't get a call back today. I even tried to call the school again, but it was after office hours. First thing tommorrow, though, I'll call again because at this point I don't care about whether I get the job or not, I want closure darn it!

(And I also want the peace of being able to separate myself from my cell phone lest I miss their call back)

In other news, I've been enjoying Cyborg 009 (the 2001 series) and re-discovering my love for the Megaman series. Both have rekindled my interest in robots and sci-fi, which is an interesting change in mindset after spending so long in the medieval fantasy setting of Fire Emblem. It also reminded me again how badly I want a steady job so I can justify getting a subscription for the Archie Megaman comics.

Sigh. At least for now I can rely on my library for some of the graphic novels. And they finally got the first two volumes of the crossover with Sonic, so yeah.

But I'm still frustrated about the job thing. Why won't anyone call me back >_<