Back in Indiana...

Some family may already know this and I don't know how many following my blog seeing how my last post was a year and a half ago. Anyways I moved to Indiana in August. I am currently working back at St. Francis Hospital in the ER and taking online classes from Pikes Peak Community College (that was the college I was attending out in Colorado) I am hoping to save up money and possibly returning back to Colorado to finish school I miss the ICU and Colorado mountains so much and just everything about it. Well this is my update in case people read this still. Hopefully I will become a more successful blogger with inspirational things to say or just blog about my life and productivity. We shall see.

New Email

I will be closing my blandcrystal@gmail.com address and I now have a new one.  It is blandcrys@gmail.com  Please delete my old one and start emailing me at my new one.  Thank you and I will update soon.

Love you all

Crystal Pistal

Job Hunt Update

Well I have been writing alot about trying to find a job and when I went out for Taralee's wedding I received two phone calls for interviews.  I was able to schedule them when I got back into the Springs and both of them went great.  One was for a paraprofessional for the school district I live in, I would have been a CNA at the schools.  The other one was for an EKG Technician at Penrose Hospital here in the Springs.  I received a call on Thursday informing me that Harrison School district met with many great applicants however I did not receive the job.  For the EKF Technician I will not find out until the first week of June.  I was the very first interviewee for the position anyone have input on whether or not being the first to be interviewed is a good thing or bad thing.  I only hope I left a memorable impression so they will be like "they aren't as good as the first one Crystal"  that would be great.  

As mentioned I went to Taralee's wedding it was amazing.  She was a very beautiful bride and I am glad that she found her eternal companion.  I hope they have a great start to an eternal marriage.  I really enjoyed spending time with my family and being able to see them even though it was a short visit.  I especially enjoyed being able to watch my nieces and nephews while the couples went to the temple for some sessions.  Although they enjoyed watching Hannah Montana I was able to pry them away for a bit to make them laugh and giggle and take some pictures with them.  I also was able to assist Brent in using the bathroom which it may sound strange but he is so cute when he knows it is time to sit on the toilet or how he describes that he wet his pants.  He doesn't just say that he describes the pull ups "Uh-Oh I peed in my car pull ups Aunt Crystal I need some new ones"  Also he can be with you one second and gone the next and the only place you need to look is the bathroom because that is where he will be.  I know that is probably a strange thing to post in the blog but he is just so cute!  Anyways this is my post for today and maybe this week except I have been working my behind off and there is nothing to show for it.  Love you all and miss you.

Crystal Pistal

"Stress....

...it's a killer sir."  Yes that is from the animation Anastatia.  I am really stressed out when it comes to jobs and trying to pay my bills.  Anyone have solutions for the stress.  Sometimes I just want to pull all of my hair out.  I just don't know what to do anymore.  I don't even have money left over from my bills to put into savings or even better by myself groceries.  I just AGH!!!!!  Well thats all I just had to vent about my stress levels I am surprised it hasn't put me in the hospital yet.

Love you all

Crystal Pistal

First Interview

So a couple of weeks ago (yes I am way behind on updating this thing I really want to get better)  I had an interview with Memorial Hospital North in the Cardiac Unit for a Telemetry Technician position.  I thought I went pretty well.  I was able to answer the question well (maybe a little bit more confidence would help me out) and I was also able to hand them a letter of recommendation while they asked about my references.  When I got home I called the cardiac unit again and asked if I could have the email addresses of Jessica and Michelle so I could email them and thank them for taking the time out to interview with me.  I was just so ecstatic that I finally was able to make it into a hospital for an interview. I am still trying to get a job there I would prefer Memorial Hospital over Centura Health Facilities because Memorial is much better at contacting you to let you know you were not accepted for the job.  I am keeping my fingers crossed that something good will really work for me.  I applied to two colleges and will be attending one of them in the fall of this year to continue in earning a degree towards becoming an RN.

More news is I still work for 24 Hour Fitness as a Kid Club Attendant.  Recently I went into overtime and now a note is in my file so if there is a next time I go into overtime I will get written up.  KC said "how can they write you up for working" my mom said "do they want you to leave with to many kids there so they can have a lawsuit on their hands."  Its the economy and it is really starting to get to me.  Really Really Really bad.  Anyways those are my updates.  Love you and miss you all who read this.

Crystal Pistal

My Economic Times

So it has been a while since I have posted and let people know the update on my life.  I finally got a hourly paying job at 24 Hour Fitness as a Kid Club Attendant making minimum wage about 15 hours a week.  I love children and this job is amazing however it is still not what I want to be doing.  On March 25 I applied to 8 jobs at Centura Health.  This is an online application for Penrose and St. Francis Hospitals out here in Colorado Springs.  On March 26 I applied to 4 more come to find out 2 days later they did not select me for any of those jobs, jobs of which I am qualified for.  I have the experience and the CNA license to get the job done.  I also applied to 2 jobs as a Telemetry Tech at Memorial Hospital which those have been forwarded to the hiring manager so I am crossing my fingers.

     I want to know though why since technology has gotten better business's and such have decided to do online applications.  It is really hurting the people that are better suited for the job.  Sure I could lie on my online application and my resume but that is me however I feel like that is what other people are doing.  I should at least be given the opportunity to have a one on one interview.  This is so frustrating that the field I want to work in I keep getting rejected because they are too busy to personally meet with each applicant for that job.  ARE YOU SERIOUS!!!!

Passed CNA

So I passed my CNA course.   I received a 975.25/1000.  Now I am still looking for a job.  I have been applying everywhere, not only hospitals but I have been applying to Walmart, Target, Sams's Club, T-mobile etc.  Guess what I keep getting told NO.  I don't understand and I don't think they understand the employee that they are losing.  Anyone else have employment ideas???