Homeless Guy Hits Taxi

My life is by no means normal. Let's just be real about that.

Yesterday on my walk home from the university, I saw a homeless guy walk into a taxi. No the taxi did not hit the man. EEk. The dude took the taxi's wing mirror off and slammed into the ground. A guy near the scene called 999 (our 911), but I had to speak to them because his accent was too thick. Because the homeless guy was blatantly drunk, I had to ask him some questions which he took ages to answer.

Finally the police arrived only to find the homeless man trying to flee the scene. Ridiculous. After a few minutes with the homeless guy pushed against the wall, he was forced into the patrol car and taken away. Finally the ambulance arrived only to be told he was gone.

I had to give an official police statement which took forever to complete via the officer's tiny PDA on which he was writing. It was freezing cold and windy to boot. Boo :(

Currently I am suffering the wrath of a nice winter cold which is seriously starting to piss me off. I also thought I would be home from December 22 to January 6, but thanks to American Airlines not taking my debit card I didn't book it last night. This morning I thought I should contact the temp agency to double check about my assignment next week (this was the money paying for the flight). Anyhoo, come to find out they gave my job to someone else. Talk about being pissed and upset! Well this hooker definitely was that. I ended my phone call politely, but after a few minutes realised I had no reason to be polite. So I calmly called back to state my frustration at the situation. I was assured I was an alternate and told there may be a possible position for me.

So the short story is next week I start working for the tourism board as an Admin Assistant. I'm happy to have an income, but still demoralized by the job search process. I'd really love to do something in my field...is that too much too ask? Must be because I am having absolutely NO luck. Just mailed 2 applications and emailed a third. Have a bunch to do tomorrow as well.

For now, I will not be home for Christmas as I had hoped because I now have to work those 2 weeks I would have been home. But hopefully in the spring sometime I can venture on home. :(

Love and miss you all!!