Can't always get what you want
Random good news first: The auction for Pe' Sla has been cancelled. The family who owns the land and advertised the auction has decided to end it for unknown reasons. This means Pe' Sla is now up for public sale. Still good news though- the Lakota nation has longer to work on building up enough money to buy the land back now. Hopefully this will all end well!
And now as more good news: I got a job! Yaaay! I was hired at a massage place as a receptionist. The hours are long- 11 hours a day!- but I'm only there 2 or 3 days a week, so it fits as a nice part-time job. Its quiet, the work is easy, and I was told once I learned everything that the guy who was training me wouldn't be there, so I'd be by myself up front. Perfect job for my antisocial self.
But, it seems you can never quite get exactly what you're hoping for... xD I don't mind being around or talking to people, its having to be right by someone all day/night and feel like I have to talk to them that bothers me, because I'm very quiet and tend not to talk to people I don't know well unless they start the conversation. When given the option of being around my fellow employees and chit-chatting for a few minutes here and there, no problem.
The issue here is, all of the employees are older Chinese women who can hardly speak English. I speak absolutely no Chinese, so this poses a problem. If anything ever goes wrong or if a misunderstanding happens, there's no way to fix it- I can't understand them, they can't understand me. I'm also roughly 90% sure that at least a few of them are openly making fun of me. xD When people walk by looking at you, talking to each other and laughing, that's not particularly reassuring. The pointing doesn't help their case either.
So its a very fitting job for me, but it still doesn't work out quite perfectly. I not only don't have to talk to my coworkers, I can't. And I think I'm being mocked in another language. xD And I'm here for 11 hours. But on the bright side- I have a job! Yays! And so far its working out well, so I'm not complaining. It just struck me as funny that nothing works out quite the way you hope it will.
And since I've been a terrible poster, I've made a resolution that I have to post something once a week. I have so many photos and so many other things that could be put up here, but I'm lazy as all hell and just never end up doing it. So now I'm making myself- new rule, I have to post something at least once a week. So hopefully I'll be a little more lively here soon. We shall see... but I have still been reading everyone's posts! I'm just a bad commenter as well as poster. I'm the ultimate lurker! Muahahahaha
And now as more good news: I got a job! Yaaay! I was hired at a massage place as a receptionist. The hours are long- 11 hours a day!- but I'm only there 2 or 3 days a week, so it fits as a nice part-time job. Its quiet, the work is easy, and I was told once I learned everything that the guy who was training me wouldn't be there, so I'd be by myself up front. Perfect job for my antisocial self.
But, it seems you can never quite get exactly what you're hoping for... xD I don't mind being around or talking to people, its having to be right by someone all day/night and feel like I have to talk to them that bothers me, because I'm very quiet and tend not to talk to people I don't know well unless they start the conversation. When given the option of being around my fellow employees and chit-chatting for a few minutes here and there, no problem.
The issue here is, all of the employees are older Chinese women who can hardly speak English. I speak absolutely no Chinese, so this poses a problem. If anything ever goes wrong or if a misunderstanding happens, there's no way to fix it- I can't understand them, they can't understand me. I'm also roughly 90% sure that at least a few of them are openly making fun of me. xD When people walk by looking at you, talking to each other and laughing, that's not particularly reassuring. The pointing doesn't help their case either.
So its a very fitting job for me, but it still doesn't work out quite perfectly. I not only don't have to talk to my coworkers, I can't. And I think I'm being mocked in another language. xD And I'm here for 11 hours. But on the bright side- I have a job! Yays! And so far its working out well, so I'm not complaining. It just struck me as funny that nothing works out quite the way you hope it will.
And since I've been a terrible poster, I've made a resolution that I have to post something once a week. I have so many photos and so many other things that could be put up here, but I'm lazy as all hell and just never end up doing it. So now I'm making myself- new rule, I have to post something at least once a week. So hopefully I'll be a little more lively here soon. We shall see... but I have still been reading everyone's posts! I'm just a bad commenter as well as poster. I'm the ultimate lurker! Muahahahaha