May 08, 2011 15:21
- I finished classes, spent the entire three day weekend shopping for work clothes, and started working full time. I have now been gainfully employed for a full week.
I was super, super worried about working because of how miserable I was all semester doing the placement. It actually has feel a lot better than I thought it would, which is a huge relief. The work environment is fast paced, high pressure, and very demanding. There's a lot of drop everything to find a phone number that a boss wants, and then drop everything an hour later because he misplaced the piece of paper and you have to find the phone number again. Even though there are two of us, there's still way more work than I can keep up with. I work 8:30-5:00 with a 1/2 hour unpaid lunch, but the awesome thing is that starting the week after next we do summer hours, which means that we can leave at 1:00 on Fridays. YESSSSSSSS. That is going to be the GREATEST.
I'm super lucky to have work -- that I did the placement last semester -- since most of my classmates have not been able to find anything. I think that when the summer is over, I'll have way more chance of finding a full time "for reals" job. Partly because I'm learning how to do a lot of stuff and partly because the place I work is super well connected.
This is what I said about the whole situation on tumblr:
When you’re going to school, you have a different schedule each day. When my alarm went off on Tuesday, I was thisclose to leaning over and turning it off until I woke up enough to remember, “Umm, no, you just worked one day, you’re not done now. You also have to get up this morning.” And then every other day as well.
The other thing that’s been exactly the same very morning is the damn cat waking me up at 5 am. I don’t know why he’s doing this to me! :(
Anyway, working life:
5 am, and the cat starts meowing - whyyyyyy?
5:15 - I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WANT FROM ME CAT?
5:20 - Stop scratching at my bed skirt, you have a free standing scratching post and then also the scratching posts on your cat tree.
5:30 - WHAT DO YOU WANT!?!?!!!
5:45 - etc. etc. etc.
7 am, alarm goes off - wish for death.
7: 40, step out of shower - Ahhhh, how are there only twenty minutes left before I have to leave the house?
8:05 - Shoes? Socks? Keys?
8:10 - WHY WON’T THE ELEVATOR COME???????????????
8:29 - ahhaa, I’m not late!
8:45, senior people get in - PANIC. Where is this, did you do that, have you read my email yet?
9:30 - Damn, I’m hungry.
10:00 - Is it time for lunch yet? I can’t believe it’s ten already, this day is going by fast.
10:10 - Seriously, I want to eat lunch.
10:30 - I might die if I don’t eat soon.
11:00 - I have never been more hungry in my entire life, is it lunchtime?
11:15 - No one has ever been as hungry as I am right now.
12:00, work work work work - I’ll get lunch eventually.
1:30 - I’m not even hungry anymore, but I guess I’ll grab lunch.
2:00 - Hot damn, I really wish that the workday included an hour for naptime.
2:30 - I wish I were sleeping. Children in school get to sleep, how is that fair? Why is the world geared for little people having a naptime when all they do while they’re awake is play with blocks and drink juice boxes? What I’m doing is sooooooooo much harder than that and no one will let me sleep.
3:00 - Motherfucker there’s a lot of work to get done before I leave tonight.
5:00, work is not done - I’ll just finish this one little …
5:30, work is still not done - I don’t even care, I’m out of here.
5:40 - Buy dinner and/or ALL OF THE CAT TOYS to cope with guilt over leaving cat alone all day.
6:30, come home with stuff that needs to get in the fridge.
Cat: “I’m a cat I’m a cat I’m a cat you need to feed me I’m a cat I’m a cat I’m a cat where is the food I’m a cat I’m a cat I’m a cat.”
Laura, “Okay, cat, I hear that you are hungry. I just have to take off my shoes real quick.”
Cat, rolling around on the floor, “I’m a cat I’m a cat you left me alone all day and you never feed me and I’m a cat and I’m a cat and I’m a cat.”
Laura, “You have hard food and also soft food left over from this morning, so I’m just going to put this in the fridge real quick.”
Cat, trying to get into refrigerator, “I’m a cat I’m a cat you did you forget that I’m a cat feed me please I’m a cat.”
Laura, “I hear what you are telling me, but I’m just going to preheat the oven first.”
Cat, sprawling across half the kitchen, “I’m a cat and you left me and I’m a cat and I’m a cat and I’m a cat and do you remember that you should feed me and I’m a cat and I’m a cat and I’m a cat and I’m a cat and I’m a cat and I’m a cat.”
7:00 - Feed the cat.
Rinse and repeat.
- Speaking of the cat:
- I am totally the loser who takes videos of their cat, /o\
- This is from when he attacked the little ramekin wrapped in paper than I had just bought and then showed off his ninja skills
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- This is him attaching his catnip-filled banana
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- These are the shirts that I bought during my massive shopping weekend:
The cat thought that was a good success so he decided maybe he would nom on them.
- I also spent the weekend organizing all of my old school stuff
The cat tested out the box first:
- I went to the market yesterday and bought a ton of stuff.
It was crazy busy but still way more satisfying than shopping at a grocery store.
So tidy in the little bags
- Mhhh, mussels cooked in white wine with creme fraiche:
I ate you and you were delicious and now only shells are left.
- I had flowers over Easter weekend
- In conclusion, it's a cat!
kitty fantastico,
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