So Friday was my last day at Familias de Esperanza.  It`s been about 3 months since I began.  The work was great and great for my Spanish too…which led me to apply for a fulltime paid position about a little over a month ago.  The only catch was that I`d have to commit to work there for a year in order to be on the payroll.  Since I really didn`t want to be banging nails for over a year, I originally asked if I could work for only six months (especially since I had already recieved all of the training I`d need).  Mario, the bossman, told me that 6 months should be ok, I`d just have to talk to the people in the office about it.  I went and talked to a girl in the office and told her what I was interested in doing.  She told me that she`d ask the higher-ups and let me know.  After ALOT of waiting (vacations for people in the office, my own sick time, interviews for other people interested in the position, etc) she got back to me and said it was only possible if I`d commit to a year.  I said that I would and we had a full-fledged interview…

I was pretty sure I was going to get the job, I had already worked in the shop for 2.5 months and more or less knew what the job was about.  In addition, all of the other applicants to the job were in the US and had to be interviewed over the phone.  I figured I`d have the upper hand.

Although I wasn`t totally excited about the idea of doing construction for a year, I figured that it`d be a good thing to be involved in and would be good for my Spanish.  The office then got back to me this past Wednesday and told me that they had gone with somebody else.  My initial idea of working for only 6 months had led them to be skeptical about whether I`d really be there for a full year… Although I had been banking on getting the job, it wasn`t earth shattering news that I didn`t get it, I had been having second thoughts about the commitment and the tiny amount of money that I`d be recieving.

So anyways, where does this leave me… unemployed.  Needless to say, not much has changed.  This is ok, but`ll require a bit of a change of plans.  Up to this point I`ve actually been really busy between working and on and off Spanish classes .  However, my current situation with dinero has lead me to end my classes and to the realization that a job is a job and that money is money.  Since I`m not at all excited about working in Guatemala City (I have my reasons… but this is unfortunately where all of the jobs are), I`ve started looking for a restaurant/bar job here.  I`ve had to consider what my priorities are… and Spanish is first… in order to get Spanish I need to be able to stay here… this means I need to be makin`the moneys.  I`ve walked to just about every restaurant/bar in Antigua at this point and should be hearing back from people this week.  It`s about power positive thinking…

We`ll see how it goes.  If nothing comes through I`ve considered adding a paypal donation box to the site…