This Life She's Chosen
I think I'm back from my rather extended hiatus.
I apologize for my lack of posting. Upon moving to State College, I began working at a kids' clothing store and serving at a local restaurant. I have been working between forty and sixty hours a week, and rarely have a whole day off. While the work is not typically mentally taxing, it involves a lot of running around and standing and being super nice to people, even if one would rather gouge one's eyeballs out. At first, I was just too tired to write. Then, the thought of writing became overwhelming because it had been so long since I had written anything. Then, my computer died. (I almost don't mind this fact, as it was ridiculously old and slow and cumbersome. And it buzzed louder than the swarm of bees that took Macaulay Culkin down in My Girl.) Then my father lost his job and it was Christmas and then New Year's and life was stressful, though not particularly interesting.
Regardless of my less than legitimate litany of excuses, I am back and intend to continue sticking around. I have some good news to kick off with. A couple of days ago, I was hired for a full-time billing position at a local doctor's office. I'll be making significantly more money and will have benefits and time off and all of that helpful stuff that one misses once it is no longer there. It couldn't have come at a better time, as I am currently barely scraping by financially. It definitely trumps attempting to pick up a third job at Starbucks, which would be rough, as I am too intimidated by the eight million varieties of coffee-like beverages to even walk into one of their establishments. I have already started working at the new job a tiny bit, and I'm not terribly intimidated thus far. I think I'll get the hang of everything, and they seem very willing to gradually introduce more responsibilites as I become more comfortable.
I am also going to attempt to keep both of my current part-time jobs. This may be a slightly masochistic decision, but I think it is doable. I like both of the jobs, and I think I will like them both even more in smaller doses. I love the people I work with at the retail store, plus I would probably suffer through an extended mourning period over the loss of my current clothing disount. I also enjoy working for tips. It's almost fun, and I get to meet lots of interesting people. I will be really busy, but I think I will be able to handle it. I've never put free time to especially good use, anyway.
I apologize for my lack of posting. Upon moving to State College, I began working at a kids' clothing store and serving at a local restaurant. I have been working between forty and sixty hours a week, and rarely have a whole day off. While the work is not typically mentally taxing, it involves a lot of running around and standing and being super nice to people, even if one would rather gouge one's eyeballs out. At first, I was just too tired to write. Then, the thought of writing became overwhelming because it had been so long since I had written anything. Then, my computer died. (I almost don't mind this fact, as it was ridiculously old and slow and cumbersome. And it buzzed louder than the swarm of bees that took Macaulay Culkin down in My Girl.) Then my father lost his job and it was Christmas and then New Year's and life was stressful, though not particularly interesting.
Regardless of my less than legitimate litany of excuses, I am back and intend to continue sticking around. I have some good news to kick off with. A couple of days ago, I was hired for a full-time billing position at a local doctor's office. I'll be making significantly more money and will have benefits and time off and all of that helpful stuff that one misses once it is no longer there. It couldn't have come at a better time, as I am currently barely scraping by financially. It definitely trumps attempting to pick up a third job at Starbucks, which would be rough, as I am too intimidated by the eight million varieties of coffee-like beverages to even walk into one of their establishments. I have already started working at the new job a tiny bit, and I'm not terribly intimidated thus far. I think I'll get the hang of everything, and they seem very willing to gradually introduce more responsibilites as I become more comfortable.
I am also going to attempt to keep both of my current part-time jobs. This may be a slightly masochistic decision, but I think it is doable. I like both of the jobs, and I think I will like them both even more in smaller doses. I love the people I work with at the retail store, plus I would probably suffer through an extended mourning period over the loss of my current clothing disount. I also enjoy working for tips. It's almost fun, and I get to meet lots of interesting people. I will be really busy, but I think I will be able to handle it. I've never put free time to especially good use, anyway.
