So I'm at this really weird point in my career. Do I give my resume to the cruise lines or not?
I just worked my first union gig last night, and I'm working another one tonight. It's really great working in a venue so large and insane. I thought I'd be totally unqualified and unprepared to do the job, but all they needed was grunts. Physically I'm not in the best shape to be doing something like this, but I managed. I even got myself quite dirty, dirtier than the boys even. ;-)
I think I'm kind of scared to turn my resume in. It means a huge change in my life. Leaving everything comfortable and familiar. There's still a huge chance I wouldn't even get the job, so I'm really only worrying about something that hasn't even happened yet.
My job at Knott's ends as of Thanksgiving morning when we hit the deadline to change the park over to Christmas. Halloween Haunt was like seeing if I could handle the cruise line (since I was working the same show 3 to 4 times a night per week) and I know now that I can. I just have to learn how to keep the music out of my head and my mp3 player fixed that ordeal.
I'm also learning that I need to take on a lot more responsibilities I've ignored. My mom always handled my car insurance since I was an honor student and she got great rates for me, but now I'm not living with her anymore and out of school. I started quote shopping and its so confusing. Plus I'm looking at taking over my dad's house payments from him which would be A LOT per month so I'd have to find a roomie. But if I got this job, I'd only have to worry about a place to live for 2 weeks every 6 months.
I've decided to hand in the resume, see what I can get. I can always turn the job down... only problem is, I've run out of options. I just haven't found where I want to be.
