Looking Toward the Future
The mystery has been solved, and my suspicions were right! My employer is having financial difficulties and, therefore, they are having difficulties paying us. They actually sent us an e-mail 2 days after we were supposed to get paid that said they had not been paid through the state, and so they could only pay us half of our earnings. No predictions on when we were getting the other half.
As a result, I have been hitting the pavement to look for another job. I already had two job interviews this past weekend, and I have another in a few days. I just keep running into the same issues: either they are looking for full-time people, or the part-time pay is awful. It's kind of hard to find a part-time job that has good pay.
Even though all this is going on, somehow I continue to remain focused on school. This summer has actually been pretty mellow compared to the spring quarter, and I am so glad. Third year is coming very quickly and I can't wait. We are already being asked to meet with a few of our professors to see about our 3rd and 4th year placements!
I think I might have to stay in Arizona until my fourth year, but I can deal with that as long as I know I'm going to end up in a good place. I am getting increasingly homesick and now know I want a placement as close to home as I can get. Not at home, mind you, but close. I look forward to the possibilities, and we'll see what happens.