Sunday Funday

Never has the theme song for the TV show Friends seemed so appropriate to me.  Granted, when the show first aired I was too young to understand the struggles of young, unemployed adults trying to live it up in a big city.  Yet here I am, on my way to turning 24, living in Chicago, working as an intern downtown and as a hostess on the weekend, completely understanding the lyrics to one of the most recognized theme songs of my generation.  No one told me that my life, when I was turning 24, would consist of two part-time jobs that allow me to live paycheck to paycheck.  I've definitely burned my breakfast on several occasions, and I have heard several horror stories from my mom about living without much money in a big, new city... I'm not gonna go on like this and dedicate this entire post to my being unemployed and broke, but just to put it into perspective, a majority of the Friends theme song = my life right now...

But, thankfully, I have lots of friends (and family) who are always happy to help me and be there for me - and to give me hope.  My best friend is on a one-way flight to D.C. right now where she will be starting her dream job as a Press Assistant for a political office.  She graduated in the Spring of '08 with awesome grades, wonderful recommendations and high hopes.  One year later, she was still working as a server in her home town.  She worked and worked and applied for every single job she could find (not an easy task, coming from a soon-to-be expert on job hunting).  When I found out that she got a position in D.C., I was ecstatic.  Not only was I happy for her, but I (selfishly) let her happiness grow into a hope for me that I hadn't felt since I initially graduated.  It's so wonderful to know that things do work out, even if not the way you'd planned.  I don't have my dream job yet, but at least I see the opportunity out there and have friends to help me get there... oh, and two jobs to get me by for now.  

Rachel worked as a server before landing her dream job at Ralph Lauren.  It'll happen.