So, here's an update on my continuing quest to find gainful employment. Unfortunately, it's not good news.
Remember how I listed one possibility as working up in Telluride at the Mountain Village Resort as a gardener? Well, I applied, but never heard back from them. I figured they had hired an illegal alien in my place, since an obscene number of gardening/landscaping jobs in Colorado's resort towns are carried out by Juan and his amigos - none of whom can speak English.
I have been out of town for a few days and when I got back late Friday, there was a call from Mountain village wanting me to come interview for the gardening job. Alas, the time period they gave for the interviews is already past.
I'm going to call them Tuesday to see if the positions (they need several dedicated weed pullers and plant pruners) have all been filled yet. I'll explain that I didn't get the message until Friday and that I'd be happy to drive up and interview at their convenience - even if they would just consider me as a back-up in case someone doesn't show or quits.
I'm not very optimistic, though. This is typical of the luck I've been having in my quest for work. I also just got a job announcement written in Spanish for gardening work up in Aspen. WTF? Maybe I should head down to Juarez and cross back over to the States with all the illegals. Maybe THEN someone would give me work?
