0I had two aims for 2009...come August I am still no where near either of them: First being, getting promoted and secondly, getting into grad school (for next year).
I spent the first 6 months of the year working my ass off trying to meet my targets (extra incentive for the management to promote me) only to find out that the mid-year promotion cycle had been scrapped altogether (aah the joys of the recession). Absolutely no word yet on what can be expected at the end of the year (I told my supervisor that i am starting to feel like a total schmuck having spoken to our boss so many times about the promotion), hence 5 more months of depressing waiting is ahead!! im told that i should be thankful for having a job at least! (blah blah blah)
Subsequently i also thought that since job prospects are so bad (I have the choice of a thankless existence at my current job until they finally have no further use of me and give me the boot anyways, or start looking for another job which in the current market is highly unlikely) i might as well use this time to go back to school. Sadly enough that requires far more money than i can ever save, and hence have desperately applied for a scholarship a second time. Interviews have already begun and everyday that goes by that i dont get a call makes me worry more and more!
I am told by many that one should be patient, that good things come to those who wait! Sadly for me, I live in the real world and know that sometimes no matter how hard you work, something just might not work out ur way. Yet here I am, still hopeful that 2009 will bring some good news and it will turn out to be a good year after all!
