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 It's probably very horrible of me to have only been working at Jewel for three days and already I'm sick of it. =/ I honestly am dreading going to work tomorrow. Probably the more depressing thing is that Mike doesn't have to work. Well.. he does work, but as soon as he gets off work, I have to go into work. It's another short five hour shift. but, ehh. Just kind of annoying to me. That woman is so picky about every little detail. Gah! Idk.  I've been talking to Steph about anything her manager said and whatnot, and I think it's looking good for me thus far. The interview was actually pretty quick. I was surprised, and if I hadn't have gone to Mike's afterwards, it wouldnt have been worth the gas that I used to get there. hah. That's how short it was. But, I guess it went just dandy. The lady, Cheryl, told me that she was going to interview a few more people and then call me by early next week and let me know if I got the job or not. And she was talking like she was confident about hiring me, but I know lotsa places do that for fun and then let you down. So, I didnt want to get cocky about it. hah. But, Steph says its looking good - that she'll prob take me and this one other guy. And it's going to be a part time/temporary position, but then they may still want to keep 2 people and it'd prob be me and the other guy. So, I'm really torn about what to do now at this point. Ive been having it easy getting places to let me off work Wed and Fridays, but I think if I keep the job at Jewel and at this other place it might not work out so well. Becausee if I keep working 2-6 on sundays, 3-9 on monday, 4-9 on thursday, and 10-2 on saturday... it'd seem like I could only do morning shifts for most of those days and then take a night shift on saturday and I could work anytime on tuesday. (all of this to have wed and fridays off.. so that i can still HAVE time with Mike) I dont know how that will work. Cherly told me she had to make the schedule up and then she'd want me to let her know what days I was available to work. I dont think they pay as well as Jewel. but, if I had more hours and was FT.. then I think I'd consider quitting Jewel or just asking to work even less days. Idk. It's a tough decision. Two jobs I'd have to juggle, plus being full time in college. iiii dont know about that. Im not really a fan of retail nor am I a fan of the deli. But, I cant complain because its experience for one and for two... it's amazing that I even have a job right now and found one this quickly. I should stop bitching.  Ohh and as you can see -- I became un-lazy and uploaded the pics that I have of the little puppy dogs. =] I dont have as many as last time, but I'm sure that won't be a problem soon cause they're growing so fast. As you can tell, they're eyes are opening up now. I think there's just one little boy who hasn't opened his eyes for whatever reason. =[ There's just like a tiny corner thats open and his ears are still closed for the most part compared to the others. I hope he grows okay! But, just thought I would share some pics here and there. I like to do a few at a time, so you come back to see more. =] bwahaha. The top one is one of my favs. teehee. Ohh yeahh.. that pool thing. haha. You can see a little bit of it in the second picture. It's just like a big plastic little kids pool. The first time we used a blue one that the family left here, but this time we had to get a new one. It works pretty well, of course, until they are able to escape. =P But, we still have the box thinger my dad made and that actually works out very nicely. So, no complaints here. Hmmm.. Mike went out... I guess to see a movie with a few guys and a girl. And then they're going to go to denny's or steak n' shake. Idk. Guess I just feel kinda poopy cause we didnt get to talk much at all today. I kind of look forward to talking to him still as the days go by. And today was one of those things where I went to work first and came home when he was supposed to be starting work. Bleh. So.. he'll prob stay out late even though he says he "doesnt want to stay out late" cause he opens tomorrow. And as soon as he gets home, he's gonna go to bed. So then tomorrow...... he gets off work at 2 and I start work at 2 until 6. and, idk if Im seeing him or not. =/ Ehhhh. ii dont know. I dont mind when he goes out so much. I guess I just kinda want some of him too. iii dont knowww. interesting talk we had there. I'm slightly sad he's a year older than me too. ehh. Well... idk what else to say, really. There wasnt a point to write. Besides... the usual.. I'm confused/I hate my job/life is gay garbage. I cashed in like half of my points for two prizes. I'm wondering if I'm actually going to get them or not. The world won't end, but I still think its bad to advertise these things if they never actually come. Ehhhhh. I should stop. I was going to work on some homework while I was somewhat motivated, but Im starting to feel really cranky/bitchy/sleepy and that's never a good combo.
I had another dream about him again. It's kind of awkward to me because everytime it seems like we're romantically involved. The weird thing is that Mike was in this dream as well. Except... I was still trying to be with him and catering to him, instead of Mike. Its so weird. I dont even know how to react to these things anymore. I've been constantly dreaming lately - which is also very weird for me. I really think I enjoy not dreaming at all a lot more. gahhh.
Breaking news is - Seven (my favoritest pup) is opening her eyes. Soon... it will be time for my doom! Once they get their little eyeballs open... they'll be climbing out of the pool in no time and need more attention. Aha! Which, isn't always bad. It's fun.. sometimes to be greeted by seven cute little faces that are so happy to see you. :) I love that little girl though. It's too bad we kept Red. hahaha. Awwww. I like him, only sometimes. lol. I've neglected writing in here. And this time, its because I actually havent had the time to be on here. I was behind on journals and everything. But, Im still up and functioning.. so, I figured I'd write a little something. Orientation was really lame. This other new girl, Wendy, and I just watched about three videos and signed papers and whatnot and got all our uniform stuff and that was that. My first day on the job was on Monday. I worked 4-9. Of course, most of it was training. Wendy was training right along with me and she liked to jump into everything head first, so I let her be the star of the show. Not to mention, that big slicer really does scare the shit out of me. haha. I think I like to observe things a lot more anyways then just jumping into them so quickly. Before the end of the night I sliced one thing or meat and one thing of cheese. haha. There's a TON of cleaning to be done though. Omgosh! I think it actually makes me not want to clean anything when I get home. haha. Of course, everything needs to be cleaned and it should because you're dealing with food and whatnot. But, jesus! They take like every single machine down and sanitize it and... blehh. And that's a lot of work for two people to do alone. I hope they always have three people working, because two really isn't enough. Especially when they WANT you to be out by nine and nothing over. A lot of those procedures take a lot of time, so its hard to do them correctly and efficiently, without taking your time on it to get every detail. Gah. My second day was today, I worked 3-9. I actually really hate closing. I was def more hands on this time around though. I sliced a lot of meat and cheeses and dished out salads and chicken. blah. I never realized a deli was so busy. haha. Feels like a fast food place almost. gah. For the first hour and a half though I had to watch videos on the computer about safety things and whatnot and then take a test thinger about everything that I learned. I failed it the first time by 5 freaking percent. But, I took it again and got a 93%. so, whateva! But.. it wasn't too bad. People are still bitchy and snotty and I think thats really horrible. I'll prob have to start saying to every person that Im new and still learning so dont get pissed off at me. One guy kept telling me what he wanted really fast and then left. I thought that was rude. But, Im still learning where everything is in the case and what it is.. and people get mad when I point to the wrong one and dont know what they're talking about. or I'll ask more than one time how much they want or whatever. gahh. It's just ridiculous. STUPID DELI RETAIL GARBAGE! I learned a lot more about the closing procedures though and thats really no fun at all. I hope I dont have to close a lot, cause I really don't like it. Im kind of happy cause on the weekend I work 10-2 on Sat and then 2-6 on Sunday. So that means no closing for me. =D woo! Im interested in seeing how my schedule turns out for the next week too. It's weird having a job that I actually stay busy in though too. Its an awkward change for me. Like.. I cant pick up my phone anymore when it rings, or I cant txt people while I'm "working." haha. So many restrictions. Gah! The one thing that hasnt changed though is that Im still not getting a break. That gets old. Cause.. sometimes I would like to sit on my butt, but nooo! Ooohhh. Anddd, Steph txted me saying that her manager wanted me to come in for an interview at 4:30. (yesterday, Thursday) But, I had to work.. obviously.. so I couldnt tend to that interview. I volunteered to come in earlier, but said I had nothing going on for tomorrow/today. (=friday, technically) So, I have an interview at 1:00pm. I'm a wee bit excited. It's still going to be more retail which Im prob going to really hate. BUTTTT, at this point if I could score [B] TWO JOBS [/B] with being let go and all that'd be amazing. I dont know yet if its for those temporary positions or if she's considering me to be a regular or what, I guess I'll find out in the midst of the interview. So, I dont exactly want to quit Jewel if Im only gonna be a temp at the other place and whatever. But, we'll see what we can do. Hopefully.. I can get something worked out and hopefully she likes me enough and this whole background crap on me won't be a problem. I think Steph said they do [do] them, and I know its going to come up now, Im pretty sure. So...*shrugs* We shall see. I think Im getting my hopes up too high though. Im afraid Im just going to completely bomb this and then I'll be lame cause I missed out on a job at Tehgin's work, and that was a fast food place. haha. Idk. *crosses fingers* Guess I can just put my bestest smile on and hope for the best and hopefully she knows that two Stephanies are better than one. =D bwahaha. I think next semester I shouldn't try new things in school. haha. I honestly am never happy with my class choices. Okay, I was happy my very first semester, but that was it. I guess my Translation teacher decided that the course was not for me because I was not fluent in any other language. Some other lady contacted me and asked me like a thousand questions about what I planned to do like it was her god damn business! I choose my own classes, damnit! The messed up part is that NO WHERE did it say you had to be fluent in another language. I even talked about this with my counselor and looked it up in the catalog and it said nothing. And now they're saying it won't be for me because I probably won't be able to do/pass the homework. So, they recommended that I dropped it. And since the chance to enroll in other courses was all closed - I had to fill out an enrollment appeal form to try to get into classes that have started already. I guess the school decided they would deny my request, which is horse shit because it wasn't even my fault and now they're punishing me. They think it'd be better if I enrolled in late start classes or telecourses. Which, telecourses.. you get a set of DVD's and you have to watch them all and then take three tests at a campus, and I think that's all the work you have to do. I didnt really want to do that, but I figured I would try it.. see how it goes. I only found one late start class anyways and I'm already in that because I switched that from my Spanish course. And... I dropped out of the Healthcare Interpretting one. Some of those teachers are so fucking dumb. Omg! I just feel like I'm wasting my time with school right now. Or, Im just really really unhappy with my courses and college isn't that exciting anymore. Im ready for the next semester to start, already. All these teachers need to learn how to do their jobs better and be up to date like they expect us to be. Whateva! That place is bullshit. Everyone treats me so unfairly. Ugh. Anywaysss.. uhm.. idk. I think that's about all I've got to really update on. I sent out a check for that fine on the 1st. Im not sure how long it takes to send stuff to FL. I had five days left before my twenty days was up. So, I hope if its like a day late or so... I wont get penalized for it. And if I do.. that's bullshit. I prob should have done it sooner rather than waiting. But, heyyy... I did just become jobless, so they can fuck themselves. Im kind of glad that its out of the way... but, I think it still sucks for things in the future. But... I'd be really glad if I could score another job with all thats happened and maybe if she sees that, she could let me explain or at least give me a chance. Idk. I got a letter from CVS showing me what the background check looks like. I applied there and it says they're required to send you this stuff when it shows up so you know about it . It said they did it for pre-employment. But.. then again, they were one of the places listed on that sheet. So.. idk. I worry too much about these things. Im a horrible worry-er. gahhh. I think Im gonna stop before I get myself all worked uppp.
I made a decision! Watch outt guyssss, I know you won't believe it. haha. I did decide to get rid of my Spanish class. And, in the midst of getting rid of my spanish class I enrolled in another course that is also necessary per most degrees that I'm considering. So, I signed up for an accelerated Intro to Government class. So far I'm kind of feeling good about all of my classes. Except, now I'm kind of scared about this Intro to Health Care Interpreting one. The whole plan I had was to take the Translation course and see if I like it and then take the health care one to see if I'd like that as well - so maybe that could be something I could get into that is maybe a bit more demanded as a career in this day and age. But, Im kind of thinking I should probably know more Spanish before taking these classes. haha. Cause, I think most people in the class are Mexican and are already fluent in Spanish, they just need to learn medical terminology. So, Idk. I did contact the teacher though and told her about my worries. So, we'll see how that goes. If that doesn't work out, I could maybe try to squeeze into a different class in time and get a refund. Idk. I got another call from Jewel today. They must get the drug test results really fast. lol. Or the lady just knew my pee was clean. bahaha. But, I start Orientation on Fridayy. I'm kind of bummed cause it starts at one. And its about three hours. I hope its no more than that, and I can leave directly after three hours. Gahh! That's cutting into my Michael time. Arg. But, I also need to make sure that lady doesnt scedule me for wed and fridays. Im pretty sure she keeps forgetting the days that I told her er something. Hopefully that gets settled. I kind of hope I could get an estimated work schedule ahead of time already. Cause, I kind of really want to take that cake decorating class and that's on tuesday nights. So, I dont want to be unavailable tues, wed, fri. But, who knowss. I mean with the amount of hours they're offering.. I might not even have to work on tuesdays anyways. or maybe its a rotating schedule. I'd hate that. lol. I guess I'll find out though... and only time will tell.. bla bla blaaaa. I still havent heard anything from Steph's work yet. But, I think Im still going to be job hunting in the meantime. Argggg. I dont really know what else there is to say at this point. Its been raining a lot here for the past couple days. Its kind of getting old. I dont seem to appreciate rain as much as I did before we moved, and I dont even know why that is. =/ I love rain. But, its gotten to be kind of depressing sometimes. Who knows. I still havent done anything about the apprentice thing. I almost forgot all about it, actually. Still dont know what to do about the fine thing either. I'm pretty positive its going to turn into something that goes on a background check, for sure and thats not really exciting. But, I need to think of something soon because that twenty days deadline is.... kind of coming up fast. =/ Ehhh. I think Im done here. =/ I felt like writing, but I really dont feel like I have anything important to say. Or anything even mildly entertaining to talk about anymore. Ehhh.
I got a surprise call the other day. I know I didn't really see this coming, but I'm kind of excited about it. I was randomly applying places and I applied at this new Jewel kind of around my area and they called me about a position. I'm not too thrilled because the position is in the deli, but at this point I like to say beggers can't be choosers. A job is a job for me, at this point and I think I need to just jump for it. I never even applied for the deli, I dont think. lol. but, ehh. I was kinda pissed though cause the lady told me she just filled in two positions in the bakery and I'd totally LOVE to be there instead of the deli. But, she told me I could still watch out for those positions and I may be able to get in there. :) So, Im still sorta happy. heh. But, basically... I got an interview on Monday. Everything went swimmingly well. She asked me to bring my SS card, so I kind of assumed I had it in the bag already. And, she was very pleased and happy about everything. So, she gave me the pee cup to get a drug test. Im really dumb and I didnt know the clinic was really like... right next door to the place, so I didn't go till later with my mom. haha. But, oh well. It sucked though cause I was holding it in for a LOONG time and it seemed like I had to wait forever to get in that damn room. omg! I was drinking a big sweet tea from McDonalds plus water after that, so needless to say I had to really go. haha. Im just glad I didnt piss my pants. bahaha. So, the woman that interviewed me told me she wanted to start Orientation this Friday. She told me to keep it open and that it'd be about 3 hours during the day...ish. I told her I couldnt work wednesdays and fridays cause of school, which is kinda sorta true. But, I'm doubting Im going to get a lot of hours anyways. I knew a girl that worked there and I think she quit cause she wasnt getting enough hours. And.. they're still pretty new... they only had like 3 register lanes open and at most Jewels they need like a whole lot more than three. but, ah well. It pays more than the last job. Just sucks cause its a union company so there's a 125 dollar fee that comes outta my checks till its gone. but, they dont have horrible benefits either all thanks to the union portion of the company. haha. I txted Steph to ask about the job at her work and she said she hadn't heard anything about my app yet. I'd take both jobs if I could. but, she said Jewel would pay me more than her store would. So, idk. I'm still hoping for miracles here. but, at least... Im pretty sure I have this job and Im gonna keep my eyeballs open for the bakery job. =P I'm kind of excited again school again for some odd reason. Though, I'm still unsure about this Spanish class. I feel like I should start out slower, instead of rushing into intermediate. Considering all the lectures she puts up are already in Spanish. And while, I understand most of it I still dont really feel comfortable with it all and she wants us to jump into writing it already too. Ehh. Im thinking I should just wait and take an easier one to refresh my brain and writing skills and maybe just suck it up and take the language AT the campus. Bleh. I feel bad about getting rid of a credit though. So, I think I was going to switch it out with another general ed class. It's just.. that I need to come up with like 100 dollars to pay for the book. Aha! The class starts on the 28th and then there's an accelerated one that starts in October and goes till December, so Im thinking about doing that one instead. Idk. I suck at this game. I feel really stressed though. I am stressed. I can't sleep at night because I have so many things on my mind. And... this whole 300 dollar fine that I have to pay is really bugging me. Idk what to do about it. I have like 11 more days before its due, and I dont want to not pay it and ... wait to see what they do next. But, I'm pretty sure after this it turns into things that will go on a criminal background check. I was looking up stuff about civial penalties and it said it shows up on there, and thats really the last thing that I want to happen. I mean.. its hard enough to get jobs. I guess I just really dont want to be known and found as a thief.. when I'm really not at all and I dont even know how that situation makes ME a thief if I never took anything or GAVE it away. Ugh. The story of my life... I took the money out of my savings though and I just need to transfer it to my account and then send it away. but, I just dont know what to do. Idk if I should try to talk to someone about it and maybe really get legal with all this? I mean, it may still be possible to get jobs with that showing up in a background check? Idk. I thought most places did them, considering they put out the money for drug tests. Arg. Im just scared and stressed at where this is going to put me next. It just makes me feel like my life is falling apart. Even when I should be happy, I just feel like somethings pulling me back because this stuff is on my mind. Its hard to not let it get to me either cause Im getting screwed over. and Im scared that it wont allow me to do things later in life that I may want to. I could deal with it if it was just fines, but Im pretty sure it turns into more than that after the fines are paid. Cause another sentence said that they'll send a written release of the civil claim and I looked that stuff up online and it just doesn't seem good at all. *sigh* Makes me feel like a failure. Idk. Im happy that I at least found a job though. I'm probably still going to be searching for a job. I'm kind of upset though cause that prob means I wont get to do those cake decorating classes. Considering, the lady wanted someone mostly for nights and I told her I'd do that. And those decorating classes are on Tuesday nights for three hours and since I wanted Wed and Fri off... idk if I'd get Tuesdays off too. haha. But, with getting only like 15-20 hours... I may just end up with Tuesdays off. iiii dont knoww. I guess I shouldnt think about this until I get my orientation date and then I know its all for real. Cause Mike got screwed over with a job and that stinkss. They sent him for a drug test and never called him back when they got the results and i think they filled the positions already. And usually... I thought it was THEIR job to call YOU back once they got the results.. cause how should you know? lol. ii dont know. he's still hoping for a second job though and dreaming for a car. heh. So, we'll see how that goes. I was going to upload pictures of the pups, but Im feeling pretty lazy right now. So that will have to wait for another day. haha. Anyways... I think I'm going to go back and do some school stuff cause I'm just bored now.
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