Above All

I am very frusturated because I still don't have a job yet... stressed and kind of getting depressed. It seems like everywhere I turn there seems to be a roadblock. I did turn a few job applications at summer camps and the Hampton Inn but I won't hear back from them for another couple weeks. I have also applied at Fridays and the Black Forest Cafe for hostesting jobs and I am supposed to be hearing back from them sometime today to set up an interview. I am going out with my job coach @ 2 to go pick up some more applications. Friday I might go to a job fair in Boston and see what kinds of opportunities they have there for me. If I end up getting a job down there then I will most likely end up moving in with my grandparents. I wouldn't mind that actually because there seem to be almost no jobs around here whatsoever.
STRESS CITY! OMG!! I'm going so insane with stress.. and also i am quite stir crazy because I am so bored out my wits at home.

As of tomorrow there will be 23 days til I go to New York! I am getting so excited and anxious. I hope the plans for the Barn Playhouse reunion that my friend Colleen and I are organizing will start fall into place soon. People are supposed to rsvp by April 16th so they still have a little under two weeks to let Colleen or I know they are coming. Hopefully the party will have a big turnout. I am getting so excited to see HAIR and get the backstage tour from my friend Jay. It's gonna be wicked awesome!!! YAY YAY YAY!!

I have two volunteer job interviews this week one tomorrow at Parkhurst Place a senior citizen home in Amherst and one at Southern NH Medical Center in Nashua on Thursday at 1. I figured volunteering is a good way to get my face out in the community and hopefully get a job at place like that.

So I am totally hoping Megan goes home on American Idol tonight. In my opinion she is only in the compettion for her looks and her singing voice is not that great. She should have gone home two weeks ago instead of Alexis. I can't wait for this week's theme top 100 songs. I can't wait to see who gets what song and hope one of the guys gets a Rascal Flatts song.. I think that either Scott or Kris would do really good at a Rascal Flatts song!
My NCAA basketball bracket totally and completely sucks. Out of the teams in my bracket the only teams that made it to Final Four were Louisville and UConn. I hope UConn wins it all.. that would be one point for New England since BU got out in the quarterfinals. For men's hockey UNH got beaten by BU so I was pretty bummed out about that but out of New England teams Vermont and BU are in the slots to go to the Frozen 4 so I'm stoked. A couple more weeks and the the Red Sox start their regular season! I am so excited!!

Time for lunch
Love
Janine

My bracket kind of sucks..

NCAA Basketball   Semi Finals

Teams  I am following are in bold

For the most part my bracket is pretty screwed

East Divison
Pittsburgh 60    Xavier 55
Villianova 67  Duke 55
Final Game Prediction:  Pittsburgh  wins 60-49

South Division
Oaklahoma 84  Syracuse 71
North Carolina 88   Gonzaga 77

Final  Game Prediction: N. Carolina wins  57-49

Midwest Division
Louisville 103  Arizona  69
Michigan State 67  Kansas 62
Final Game Prediction:  Louisville  wins 104-72
West Regional
UCONN 72  Purdue 60
Missouri 102   Memphis  91
Final Game Prediction: UConn 103  Missouri 90

Men's Hockey

Teams I am following is in bold

Northeast

BU 8 Ohio State  3

UNH 6  North Dakota 5 (OT)

East

 Air Force  2 Michigan  0

Vermont 4 Yale 1

West 

Miami Ohio  4  Denver 2

Minnesota-Deluth 5 Princeton 4 (OT)

Cornell 3 Northeastern  2

Notre Dame vs Bemidji State was a late game so the score wasn't in the paper

NEXT Round

 It is tough to predict who will win the BU-UNH game because they are both really good teams in their respective divisions

Vermont will beat Air Force 4-2

Miami Ohio will beat Minnesota Deluth 6-5

So excited!!

I love you Matt!

My  plans for my trip to New York at the end of April with my boyfriend for our one year anniversary   are starting to fall into place.   I am so excited.   The hotel room has been brought, the tickets for HAIR  has been reserved, the restaurant for the Barn reunion has been selected.  The details that need to be worked out are transportation too and  from the city and reservations at the restaurant for the Barn reunion  Colleen Fee and I are keeping track of the RSVPS and  the week before I go  I will have a final head count to make the reservation at the Barn reunion. Hopefully it will have  a big turn out but  it's hard to tell because I don't know what people's schedules are going to be like.

Job search is still continually stressfull. This week I dropped of an application @  The Hampton Inn, The Black Forest Cafe and Fridays.   I also heard back from the lady in charge of the summer camp in Merrimack and she said they don't start scheduling interviews til the second week of April and interviews for the Hampton  Inn don't start til May 1st. Hopefully  I get a job soon I am getting so tired of looking.

I do not have much else to update on. 

Until later farewell

Janine

Update!

So it's been awhile since I updated... actually updated not just posted a filler post about American Idol or March Madness.
Last weekend was pretty boring Matt was away for the weekend visiting family and Heather was in North Carolina visiting her brother who just came from Iraq. I made the best of it though. Friday evening I ushered at the play at the Boys And Girls Club No Sex Please We're Bittish. You can see my brief review of it at my theatre reviews blog http://theatrereviewer826.blogspot.com. Saturday I went to my sister's dance team compettion at Souhegan. It was long but fun. Souhegan won first place overall.
Now it's back to my griping about job searching.
So when it boils down to it there are not a lot of jobs out there right now. I can't even beleive i've almost been out of school for a year and looking for a job for almost just as long. The freelance job at the Cabinet and subbing provide me with some spending money but the issue at hand is finding a second job to pay back my loans from NEC. I have applied to pretty much every place imaginable and there are very few places that seem to be hiring. I am thinking of applying for a job at Seasonal Pools and Spas on Rt 101A and hostess jobs at local resturants just so I can get a bit more money coming in. Since I can't seem to find much full-time/part time work I have decided to do some volunteering just to get me out of the house. I am going to be working at Gateways in Nashua helping out with their newsletter and also trying to get an in with voulteering at Southern NH Medical Center doing anything I possibly can. I was supposed to have an interview yesterday with the volunteer coordinator but she has been sick all week so we rescheduled our appointment for sometime next week.

American Idol Update
Here is how I rate last nights perfomances on a scale of 1-10
Adam -8
Allison 7
Anoop 7.5
Danny 7.5
Kris 7.5
Lil 6.5
Matt 9
Megan 3
Michael 3
Scott 6.5

Top 3 Adam; Allison Matt
Bottom 3 Megan Michael Scott


Off to write cover letters.

Janine

American Idol Week 2 Summary and Week Three Predictions

Okay so week two of American Idol has passed. Last week's theme for songs was country. I was quite excited becaue country is one of my favorite genres of music besides showtumes and classic rock. Here is how I would rate last weeks's performances on a scale of 1-10(In alphabetical order)
Adam- In my opinion I think Adam will be the next one to go. I am getting quite bored with him. I think he is better suited for musical theatre and not American Idol . Apparently he was in Wicked. I have no idea what character he played though. 4
Alexis- I am not really familiar with Dolly Parton's music at all but I thought she did a pretty good job. I was sad that she got voted off. Michael or Adam should have gone home. 6.5
Allison- She is a powerhouse! I was shocked that she was in the bottom three. I think she is one of the best contestants this season. 7
Anoop- He's been one of my favorites since the beginning when they were auditioning. I think he has a good shot at getting a record deal. He really bounced back from his performance last week. As Simon said he went from Zero to Hero. 7
Kris- I think he is one of the better male contestants this season. He has a wonderful voice and I liked his song choice. 6
Danny- He totally rocked Jesus Take The Wheel. Loved his performance 9
Lil- Her performance was pretty good. It shows she can add some variety to what she sings. I love how Simon comments on her wardrobe all the time when he doesn't even know anything at all about fashion. 6
Matt- Clearly he is one of my favorite guys this season other than Danny. He really reminds me of Justin Timberlake. 8
Megan- She is the complete opposite of Anoop and has my least favorite contestant from the beginning of show other than Tatianna Deltoro who luckily got voted off during wildcard week. In my opinion she doesn't have that great of a voice while she has had her good moments.. like a few songs she sang during Hollywood week. She totally butcherd Can't Help Lovin That Man of Mine from Showboat which she sang for her audition and Walkin' After Midnight by Patsy Cline which she sang last week, During Michael Jackon week her renditon of Rockin' Robin was also pretty horrid. If Adam is not the next person to go then she willl be. 3
Michael- I personally didn't feel that his performance was the memorable at all. 3
Scott- While I sort of agree with Paula's critique that he uses the piano as a crutch I do think he is really talented and will probably end up making it to the top 5. 6.5

This weeek's theme is MoTown. Prelimilarly here is who are in my top and bottom three. Tomorrow I will post who I think will go home after having seen the performances.
Top 3: Scott Lil Allison
Bottom 3: Adam Megan Michael

Job Search To Do List
Tomorrow I have a volunteer job interview @ St Joesph's Hospital. I will also find out if they have any available positions open
Fill out TJ Maxx application Currently they are not hiring but I will apply anyway and if they start hiring in the summer
Complete Camp Naticook Application and send it off
Fill out Panera Application

MARCH MADNESS

NCCA Basketball Quarterfinal Scores

if bolded it means a team I am following

East Division

Villanova 89 UCLA 69

Duke 74 Texas 69

Xaiver 60 Wisconsin 49

Pittsburgh 84 Oklahonma State 76
Semis Duke will beat Villanova

Pittsburgh will beat Xavier
South Division

Oklahoma 73 Michigan 63

Gonzaga 83 Western Kentucky 91

North Carolina 84 LSU 70

Syracuse 78 Arizona State 67 pretty intense game that one was ..mostly in the fist half.. in the second half it was pretty clear that Syracuse was going to win.Semis

Syracuse will beat Oakahoma

Gonzaga will beat N, Carolina

West Division

Memphis 89 Mayland 70

UCONN 92 Texas A & M 66

Purdue 76 Washington 74

Missouri 83 Marquette 79

Semis

UCONN will beat Purdue

Memphis will beat Maryland

Midwest Division

Louisville 79 Siena 72 Arizona 71 Cleaveland St 57

Kansas 60 Dayton 43Michigan State 74 So. Cal 69

Semis Kansas will beat Michigan StateArizona will beat Louisville

Final 4

Pittsburgh;Duke, Syracuse, UCONN

Syracuse & UCONN will go to the championship and Syracuse willl win it all.

Womens Hockey 1st Round Predicitions

Air Force will beat Michigan

Vermont will beat Yale

UNH will beat North Dakota

BU will beat Ohio StateDenver will beat Miami

Northeastern will beat Cornell

Other Predicted winners: Minnesota Deluth and Notre Dame

BLARGH!!

Well I am starting to become less and less hopeful about finding a job that will pay decent money for quite awhile. Here are my updates :

• TJ Maxx and Market Basket are still in hiring freezes pretty so i am pretty much giving up on both of those
• Walmart said they would call me back when a position fits the criteria I put on my application Who knows how long it's going to take them to call me back.....
• While I did get hired to sub in Milford I haven't gotten called in yet and still don't get called in that much at Nashua either. Hopefully that will change soon.

At this point I need to keep my sanity in check... I am going utterly stir crazy by sittting at home doing absolutley nothing. I have been applying to local summer camps so if I don't find a job with in the next two months at least I'll have something lined up for the summer. I have already applied at Camp Sargent and Camp Young Judea. I plan on also applying at Girls INC, The Boys and Girls Club in Nashua, The Boys and Girls Club in Milford and Camp Naticook in Merrimack. I am considering going to the job fair that is at Southern NH University on April 9th that has been advertised on WMUR for the past 3 months. Maybe I'll find some places to apply to there.

So utterly frusturated and slowly running out of options of places to apply.