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“Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity
to seize everything you ever wanted – one moment
Would you capture it or just let it slip?”

“Lose Yourself” by Eminem


It would not be practical to use a portion of the money I will (hopefully) be getting from Unemployment soon on flying to the location where the first group interview is going to be ... but 10 or 20 years from now, I want to be able to look myself in the eyes and know that at least I tried. This opportunity might be my "one shot" - I didn't have enough money & no source of income the last time I received an offer to go to a group interview for a flight attendant job, but this time ... maybe I will.

Last night, I dreamed about becoming a flight attendant. I dreamed that I was hired, but I messed up on my first flight - I stuttered when I was welcoming passengers on board the plane, and during the flight I had to use the restroom twice, and apparently that was against some sort of rule of restroom break to flight time ratio. My uniform, which oddly consisted of yellow and orange striped drawstring pants and a matching long sleeved shirt for part of the dream kept having problems. The lame silky drawstring pants kept coming untied and sliding down too far on my hips. Dreams are so random - of course a flight attendant uniform would be dignified and wouldn't look anything like that or be commonly prone to those kind of "wardrobe malfunctions."

Anyway, by the time the flight was over, I was certain I'd be fired - especially when the pilot ushered out all the other flight attendants, asking me to stay behind. Randomly, somehow I lost track of him and was wandering around the airport trying to find him. I finally found him, and he started serenading me! rofl Dreams are so strange. But, even as he was hitting on me via song, I knew that when he was done singing he'd be saying something like: "Your performance was not up to the airlines standards, and so we're going to have to let you go, but hey - now you can go out with me!" Ugh ... he was some older guy - 50ish. Yuck. (for someone my age, that is) *shudders*

I think the dream stemmed from having read last night in the book I have that when you are newly hired (and after the training phase) you are watched and tested a lot. The impression that the author gave is that your position as a flight attendant is very unstable for 6 months to a year while you are being reviewed and watched by your superiors - that you could be laid off or fired at the drop of a hat for mistakes (if too many are made.)

Of course, my chances of actually being hired for this job are almost nonexistant. I don't have much work experience that could be called "customer service experience", and I read that only about 3 % of all applicants get hired ... eek However, I spoke to someone on the phone yesterday who told me that her sister, who didn't have any previous customer service experience and had just come from a clerical job (like me!) had been hired as a flight attendant because she did very well on the interview. I need to study the Q & A section of the book I have and write down my answers to all of the questions and memorize them - I can paraphrase my answers to fit specific, but similar questions. *nervous* Could I do this? If I stick to that book like glue and follow every suggestion, I might have a slight chance. I'm going to go for it! heart

As I was looking for information about Skywest online tonight, I found a source listing various other airlines that are hiring right now! So ... I should apply to as many as I can! I'm inclined toward Skywest, though, because they have some domiciles close enough to where I live that I might not even have to move ... That would be awesome!

I'm nervous, wondering if this is something I should be pursuing, but if it's not what God wants for me, He will close the doors. He knows what's best for me, and that might be something really different. I've done a lot of thinking about the many downsides to being a flight attendant, and have wondered if I even have the physical stamina to do this ... But I was a filing clerk for over 2 years, so I spent a lot of time on my feet walking around, moving quickly to try to be efficient. Sometimes, I almost felt like a flight attendant in terms of those aspects of the work. But the difference is ... flying, airplanes, airports ... the sky! No windows in the file room ...

If this is what God wants for me, He'll bless my efforts with success. I can trust Him. He wants what's best for me. I have a gut feeling that He's going to bless my job search efforts with something, anything other than filing ... filing was killing me ... I learned a lot about life and about myself from that time, though. It was a hellish time, but I learned a lot. There's always a reason for the way things happen ...

I need something that won't break me emotionally - no more windowless file rooms, no more of the monotony of the same names filed in the same drawers over and over again for years ...

Instead, a job that is service oriented, travel oriented, or involving artistic creativity in some way - that's what I need. I'm searching, applying. I will try to trust God's hand at work in my life during this time.