The last week or so has really gone by quickly. Actually it's felt more like a blur of double shifts, chores, (some) video games, and problems with the phone service (thanks to the DSL). I suppose I'll start with the highlights from the last week or so ( Read more... )

I've decided that I'm only going to work double shifts twice a week until the week before Otakon. My back ache hasn't gotten any better and other joints now feel stiff. Somehow working doubles in the winter time is grueling, but in the summer with the combined heat it's just brutal. As a plus, I should be able to raise nearly $600 by the time ( Read more... )

...will probably return to finish you off later ( Read more... )

I'd almost forgotten just how different midnight shift is. The shift is easy money but the boredom starts to become mind numbing after the first hour or so. After being constantly told to work faster or harder on my own shift, it's almost unnerving to have nothing to do and no one to bitch yell about scans every 15 minutes. I kept myself ( Read more... )

I wrote on Monday that I was wasn't missing doing midnight doubles at UPS, hours later life dealt me an interesting twist. After successfully completing a day sort double and my own shift (which never fails to baffle me in a bad way) the midnight full-time supervisor announced that double shifts were open for the summer. I said I wasn't sure if I ( Read more... )

It's been quite a while since I last said this (January in fact) but I'm going in to work early to do a double shift. I've got a little less than an hour to leave out of the house since the shift starts at 12:30. Hopefully I'll be able to work until 5, and then start working again on my own shift at 6. Even though it's just once a week, I'm missing ( Read more... )

This Monday won't be quite as relaxing as I hoped it would be, but it will be productive. I'll be heading in to work at 12:30 in order to work a double shift. I don't mind working at 12:30 simply because I was tired of the 10am to 5:30pm shifts in addition to my own shift at night. Now I can pick up some extra hours (while they last) during the ( Read more... )

I've had a pretty good New Year's day. I'm just about done packing and my costumes are more or less finished. I'm saving any last minute changes for Ohayocon on Thursday. I would do them tomorrow, but in a strange, almost money mongering turn of events, I'm going to work tomorrow ( Read more... )

Work went better than I thought it would, but it was still torture. At least working on my own shift was. For some reason someone thought it would be a good idea to heat the building during the winter months, but given the size of the building the heat escapes, except for any unfortunate soul who works upstairs. I just happen to work upstairs. So ( Read more... )

So, I'm more or less alive. I survived my feature length story paper and finals. Surprisingly, none of my finals were as hard as I feared they would be (I even got a free t-shirt in one class), but I did study so I guess it paid off. It was a drag having three finals that extended into the very end of finals week. It also didn't help that the ( Read more... )