3 September - Job Search cont.

It rained like crazy all morning, so I skipped my run. If it rains while I'm running, that's fine, but sometimes getting myself to go out in the pouring rain is a little harder. Besides with lightning and thunder, it's not such a good idea to be running about anyway, right?

I spent pretty much the whole day filling out government applications and applying to every job that even slightly matched my skill set. The government applications are like exams! Seriously, they took like an hour each while it asked me not only my skill level in fifty different areas, but asked for examples in an essay format. If that's just the application, I'm afraid of what an interview might be like.

This evening, Skylar and I went to the Kletterarena and met up with Michele and Thomas for some climbing. Skylar is doing really well with lead climbing. He seemed really into it tonight too, which was nice. He and Thomas went off for a while and did some bouldering too. I climbed my first 7 too, so I was feeling pretty good. I don't know the exact conversions, but I think a 7 is like a 5.10b-c, so pretty darn good for the level of climbing I've been struggling with lately. Then Skylar and I tried some slack lining. Man is that hard! Balance has never been my strong suit anyway. I think I may have to set one up in my backyard when I get home :)

Stomp is performing in Berlin this month so I am trying to figure out a way to get out there. Maybe the weekend before I come home. It would be really nice to see Berlin while I'm here. There is this cool car ride thing that is set up where you go on a website and see if anyone is going to your destination on the day(s) you want to go and then just chip in for gas which is cheaper than a train ticket, so I may look into that.