Apartment Search

As I mentioned in my previous blog, I will be moving to West Des Moines, Iowa! Finally getting a chance to get out of Peoria.  My start date is June 6th, which will be here before I know it!  I feel like there is never enough time. Searching for a place to live through the internet is extremely hard without being able to walk around and get a real feel for the place.  There are so many things to look into, short-term vs. long-term leases; is there a washer/dryer; how much do utitlies run; the list goes on and on.  There are so many things going on this last month its hard finding time to even get down there.  Reality is starting to hit even harder as I start making my lists of what needs to be done by when! Time to buckle down and prioritize and keep a positive attitude to work through this :)

GOT THE JOB

My previous blog talked about how fortunate I was to get to interview over Spring Break at Von Maur's corporate offices.  Yesterday I got the call offering me the job!!!!! I was overwhelmed with happiness.  It was such an amazing feeling.  I am officially accepting the offer and finalizing all the details today.  They have placed me in their West Des Moines location in Men's Sportswear.

I have been asked countless times by family and friends what plans are after graduation and now I have a solid answer to tell them.  It has given me such a big peace of mind to be able to know I have a set plan after graduation.  I had to wrok hard to get this job, making sure I attended each job fair, constantly following up, sending thank you's, and really expressing my interest in their company.  I highly recommend to do all of these things with any job you are looking into in the future. 

Blessing in Disguise

This is my first year that I have never gone anywhere with my friends or family for spring break in college. All of my money was gone back in January when I traveled to London for three weeks.  I figured that this break would be just complete torture being stuck in Peoria where all my other friends are vacationing elsewhere, but little did I know it would be a blessing in disguise.  On Monday I got a call from Von Maur to set up a third and final interview in person at their headquarters in Davenport, IA.  I luckily had the day off work and set up the date the very next day! They were very impressed with my quick and eager response to get there.  The interview went great and I hear back in a couple of weeks! All in all it was nice to relax and work a lot during this past week and not have to worry about much.  Now I get the joy of seeing all of my friend's pictures from spring break, caaan't wait...