Once upon a time...
I knew what I wanted. I had what I wanted. Everything seemed so much clearer. Everything was in order, had a plan, had a future. And it was good!
[Sigh] I guess I’m just down in the March dumps today. I’ll be working my first OverKnight since March 2002 tonight. It was an OverKnight that really forced the beginning of the end of that order that I enjoyed so much. After being told that no, my employment terminates with the completion of the 6:00AM shift on March 2 - despite my letter of resignation stating clearly that I would be leaving as of March 1 - I wrote a decidedly unpleasant note to my boss and took off, thinking I’d never go back to the Higgins Armory and a job that I had truly loved once upon a time. Now, three years later, with so much being different, I’m back. Obviously, we all know that my life formally went to hell in November of 2003, so please don’t think I’ve been wallowing in misery for three years. Quite the contrary. Until Josh moved to Charleston in July 2003, everything was great. But leaving Higgins was the first real change in my up-to-then quite happy, starry-eyed life that began when I landed that job and eventually found Josh.
So now I am a part-time employee with full-time bills and financial obligations. I need to talk to my new boss about either picking up more hours or I need to get another part-time job to cover my expenses. And it would *really* help if I could make enough money to save it up for my impending move. I know Eddy’s Pub is hiring waitstaff. They’re ALWAYS hiring waitstaff. And I’m quite sure they take folks with no table-waiting experience, because I have encountered the WORST waitstaff there of anywhere in the city, save maybe Denny’s. They also have some great waitresses, don’t get me wrong - but gods! I might stop in there later and just ask if I could have a lunchtime-weekday schedule. That wouldn’t conflict with working weekends or the faire. We’ll see. I think I’ll go check out the newspaper as well. Maybe a part-time secretary gig? I dunno. [Sigh]
[Sigh] I guess I’m just down in the March dumps today. I’ll be working my first OverKnight since March 2002 tonight. It was an OverKnight that really forced the beginning of the end of that order that I enjoyed so much. After being told that no, my employment terminates with the completion of the 6:00AM shift on March 2 - despite my letter of resignation stating clearly that I would be leaving as of March 1 - I wrote a decidedly unpleasant note to my boss and took off, thinking I’d never go back to the Higgins Armory and a job that I had truly loved once upon a time. Now, three years later, with so much being different, I’m back. Obviously, we all know that my life formally went to hell in November of 2003, so please don’t think I’ve been wallowing in misery for three years. Quite the contrary. Until Josh moved to Charleston in July 2003, everything was great. But leaving Higgins was the first real change in my up-to-then quite happy, starry-eyed life that began when I landed that job and eventually found Josh.
So now I am a part-time employee with full-time bills and financial obligations. I need to talk to my new boss about either picking up more hours or I need to get another part-time job to cover my expenses. And it would *really* help if I could make enough money to save it up for my impending move. I know Eddy’s Pub is hiring waitstaff. They’re ALWAYS hiring waitstaff. And I’m quite sure they take folks with no table-waiting experience, because I have encountered the WORST waitstaff there of anywhere in the city, save maybe Denny’s. They also have some great waitresses, don’t get me wrong - but gods! I might stop in there later and just ask if I could have a lunchtime-weekday schedule. That wouldn’t conflict with working weekends or the faire. We’ll see. I think I’ll go check out the newspaper as well. Maybe a part-time secretary gig? I dunno. [Sigh]