As If My Social Situation Wasn't Worse Enough...
I knew there was a reason I didn't want to talk about work in this journal. Here's what's going on.
In the middle of last month, there was talk about cutting all of our hours. Well, this month comes around and guess what? Our hours were cut! And, because this is a union job, everyone had to bid on new hours based on seniority. So, needless to say, the threat of a lay off was coming for us that haven't been there long enough...like me! So what's my outcome? Well...I got lucky. There was one more morning position left on the master bid list. Unfortunately, that's the good news. The bad news is that with this new hours (which now I lose one hour a day, bringing my work week down to 24 hours), I say good-bye to my weekends. Now, I have Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday off. Why am I distraught about this? It's because now, I devote all my time to nothing but either school or work, and no time to myself. I mean, I work Friday to Monday in the mornings, which means those nights are devoted to sleeping, and the days I am off, I have school in the evening. Where exactly does that leave time for myself? Well, needless to say that any birthday plans I had for next week are now thrown out the window. All the time is now gone.
Ugh, I need a new job. One that not only pays better than this one, but is also more flexible with hours. I never thought I would, but I miss working overnights. I wish there was another job that I could do that had overnight hours (that isn't retail). At least then I was able to make time for myself. Time to start looking around. Maybe I'll find something.
In the middle of last month, there was talk about cutting all of our hours. Well, this month comes around and guess what? Our hours were cut! And, because this is a union job, everyone had to bid on new hours based on seniority. So, needless to say, the threat of a lay off was coming for us that haven't been there long enough...like me! So what's my outcome? Well...I got lucky. There was one more morning position left on the master bid list. Unfortunately, that's the good news. The bad news is that with this new hours (which now I lose one hour a day, bringing my work week down to 24 hours), I say good-bye to my weekends. Now, I have Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday off. Why am I distraught about this? It's because now, I devote all my time to nothing but either school or work, and no time to myself. I mean, I work Friday to Monday in the mornings, which means those nights are devoted to sleeping, and the days I am off, I have school in the evening. Where exactly does that leave time for myself? Well, needless to say that any birthday plans I had for next week are now thrown out the window. All the time is now gone.
Ugh, I need a new job. One that not only pays better than this one, but is also more flexible with hours. I never thought I would, but I miss working overnights. I wish there was another job that I could do that had overnight hours (that isn't retail). At least then I was able to make time for myself. Time to start looking around. Maybe I'll find something.