Jun 22, 2012 15:34
I just need to get it out in writing.
I have a weekend job on top of a two irregular teaching jobs and the business and making artwork. It's only 12 hours a week and all I generally do is sit around at a desk and play Facebook games and read. The extra money has been generally a nice thing - I finally have more than $5 in my savings account.
But it fucking disrupts everything else. Right now I should be socializing with my peers at the single job that I care about. They're all out celebrating a fantastic two weeks hosting a valley wide summer camp. But I can't go because I have to work. Only about 4 people that work there even know my name, because I'm never around for anything but work (and even then, can't get out of my classroom because overall I do think helping the kids is more important than bitching around in the office).
This weekend is a big festival that I love going to every year, but I can't go because I have to work.
Tonight is the DRAFT outing. I can't go because I have to work.
This weekend there is a big event going on in Athens. I can't go because I have to work.
Tomorrow there is a fundraiser that my sister invited me to for guide dogs, and I really want to go, but I can't because I have to work.
This happens every single weekend. Last weekend I missed my nieces dance recital (they only have one a year - it's a really big thing). I've missed all their softball games this year. I also missed Hops Over the Moon, again. I almost completely missed the Father's Day cookout, but I got there just in time before my sister threw out the uneaten hot dogs.
I should have listed out everything I missed, every weekend, since I got this job last August. I'd really, really love to see if the money I've made outweighs the events, the opportunities, the memories I've missed.
It's really started to wear me down. I don't need this job?