Someday My Ship Will Come In
Today's Writing Effort
maxheadwidth had to get up early this morning to take Bastion to school and he let me sleep in since it was my day off. But I kind of hoped he would come back upstairs and hang out with me for a little bit before he had to head out of town since we have such limited time together. But he didn't. He was downstairs with Jenny. He probably just wanted to let me sleep. But I got all packed up and we got to hang out with Andy and Jenny for a few minutes and then we went into town. He wanted to get the oil changed on his car before he took Shani to visit her friends. Either Shani's car isn't working again or she really just does not feel confident about driving on the winter roads so much. She's a new driver too. So I totally get that. While the car was being serviced, James and I did some shopping at the Adult store down the street a little ways. We had a lot of fun there and by the time we were done shopping and made it back to the Jiffy Lube, the car was done. James drove me back to my dorm room and then I was on my own for the day.
I called work and got my schedule for next week and it's all over the place. I'm getting a lot of hours (30+), but I can't have much of a life if I can't make plans in advance. It's one of the things I hate about retail of any sort. Your whole world revolves around your work schedule and it's never consistent. You never get the same days off. You never get two days off in a row (unless you're super lucky). And you end up working weird shifts where you can't to anything much in the mornings or the evenings. And forget having a weekend day off. Ever.
Of course I'm sure all of you are fully aware of the hell of retail life. I've just been out of the game for a while and am rediscovering it's particular brand of putrescence. I realized a long while back that I thrive best when I have a consistent, boring, regimented work life. I don't need exciting or "fast paced" (which is just code for running around and working your ass off all day). I want boring. I want predictable. I want consistent. And I want to get paid what I'm worth as a worker. I'm not some 20-something with no work history or life experience to enhance their skill set. *Le Sigh*
While James and I were shopping, I did get a call from Austin at Allegiance. There's been some stuff going on there because of open enrolment and all of that, so they haven't made a decision on the Health Claims Examiner job, but I'm still in the running. Apparently Austin has been wooed away from the company with a better job offer somewhere else and he wanted to let me know the name and phone number of the person who'll be taking over his job. Her name is Krystal. So hopefully I'll know something more in a week or so he said. I'm not going to hold my breath though. I also got another rejection from the University for an Administrative Assistant job. *Le Sigh*
I apparently need to work more on my cover letters and Lindsay was supposed to email me some more pointers, but so far nothing. But I have some basic notes from the other SNAP/ET gal and a little template that I can follow. Plus, James has offered to lend his expertise in the crafting of my cover letter(s). If I can get a good template of my own down, I can plug in the things I need for each specific job and have a better chance of getting an interview.
Anyway, I'm tired of being all mopey for the day and I'm off to bed soon. My shift tomorrow got changed because they changed the time of the orientation so now I just do the orientation which starts at 10:00am and goes for three or four hours. It was originally from 1:00pm to 4:00pm.
Oh, and I texted Gina about starting up my driving lessons again and I haven't heard back from her. Maybe I'll call her tomorrow to see how she's doing and to get her opinion on the whole thing. If she doesn't feel comfortable with it I'll understand, but I'd like to know one way or the other.
I just have to remember why I'm doing all this hustle. I have to keep my eye on the prize. I want to be able to move into my forever home soon.
maxheadwidth had to get up early this morning to take Bastion to school and he let me sleep in since it was my day off. But I kind of hoped he would come back upstairs and hang out with me for a little bit before he had to head out of town since we have such limited time together. But he didn't. He was downstairs with Jenny. He probably just wanted to let me sleep. But I got all packed up and we got to hang out with Andy and Jenny for a few minutes and then we went into town. He wanted to get the oil changed on his car before he took Shani to visit her friends. Either Shani's car isn't working again or she really just does not feel confident about driving on the winter roads so much. She's a new driver too. So I totally get that. While the car was being serviced, James and I did some shopping at the Adult store down the street a little ways. We had a lot of fun there and by the time we were done shopping and made it back to the Jiffy Lube, the car was done. James drove me back to my dorm room and then I was on my own for the day.
I called work and got my schedule for next week and it's all over the place. I'm getting a lot of hours (30+), but I can't have much of a life if I can't make plans in advance. It's one of the things I hate about retail of any sort. Your whole world revolves around your work schedule and it's never consistent. You never get the same days off. You never get two days off in a row (unless you're super lucky). And you end up working weird shifts where you can't to anything much in the mornings or the evenings. And forget having a weekend day off. Ever.
Of course I'm sure all of you are fully aware of the hell of retail life. I've just been out of the game for a while and am rediscovering it's particular brand of putrescence. I realized a long while back that I thrive best when I have a consistent, boring, regimented work life. I don't need exciting or "fast paced" (which is just code for running around and working your ass off all day). I want boring. I want predictable. I want consistent. And I want to get paid what I'm worth as a worker. I'm not some 20-something with no work history or life experience to enhance their skill set. *Le Sigh*
While James and I were shopping, I did get a call from Austin at Allegiance. There's been some stuff going on there because of open enrolment and all of that, so they haven't made a decision on the Health Claims Examiner job, but I'm still in the running. Apparently Austin has been wooed away from the company with a better job offer somewhere else and he wanted to let me know the name and phone number of the person who'll be taking over his job. Her name is Krystal. So hopefully I'll know something more in a week or so he said. I'm not going to hold my breath though. I also got another rejection from the University for an Administrative Assistant job. *Le Sigh*
I apparently need to work more on my cover letters and Lindsay was supposed to email me some more pointers, but so far nothing. But I have some basic notes from the other SNAP/ET gal and a little template that I can follow. Plus, James has offered to lend his expertise in the crafting of my cover letter(s). If I can get a good template of my own down, I can plug in the things I need for each specific job and have a better chance of getting an interview.
Anyway, I'm tired of being all mopey for the day and I'm off to bed soon. My shift tomorrow got changed because they changed the time of the orientation so now I just do the orientation which starts at 10:00am and goes for three or four hours. It was originally from 1:00pm to 4:00pm.
Oh, and I texted Gina about starting up my driving lessons again and I haven't heard back from her. Maybe I'll call her tomorrow to see how she's doing and to get her opinion on the whole thing. If she doesn't feel comfortable with it I'll understand, but I'd like to know one way or the other.
I just have to remember why I'm doing all this hustle. I have to keep my eye on the prize. I want to be able to move into my forever home soon.