things looking back up again
No one got the reference of my last post's subject line. I r sad. ;_; It was the restart command for all of the original Game Boy games. Since no one got it the cookies are all mine. XD And it was referring my life needing a big restart.
Speaking of which, it's getting better and more eventful since I last made that post. I've been doing much better working at Dot, as my performance has been going up and time has been going by faster as well, though I factor part of that towards having two breaks and a lunch at the same time everyday, whereas pre-salary bell I only got the half hour lunch and salary bell just an "eat when you get a chance" type shit. It's nice to work full-time for a company who cares more about their employees. As for EB GameStop, I am offically in training for the next step up. My real test will be next week when Julio is on vacation, when I'll actually have my own open/closes without him stopping in at some point to see how I'm doing. Looks like the management experience I have is starting to pay off and I'm looking forward to when I'll be a Senior Game Advisor. If I'm lucky I can be bumped up to Assistant at some point and then I can finally make it my main source of income, but I don't want to get ahead of myself just yet.
As for living conditions, next month looks like I will finally be breaking out of being "that guy" who lives in his parents' basement, and possibly helping two others break away from that status as well (though only one of them actually lives in the basement like I do). As I was moving the rest of my stuff out of my old place, Sean and I talked breifly about finding a place when he get's back from his roadtrip early next month. A few days after that Kait and I talked about finding a place still because she needs to move somewhere and doesn't really want to live alone because of the expenses and all, so I agreed to still find a place with her since like I said in the last post we broke up on good terms and are still good friends. Remembering that I had talked to Sean prior, I asked both if they were willing to live together which would make a good three-way plan, and while both agreed, Sean threw a huge curveball at me saying that while he does want to find a place if possible, he doesn't want to sign a year lease because he wants to be out of the area before then. So I basically dropped him from the equation after that since that's pretty hard to find, added with the fact that once he decides to move, that means increased expenses after getting used to how they were with three of us. So then I remembered that Mike (works at EBGS w/ me) is in basically the same situation as me, and talked to him about moving in with us, and he seemed to be up for it. Jeremy (also works at EBGS, and I've known him since at least high school) was hearing us talk about it and said he was willing to move in with us too, which would make it a four-way, meaning lower bills and fun times, as we all share a bunch of the same interests. I'm still trying to warm Kait up to the idea as she's iffy about moving in with two people she hasn't met before, which I completely understand, so later today I'm going to try to arrange a time where all four of us can hang out somewhere and get to know each other better to hopefully get this to work out. I really think it can work out well, and I'm going to do my best in making that happen.
And the last thing I mentioned in the last post that I was heavily thinking about. Finishing school. Originally I was planning to e-mail the financial aid department this weekend and start working on getting the ball rolling in starting back up. However I've decided to hold off on that until at least mid-July. My reasoning for that is that I'm 95% sure when applying for aid of any sort, one of the things I would need to provide is living expenses. With me moving out of the basement next month, this expense for me will change quite a bit. I don't want to apply for aid living here and then moving out being stuck with the same amount to pay when my living expenses increase. I'd rather apply when I'm already moved out so I can potentially get more aid. Granted by waiting like this, it will probably be spring when I start back up again, but I'd rather wait and spend less money. I've been out of school for two and a half years now, waiting just one more semester to start back up won't kill me.
Speaking of which, it's getting better and more eventful since I last made that post. I've been doing much better working at Dot, as my performance has been going up and time has been going by faster as well, though I factor part of that towards having two breaks and a lunch at the same time everyday, whereas pre-salary bell I only got the half hour lunch and salary bell just an "eat when you get a chance" type shit. It's nice to work full-time for a company who cares more about their employees. As for EB GameStop, I am offically in training for the next step up. My real test will be next week when Julio is on vacation, when I'll actually have my own open/closes without him stopping in at some point to see how I'm doing. Looks like the management experience I have is starting to pay off and I'm looking forward to when I'll be a Senior Game Advisor. If I'm lucky I can be bumped up to Assistant at some point and then I can finally make it my main source of income, but I don't want to get ahead of myself just yet.
As for living conditions, next month looks like I will finally be breaking out of being "that guy" who lives in his parents' basement, and possibly helping two others break away from that status as well (though only one of them actually lives in the basement like I do). As I was moving the rest of my stuff out of my old place, Sean and I talked breifly about finding a place when he get's back from his roadtrip early next month. A few days after that Kait and I talked about finding a place still because she needs to move somewhere and doesn't really want to live alone because of the expenses and all, so I agreed to still find a place with her since like I said in the last post we broke up on good terms and are still good friends. Remembering that I had talked to Sean prior, I asked both if they were willing to live together which would make a good three-way plan, and while both agreed, Sean threw a huge curveball at me saying that while he does want to find a place if possible, he doesn't want to sign a year lease because he wants to be out of the area before then. So I basically dropped him from the equation after that since that's pretty hard to find, added with the fact that once he decides to move, that means increased expenses after getting used to how they were with three of us. So then I remembered that Mike (works at EBGS w/ me) is in basically the same situation as me, and talked to him about moving in with us, and he seemed to be up for it. Jeremy (also works at EBGS, and I've known him since at least high school) was hearing us talk about it and said he was willing to move in with us too, which would make it a four-way, meaning lower bills and fun times, as we all share a bunch of the same interests. I'm still trying to warm Kait up to the idea as she's iffy about moving in with two people she hasn't met before, which I completely understand, so later today I'm going to try to arrange a time where all four of us can hang out somewhere and get to know each other better to hopefully get this to work out. I really think it can work out well, and I'm going to do my best in making that happen.
And the last thing I mentioned in the last post that I was heavily thinking about. Finishing school. Originally I was planning to e-mail the financial aid department this weekend and start working on getting the ball rolling in starting back up. However I've decided to hold off on that until at least mid-July. My reasoning for that is that I'm 95% sure when applying for aid of any sort, one of the things I would need to provide is living expenses. With me moving out of the basement next month, this expense for me will change quite a bit. I don't want to apply for aid living here and then moving out being stuck with the same amount to pay when my living expenses increase. I'd rather apply when I'm already moved out so I can potentially get more aid. Granted by waiting like this, it will probably be spring when I start back up again, but I'd rather wait and spend less money. I've been out of school for two and a half years now, waiting just one more semester to start back up won't kill me.