Dreaming With My Eyes Wide Open

"We can do some living
Or spend our whole life hopin´
In the end we´re left with
The one we chose
So I´ll do my dreaming with my eyes wide open"
                                     - Dreaming With My Eyes Wide Open by Clay Walker

It certainly feels like I'm dreaming with my eyes open these days!
I have settled in to my new place quite nicely - it would be hard not to with such a great flat! Check out the pictures of my beautifully spacious room!

Things are really starting to look up! I printed off 20 resumes yesterday and spent a couple hours in the afternoon walking around my neighbourhood handing them in to different pubs and restaurants. A few places seemed very promising, especially a place called Lebowski's just around the block. Some places informed me that it wasn't a great time of year for business and they might be hiring in a month. And others simply wouldn't take my resume, saying they would not be hiring any time soon. I brushed those kinds of places off and kept on trucking. I stopped after handing out resume number 13 because it was starting to get dark and I figured that was enough for one day. At the last place that I visited I stopped to have a refreshment before heading back to my place. I talked to the bartender there at Maggie Dickinson's Pub in Grassmarket and he solemnly informed me that he wasn't convinced I would be able to find employment in any licensed establishment. He said it had taken him a long time to find a job and advised me to be patient in looking for a vacancy this line of work. Well, needless to say, that was unsettling news. But, knowing that I had a pretty solid resume and loads of experience, I felt that maybe this wouldn't be the case for me.
And wouldn't you know it! Upon arriving home, I received a phone call from a lady at a sports bar/pub just a little more than 2 blocks away called Footlights. She asked if I could come in for an interview at 12:30 ("half twelve") the following day. Yes!
Just a few hours later my mobile phone rang again. This time it was a man from a pub just about a block away called Thomas Bar (I think). He asked if I could come in for an interview on Wednesday at 4:15. Woohoo!
So, today I went to my interview at Footlights and I think it went very well because I literally JUST got a call from Lee (the manager that interviewed me) and he wants me to come in for a training shift on Thursday!
I also got another call today from the manager at a bar that is actually 3 doors down from my house called The Cloisters. It's a pub that is connected to a church! He wants me to come in for "a chat" tomorrow and I think he said he was going to give me some shifts next week!
Geez Louise! One day I am listening to a guy telling me that I won't find a job and the next I am handed offers left, right and center!

"Come the morning light - forever from now on
Gonna do my dreaming with my eyes wide open!"

But, I gotta keep my head on straight and keep in mind the wise words of Mr. Walker in this song,

"Until I learned that one step forward
Will take you further on
Than a thousand back or a million that ain´t
Your own"

Consequently, I will take each job offer at a time, always remembering to stay true to who I am and what I desire in a place of employment.

I'm on a roll here people! Stay tuned to find out where this young hopeful will disembark from this jobsearching journey!

PS: Isn't my room sooo cool!?