In a good mood right now--probably because I got more than 4 hours of sleep (5PM to past-midnight, anyway?).

But it's also because this weekend has been fun and amusing and just over all entertaining. Because I got to hang with my sisters and my brother-in-law and my nephew (I miss ma baby nephew already~). Because of some good news from my older sister Shorty that makes me gleeful just thinking about it. Because things are looking up for my family while the world keeps crashing down around us.

It's all of that in reality.

Online, I've been kind of a shut-in. Mostly because, yeah. I think I'm full-hiatus from CFUD at this point, mostly because I need a break from it. No new characters for me in the past three or four months means I'm kind of... feeling retardedly repetitive with my characters and I'm having self-confidence issues because of it.

Well... thankfully, I found something else to do with the free time that is boosting my self-esteem and making me lolz so bad. Especially right now. With a thread I'm having. (Certain people on my flist will probably be with me in the "I love everything" this thread puts me in because omg ahahahaha, I love it~).

And just... yes. Stepping outside of comfort zone in a way and yet am completely just being zen about things really helps with me dealing with whatever I have to deal with.

And of course, this week is going to be full of my working on papers, studying for exams... blah blah blah. Oh, school. You were so exciting before you reminded me of the tedious things that I hate. But that's okay, I still love you because I love everything right now.

And on that note:

I love you guys~


ETA: ... you know. I think I'll go asking around town to see what jobs are available. I dunno if I'll be getting one this next quarter. But it wouldn't hurt to see what my options are.

Mostly, I'll probably poke places that have a more easy-going nature to them because I think this summer about killed me with forcing me to deal with people so face-to-face like that. Hell, that telemarketer gig was only a week long but it was the worst week I can remember in a long time. And IHOP was fun but burned me out so damn fast...

I dunno. We'll just see. I think I'll stop by Subway on California to see some of my old coworkers this weekend or something. I don't think I'll be going back to the Tech Drive store, though. Apparently there was an armed robbery like a week or two ago and sjdfhasd no. D:

Some food for thought anyway. Think I'll go to the Olde Wheat Barn later today, even. I miss that store. Might make me all sad and stuff being in there without Sara and Andrea but... well. I'm sure I'll get over it. Or something.

Will probably be heading back to my dorm and sleeping some more soon. Thankfully nothing to do for school today until around 6PM when I have ma seconde Interrogation française. Fun stuff, man.
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Okay, so yeah. School is up and running (finally) which means I will have access to interwebs via computer labs. (And here I thought I wouldn't have to do that sort of thing again for a long, long time.)

Anyway, so far so good. Just got done with my History class around 10AM and then headed over to the cashier to see if I was taken care of financially. Also went to pick up a drop-add form so I can add my band course since it conflicts with my French course. And then I went to the upper-floor of Keeny Hall to schedule a counseling session on Sept. 11th at 3PM. Mostly because if these past two weeks are any indication, my self-esteem is shot and I am slightly freaked out and somewhat afraid of my performance levels this year in school.

In some things I've gotten better, in others... well. No. I'm scared mostly because I failed so hard last year. I can't afford a repeat and yeah. Lack of self-esteem. Orz. So I have the same counselor from last year too. He's cool.

Beyond that... 13 hours of courses this quarter--which equals out to a COMPLETELY FULL LOAD in the semester system. I think I'll be okay because for SOME reason I perform better when I have more courses. Spring quarter I only had 8 hours (absolute minimum for full-time student status) and... yeah. We're not going there.

( Schedule of school time stuffs goes here. )

I... don't think I'll be getting a job this quarter, but if I do, I think I'll try to work only weekends. I went to Subway this past Sunday and Mahagony and Will said that they were kind of short-handed. I dunno. I might need to for money's sake but it really all depends on if this load will stress me out too much or not. Especially since I do have football games on some weekends.

So far so good though. I have my schedule for my History class in hand and lol. Midterm, Final, and a 10 to 12-paged research paper on the history of England from ancient times to 1688. Ftw, yo. Still it's very fun and sob. I might as well make History my minor at this rate. Orz.

... same could be said about English but fdfdafdas... someone stop me from being a super-super-super-super senior. At the rate I'm going I'll be in school for a looooooooooooooooooong time.

Not that I mind. I like learning. INFERIORITY COMPLEX AND INSATIABLE CURIOSITY, FTW.

And... I think I have till around noon until my English class. WORLD MASTERPIECES! And this is was mostly because I didn't have enough classes to fill up space. One day I will get my sciences out of the way. You know... when they're not so FULL. *headdesks* Ditto for Speech.

Anyway... how's everyone else been? Anyone miss me? ... anyone notice I was missing? XD;;;
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So I've got today and tomorrow to pack up and get ready to go down to Dallas to meet up with my aunt and uncle--the uncle who I've never actually met except maybe at the last family reunion and who is having surgery for an ulcer, I think it was?, the same day I get into town. Luckily, I have my aunt's number so I can give a heads up as to what time I'm coming in.

And then from there, I guess we're winging it. I think my mom's going to pick me up from there on Saturday and... I dunno if we're headed straight back to Louisiana or staying with my dad for another day or so. Either way... yeah.

I also need to mail off around $26 to the storage place I'm keeping my stuff at in Ruston so they don't toss my stuff out or something.

And... I dunno, I'm nervous and jittery about everything. I know I've been nothing but a pain to my roommates all summer and I'm being even more of a pain to my relatives because I can't function on my own still. Not 100%. Not even really above 50% really.

I have no idea what's going to happen this next year at school but after this last year, I'm just... intimidated. I'm willing to stop half-assing things but I'm terrified of not getting things done because guess what I've been doing for a whole year? A whole life?

Saa, who knows. I'll work through it. Try not to think too far ahead or I'll break down again. Maybe things'll be better this year. I'll probably try to get my license officially this year--really, I'll pester someone I know at Tech to drive me to Monroe every week if I have to. And I'll look into getting a car, even with gas prices so high. On top of that--a bike.

Which means I have to get a job again. Orz. I'm pretty sure Jason would take me back if I'm that desperate. He knows how I work and maybe THIS TIME he'll listen when I say "DON'T SCHEDULE ME OVER 24 HOURS WHEN I HAVE MARCHING BAND + FULL TIME SCHOOL". Who knows? After the call center and IHOP, I could stand working Subway again. Norly. It's that much of a nobrainer. I mean, yeah, the other jobs were, too, but one was definitely the mind-numbing kind of nobrainer. Which... is very whiny of me, but I did like my IHOP job while it lasted. It was just tiring. Orz, night shift.

Again, I don't really know. I'll just have to deal with all of that when it's time to. And try not to go insane thinking about it.

... that's probably why I've been sucking at eating things lately, too, actually. Nerves. Also, sleeping badly because of things like low iron count and stuff. Not healthy, me. Stop doing this.

Note to self: Talk with adviser and-or secretary of Foreign Language department about getting certified for teaching if possible. Might mean another year at Tech, of course...

God I hate thinking about the future, someone get me to stop, really. I might end up kicking myself really hard.
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THE CHARACTER RATING MEME

In other news, I am obsessing really bad about a series. Yes, yes. I fail at not squeeing about it. And so I can feel somewhat cool, I'm not going to say what series it is.

Don't worry, it's really really obvious, I swear.

Nothing to report on the job front. I gave my information to the Donut Shop lady who said she'd call me up if any of the small-job workers who come in need help or anything. Saa... I do, however, have an old application to Sonic... which I'll change the date on and submit. Because I am a sneaky bitch like that. Learned my lesson about telling people I'm not going to be working somewhere long.

Beyond that... the school front. I got $14k in financial aid this year.

... I'm... somewhat shocked. I have over $4.5k per quarter, I think. It's... insane, yeah. And yeah more loans but I'll also probably be completely covered this year. Which... yeah.

This is the joy that comes because your father didn't have a job for over 9 months.

Sadly, it won't be so easy next year.

... maybe if I save up whatever money I get back, I'll be able to travel next summer. Wouldn't that be the best thing to happen?

I'm kind of nervous thinking that far ahead though~ So I'll just hope that everything will go well~

And that's it from me for now.
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So I've already been written off the schedule at IHOP even though I said my last day was on the 6th.

So now I'm without a job. $170 in cash, $39 in the bank, and whatever amount I made on my last paycheck which I need to walk over and pick up.

And I have 2 weeks until I move back to Louisiana.

... this in no way makes me feel like a hopeless freeloader like the beginning of this summer.

Fuck.


EDIT: Okay, so. Trying not to just go and duck into my room and just baw and emo and angst and am trying to be productive about things. My roommate and I are trying to find me a temp job for just the two weeks I'll be here but I'm very very doubtful that anyone will take me on if I say anything about the two weeks thing.

Anyway, we're checking things out and I'm trying to write a resume except LOL I'VE NEVER WRITTEN ONE NOR DID LOUISIANA EDUCATION COVER HOW TO WRITE ONE. FAIL, LOUISIANA, FAIL.

So, anyway, under the cut is the information I've written down so far. I can include names and numbers of supervisors for most of the jobs listed so. Yeah. I can also detail my skills and what each job required of me. But basically, I need to know how to format things and...

God, I fucking hate this.

( Somebody saaaaa~aaaaaaaaave meeeeeeeeee~ )
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Can has iscrewtothink. So if you see a mad scientist running about in my LJ, that is still me! Just... as a mad scientist.

I always wanted to be a mad scientist!

... rp-wise, I mean.

In other news, work was better last night, but only got about $5 more than I did Friday night. Blargh. Hate weekends.

Aaaaaaaand... nothing else to really talk about, I don't think.

How's everyone been doing?
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Only made $28 tonight. Pitiful. And I only had 2 tables the whole of bar rush because they were they kind of people to stay sitting around forever after they're done.

Not only that but I had a runner.

I plan to make a customers_suck post about it in just a bit.

Basically, it went like this:

Some dude ordered a 2x2x2. 2 pancakes, 2 eggs, 2 meats. Well, dude wanted turkey sausage but I figured we might not have any so I asked him what he would like to have instead. He said more eggs. Of course, this adds more to the bill. On top of THAT, he wanted strawberries for his pancakes. So that got an additional charge on the bill, too.

So I figured that he would comment about it when it was time for them to pay.

Surprisingly he quickly paid.

I, of course, was suspicious and marched over, picked up the booklet and found ONE SINGLE DOLLAR BILL.

... immediately, I cried out, "[MANAGER]! WE HAVE A RUNNER!"

My manager rushed over to me, I quickly explained and showed him the booklet, he looked around the restaurant and then asked me where he was. I pointed outside in the parking lot where the guy was trying to make his get away, "The one in the red shirt!"

Manager took the booklet and SPED toward the doors, only to run into the 4 cops who were working on clearing out the parking lots as quickly as possible when bar rush (which was winding down) was over. They were coming inside because one of them, a night cop who always comes on the weekends, was told by my other manager that some people at Table 6 were giving me a hard time because they'd eaten, went outside, and then came back and SAT THEMSELVES, expecting to be served again and complaining about how messy the table was. (Gee, I wonder.)

So our wonderful night cop basically went, "You three guys help that manager dude while I clear out the Table 6 peeps." And... yeah.

They managed to catch the red-shirt runaway before he could get out of our parking lot and I, thankfully, didn't have to pay for the $14-ish ticket that he was trying to walk out on.

... in other words, weekends continue to be hell on earth for me and my nerves but I thankfully got to leave an hour earlier and stopped by the donut shop near the IHOP. ... during which time, it POURED rain, so I was stuck for a bit and chattered with some of the regulars and the lady behind the counter. Also, I discovered that in my change I have 13 State quarters already. ... maybe I should start collecting XD

But yeah, woman behind the counter was win and lurve and she found me like... the last raspberry lemonade there was and also gave me extra cream cheese filling in that donut thing. Mmmm... Not only that, but she heard I was walking and the weather was so bad that she lent me her small blue umbrella. Will be giving it back to her tomorrow morning, for sure.

And of course, I put somewhere around $3 in her tip jar because that little shop is just awsum and win and so are the people there. So nice~

So bunch of hoo hah, but things are pretty good! Well, they were bad but I got the pick-me-ups at the times I needed them. Like after the running incident, I kept thanking my manager and the cop dude (telling him to thank the others for me) and my manager went, "I'm thankful you caught on before it was too late."

Ahahahaha... me too, man. Me too.

Long night is long but at least it makes for interesting stories like these, ne?
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Am going to bed--QUICK POST.

Work kept me until 8AM. I woke up noon yesterday, took an hour nap-ish thing at 8PM, and am going to bed. Made $85 at work!

Want to see Wall-E! Socute!

No work tonight! I shall be on! And finish counselor app yesh. IN YO FAISE PEOPLE WHO SAID I ONLY DO LAST-MINUTE APPS. \o

ALSO ALSO.

PURPLE.

Yes. Purple. *nodnod*

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*wants to plaaaaaaaaay but has been banned from doing so until she's gotten some sleep* NIGHT PEOPLES! :DDD
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Doing better since the last time I posted. $50+ in tips tonight. Oh, wait... $20 of that was tips from last time so I could have change... nevermind. Only made $30. Though my stomach was hurting throughout my shift. I blame eating coldish pizza right after I woke up. Like... homphgomphing it.

I'm thinking around 5:30 I'll go out and go to that donut place again. It is cute and I really have nothing better to do since I was sent home early tonight.

Anyway, scheduled a meeting with oral surgeon peoples to see about getting wisdom teeth removed. It is this Monday at 3PM. $85 for the consolation fee, which is easy enough to obtain, so, yeah. Wish me luck!

I also have to call that doctor I went to before. I managed to get my front teeth fixed up so the ugly caps aren't ugly and people will not tell me, "You have something on your teeth." Not only that but dentist dude taught me how to properly floss. Yaaaay~ But yeah need to call them up and see about other cavities that need to be worked on.

Uuuuuuuh... besides that, I really want to be able to find time to go hiking through the mountainous area before I leave in August. Need some better shoes since my tennis shoes are falling apart and have sucky grips anyway.

And besides all of this, I throw at you, my beloved flist, a meme!

THE FST MEME

You love it. Okay, go!



ETA: NOW WITH FUNCTIONING LINK. I AM GOING TO BED NOW YES.
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$113 in tips.

That was an average of $4 per customer. One table of 3 gave me $15. And one table of 4 gave me $20.

Kick ass, yo.

Tonight was also interesting in that in that group of 4, I was a) cursed at, b) apologized to profusely, c) offered $100 to make sure "they got what they fucking wanted", d) told multiple times that the dude wanted his steak fucking bloody, and e) hit up on for a number. So I gave the guy an email address because hell, he might have been around 30-ish but he was GOOD LOOKING and he did the shy little boy act so well. It was cuuuuuuute.

... and he was good looking, okay? And hey, he was originally asking for my phone number. I talked him down to webspeak since I don't know him really~

Also he was the one continuously apologizing and facepalming at his cursing friend. XD Socute. I kept saying it was okay because, hey, the cursing guy seemed nice and all, just cursed a lot and said the same things over and over again XD;;;

MILITARY UPBRINGING COMES IN HANDY IN THESE SITUATIONS, YES?

Anyway. Yeah. Work was fun last night |D;;;

In other news, I got to have a donut-thing for the first time in... well, a few weeks honestly. GOOD DONUT IS GOOD OMNOMNOM.

Aaaaaaaand, I got nothing else to talk about.

HOW ARE YOU GUYS? IS ANYONE AWAKE THIS MORNING?
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I really need to start being more socialable on LJ again.

Anyway. The two days I've been at work (Friday and Saturday) have had drama, drama, drama. And there was more drama today... last night... wtfever.

Basically, Friday wasn't so so bad but a coworker of mine is going through a rough time because her father died. Another coworker of mine was sick. But overall, not so bad. Except, you know, a concert and a ball game let out around the same time near 10PM and thus we had an insane rush AND THEN had the bar rush at 2AM to deal with. Joy of joys.

Saturday, was somewhat hellish. Less so in the busy-ness and more so in the fact that I ended up getting an 8-guest table who decided to order FOUR T-Bone/Egg Combos, two Omelets, and one French Toast platter thing. AND THEN COMPLAIN NONSTOP ABOUT HOW SLOW IT WAS TAKING FOR THE NEXT HALF HOUR DURING BAR RUSH.

I dunno about you, but when the fucking restaurant is FILLED will drunk people, you DON'T complain to the poor server who is trying to get your order in, get your food ready, and get you to eat and leave as quickly as possible a DAMN HARD TIME OVER THIS. Especially when she's nice to you and has only been working on the floor for a week. You don't do shit like have a running bet to see who can make the new girl cry and you don't try to wiggle your way into getting discounts and free food by pretending that we were too slow in cooking 4 steak combos when we just got our 2nd cook about 20 minutes after your server puts your order in.

I don't care if you're drunk, high, or whatthefuckever. You don't do that shit.

And you also don't claim that the server is completely innocent when she says stupid shit while you blame the manager WHO WASN'T EVEN AROUND EXCEPT TO HELP CARRY YOUR FOOD IN for every little thing you can think of, calling her a rude bitch because she won't take your shit.

If I see those people again from Table 2, I am going to fucking demand someone else deal with them, all of that shit, and the only nice ones in that group were the men and the two younger guys AT LEAST gave me a tip for having to put up with the shit. Then again, that could be because the rest of them were trying to make me cry.

HA. HA. FUCKING HA.

Thank god I hate crying and don't tend to much these days except when I get wibbly over endings of stories. Those kinds of tears are fine. Crying when in that situation? I grew fucking sick of that in Jr. High and High School. You, dear people of Table 2, are not the first and certainly not the last to think me an easy target but I will not give into your shit and I will not boohoo over it. I will get pissed but I will not show it in front of you because it's my JOB to be nice to you.

So take that and suck it, you bunch of bitches.

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Yes, I have been holding that in for a full 24 hours.

Tonight wasn't so bad for me so much as it was for my coworker. The sick one, I mean. I was told that Sunday would be too slow and I wasn't needed, so Joe, Sanna, and I thought it would be fun to walk over to IHOP to have dinner. Best steak dinner I've had in ages. But that's probably because the last one I had was when Reda, Bryce, and I went to Applebee's. Apparently our coworker whose father died was especially messed up that night and was attacking everyone, including customers at one point, from what I hear.

And my sick coworker was actually near tears when she brought our checks because the other coworker said she was leaving and a manager-person agreed with it and sick-coworker thought that Sunday night would be busy and...

I really didn't want to give up my free night and I was a bit selfish about it, but Sanna nudged me in my conscience and I offered to sick-coworker to call me if things got really bad. Especially since I'm staying not even 15 minute walk away from IHOP. To make doubly sure she understood this offer, I gave her a paper with my cell number and... I didn't get a call. So I'm hoping everything smoothed over.

I guess I'll find out today, I have a employee meeting at 2PM.

... and it's 10:09.

Yeah, I'm going to crash.

And sorry to those who wanted to hear more introspective things or something cheerful from me, but I'm not really in the best of ups and ups (doing that thing where I want to like... pull something over my head and curl up and go "Talentless, useless, not needed, can't do anything right" etc). However, I should have something different to post other than work later on.

Okay, nap time before going to workplace for meeting.
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Holy shit it's been 5 days, wtf.

Okay, so.

I've kind of been anti-social again lately. I blame my job. Stupid waitressing involves dealing with people A LOT. But... you know... tips. I actually got around $60 in tips tonight. ... last night...

Something.

So I currently have like... $160 in cash from tips alone? (Had more but $80 of it went to paying for the next bit of news.)

Niiiice.

Pay day is Wednesday.

In other news, went to the dentist. Totally worked on the cavities and replacing old filling on my front teeth. Hay guys, now people won't ask me if something is on my teeth anymore! Isn't that just super fantabulous?

Yeah. Besides all that, I've watched Den-O, read Chrno Crusade, and read Count Cain/God Child. ALL THREE OF WHICH MADE ME BAAAAAAAAAAAAW AT THE END OF. Won't say how they end. Just that they made me BAWWWW. But then again, endings in and of themselves make me incredibly susceptible to tears. Woes~

And besides that... nothing? I've not been doing much but sleeping and working and marathoning series. Actually at the moment, I'm really tired and want to lay down and sleep but am planning to stay up till 8AM... or something.

... wonderful, I'm officially a vampire or something.

I MISS YOU GUYS. ♥
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Seriously, I love them. IHOP has cool peeps on the night shift.

Third night of training and ahahaha. We have determined that I did so well during the mad rush when we were a bit understaffed around 10PM that I can work the floor on my own starting tomorr--wait. Tonight. What.

Also, the one who's been training me--Lori. She slipped me a $5 from her own tips because I get no tips during my training and I was running around doing a lot of stuff. Another co-worker, Lisa, also slipped me a $5--basically just walked toward me, shoved it at me, and kept walking. Mostly because I was able to keep my head and help with seating people, giving them their drinks, and doing whatever the experienced people needed during that initial insanity.

So I got 10 bucks today. You know... in cash.

...

*goes to squirrel it away*

I like this job. XD;;; It's kind of sad for me to say it when it kills my knee so bad and I'm still getting the hang of communicating with customers and the like, but... it could have been worse. It really, really could have.

Schedule-wise I might be getting Thursdays off every week. We're still trying to figure out what a second day I could have off is. But yeah. Glad that's getting worked through because if I get that Arby's job... god I hope I don't kill myself over all of this XD;;;

But yeah, only I am crazy enough to be happy about having a hectic job that sends all the smokers (everyone but me apparently) out for 5 minutes every hour or so.

... and now I'm going to watch Kamen Rider Den-O before I crash.
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Waitressing at IHOP isn't so bad. It's actually pretty relaxing on night shift. It's mostly a learn-as-you-go kind of job and those are the kind of jobs I get stuck with a lot, so I figure I'll be okay. Last night and tonight are part of my training period though, so I don't work the full graveshift just yet (just till 2:30AM last night) and yeah. Not so bad.

Will definitely need to bring my knee brace tonight though. My knee was feeling all loose and then started hurting near the end of my shift.

Today is Friday the 13th which will prove to be interesting as I have that job interview at Arby's as well as a shift at IHOP again tonight.

Haa... so much stuff to do. I'm hoping that I don't have to work an insane amount of hours at Arby's. I already have 8 hours/night scheduled for IHOP whenever I get out of the training phase, so... yeah.

NO IDEA WHAT MY WORKING SCHEDULE IS. TBA!

Aaaaand that's all I have to comment on. Other than the fact that IHOP is the only place that I like their hashbrowns. Hurhurhur.
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G-guys, thank you for the support. I really needed that pick-me-up and the hugs and fsksdljaf... chainsaw ♥

Basically what's been up with me is that for the past four days, I've been told by my call center place to not come into work. I mean, it was okay the first couple of days because hey, I understand that a call center is all about getting hired by people that want us to call random strangers time and again to promote their stuff and that sometimes these people who hire us can go scarce. And that seems to be what happened this time around.

But four days in a row? When I'm already living with some dear friends who, out of the goodness of their hearts, let me live practically for free for almost two weeks? I CANNOT afford that sort of thing.

So Sanna and I went around getting job applications and I was going a bit crazy because I have bad self-esteem and too much of a pessimist in that I totally thought no one would hire me because they saw that all my information say that I was from Louisiana...

And then we went to Arby's and struck a bit of luck. Manager person told me to come in Friday at 4PM to have an interview. I agreed. Because, hey, I might as well have landed the job and the call center gig is pretty much dead to me now. Much as I loved the people there. They were cool peeps. The hours were just "flexible". *makes a face*

And then, of course, we headed back to the apartment and I got a phone call around 8PM from IHOP. They wanted an interview. TONIGHT. So 9 o'clock I walked myself over there and sat down and talked with the manager person. And... basically got the job on the spot. Have to buy black shoes, black socks, AND the shirt and apron. So yay losing money to MAKE money! Of course, this is a waitressing gig, so my wage is LOW--like $2-something + tips. And I'll be scheduled full time... full time GRAVESHIFT. 10PM to 6AM.

... *sobs*

And I'm still going to the Arby's interview on Friday because the IHOP manager guy was nice and said if I really needed the other job, he'd be willing to work with me on that. Because... I kind of do need the other job if I want to pay Sanna and Joe back AND get my teeth done AND save up money.

So on top of all this "I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON," I've been having self-confidence issues with my RPing and my personal writings and just... everything involving creativity on my part. The Jesii post made me feel better for a little while, but I think I burnt myself out and fell into a bit of a depressed state because... post before this... yeah.

So yeah. The hugs were very much needed because while it seems like everything is going smoothly, it does not feel smooth at all and I'm scared something will go wrong and things will turn out wrong and I've been doing all of this stuff for nothing. And... thoughts like those are just all to common with me.

But thanks to the support and a little Den-O, I'm doing a lot better. So... thank you guys. It really meant a lot. ♥
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Am on one of two 10 min. breaks I get on my 5 hour shift and ahahhahaha...

*sobs*

Sotired but have tomorrow off and then it's another 6 days in a row...

Still haven't heard from Subway. Will walk tomorrow and pick up applications from around town. Meh.

Okay! Break near over! Later all!


EDIT: ... my icons died.

;o;
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... I will always be somewhat amused by these tests.

But srsly. It's... accurate. ._.;;;; E-except Joan of Arc and Sir Galahad wat?

ANYWAY, ON OTHER TOPICS.

Yo, peeps. Please do me a favor and be nicer to telemarketers like me who are just calling your house because it's part of their job. Just say "No thank you, have a nice day!" and hang up.

J-just FYI. I know those kinds of people are annoying but just that small bit or even just plain HANGING UP definitely helps to NOT kill people's spirits when they're stuck with making those kinds of calls for 5+ hours a day.

And yeah, it's probably because I'm calling on the behalf of some group but D:

... I had to say the same paragraph over and over for 5 hours. MY BRAIN IS DED. *sobs*

This is why I'm determined to get that Subway job... >.>;;;

Besides work though, I have been catching up on House lately! :D! SOFUN! And now I am off to uh. Eat. Because I haven't really... eaten much today. ;;;

LATER GUYS!
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Things are going kind of smooth for the time being! I THINK my next paycheck is sometime in this next week, but I'm not sure WHEN. Not that it really matters. Around $200 is going to Sanna and Joe... you know, if not MORE. But that's totally okay since they let me bum around until I could get this money together. After I pay them for the two almost free weeks they let me spend here, we'll work out a budget and figure out how much I need to pay them for use of utilities, gas, food, etc. And I should be good to go on budgeting and figuring how much I can save!

At my call service job, I'm getting anywhere between $7 to $8/hour (hahahaha--yeah right, I am SO not putting in the hours on the weekend to get the $9.50/hour) and am scheduled for 5 4PM to 9PM shifts, and one 11AM to 6PM shift. That = somewhere like 32 hours/week. Ideally. of course call center peeps tend to let us go when we make our numbers or when the system crashes, SO... Let's say something more realistic like 25 hours/week. That's still $175 with $7/hour or $200 with $8/hour. Two weeks per pay period then = $350 for the $7/hour or $400 for the $8/hour. THIS IS BEFORE TAX THOUGH.

... huh. Obviously, I need to work the amount of hours for the $8/hour wage. $300 per pay period would be wiiiiiiiiiiin.

But yeah.

In addition to that job, though, I am going to put in an application for Subway! I've got experience and the call center REALLY isn't all that reliable with hours and hey! Minimum wage here is $6.25! Considering that it took me A YEAR to get to $6.50 in Louisiana, that's TOTALLY COOL WITH ME. Wonder if they have the same "work a month, get a .10 raise" thing that California and Tech Dr. did. If not, oh well. I'm sure I could work up to being a closing position if I REALLY want to. Question is, DO I REALLY WANT TO?

But yeah. On my application, I wrote that I'm available from 9AM to 2PM M-F and from 7PM to 12AM on Sundays. THIS WILL KILL ME DEAD (30 hours/week?) but the key here is to let them know that I am available for lunch hours. Pretty much. And chances are they aren't going to let me work closing just yet so no worries about working till midnight--UNLESS MY WORKING SUBWAY FOR THE PAST YEAR OVERRULES THIS, ORZ. But yeah.

... no, I am not trying to kill myself. But think about it. Even if I DID get that schedule, ideally and without taking tax into consideration, I would get $187.5/week. $375/paycheck. CHA-CHING. Spare cash to pocket and save! Yosh!

And really I am only trying to get this job at Subway for that reason. Because I figure most of my paycheck will be eaten away by living expenses + dental visits that I'll be making this summer + getting a license (WHICH I AM STILL WORKING ON TRYING TO OBTAIN!). Meh. We'll see how it goes.

For some reason this kind of thing makes me happier than I would have thought. Jobs are exhausting but I love doing this kind of thing. Of course, I know not to count my chickens before they hatch, so am totally going to try not to drop the ball at my call service job!

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And this has been another addition of Jeva Plots For Money. Join us next time when she STARTS TO DIE because of all the hours she might be clocking in for work!
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Ganked from ytak:

( How many things have I lived through. )

... okay, I admit, that was more than I thought it would be.

Am mentally exhausted from work. Got cursed at twice, was apologized to profusely for one of them, was told to get a life, and someone told me that I was crazy for calling them in the middle of a Laker's game.

... well, at least the last person had their priorities right XDDD

But yeah. The get a life comment really annoys the hell out of me. Do people really think I enjoy calling them up only to get bitched at by the uncaring masses? Uh, here's a hint: NO.

But beyond that, my day was pretty awsum! Saw the new Indiana Jones movie!

Okay, Indy reminds me of my dad now. Especially in this movie. SCHOLARLY LOOK + WEATHER WORN FEATURES = MY DAD, I SWEAR. Ahahahaha...

But yeah, movie was awsum but kind of wtfish near the end, but meh! They did a good job portraying the time period, I think! :D

And now I go and laze around until I go to bed. |D
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About to head out for work.

I actually don't have work until 11AM but Sanna and Joe have to go to a baptism that's like waaaaaaaaay far off or something, and ahahahaha. Oh well! I have a book that I'm rereading (shurrup, Arhu XP), to keep me entertained until I start work.

And then I have 7 long hours of saying the same thing over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over--

Did I ever mention that I hate repetitive tasks?

Stupid job paying good money and having flexible hours. DX

Oh well!

Later guys!
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