College Job @ MindSay

work at 3-10 woohoo!! I just found out that I have to pay my college tuition by July 15. and I thought we only needed to have that thing signed. so i guess i'm kinda sorta freaking but know its all going to be okay. I'm gonna try to get a schedule down at my job so i can pick up another job working at the hotel. I'm gonna need to work 24/7 in order to go back to college. And, I now have to turn down Camp Shiloh cause of all of this and working at the elementary summer school as well the same week of camp. The things I'll do just so i can go study and become a teacher. Its very hard on my own to do all of this but i know i can do it with Christ. Good thing I'm not sad or anything over Ryan anymore. I cant even handle to even think about that situation anymore. Glad I'm healed from that.  and my co-workers told my boss, "Isnt that girl too YOUNG to work here?" and i was asked by 2 guys in the dishroom what HIGH SCHOOL I go to. I looked at them and said, "Noo.. I'm in college.." and my boss had to explain to them that I AM old enough to work and that I am a 19 going on 20 year old college student going on my 3rd year of college. Thats what happens when you look young huh. Sometimes it bothers me but then again it'll be all good when i'm 40 and looking 35 ya know. Right now it just kinda stinks. I get that all the time.

oo its so fun looking for a job, not. Then theres writing a CV thats a load of bullshit well mines just practicly lies. I filled in a form to work in Build a Bear Workshop at meadowhall, haha it will be the best ever -.-.

 

i have to get a job because i do 3 days of college a week, so my parents think thats a perfect oppertunity to get a job, when its not. Its not like im doing all that good a college anyway :| so more work wont make it any better really.

So, I've figured out a few things about that job thing.

While there are certainly aspects of my job that drive me crazy, there are others that I'm grateful for.

It's air-conditioned.

I don't have to deal with the majority of my managers being stressed-out and taking it out on us grunts. There's a definite team aspect instead.

I have only ONE manager that I don't particularly care for.

I don't have to wear pants that I hate.

If I get off before dinner, I can go out with friends instead of having to go home and shower first. (doesn't mean I DO all that often, but I'm happy for the times that I can)

I have a decent guarantee of getting the hours I need - particularly during the season when I'll be able to work far more hours.

There's a very solid system for getting time off. When I need a day off for something, I nearly always get it. If I can't have the whole day, I can usually work something out to have the particular time frame I need.

It's not too far from home, and it's not too far from school.

I can get food there.

My scheduling manager is fantastic about working with the availability I've got to get the hours we both need. We usually have to do some negotiating whenever my schedule changes, but something always works out. This is something I keep taking for granted, but it's really very cool. There aren't too many places that will even HIRE me with the availability I have and how often I need to be off for a concert or something, and she makes it work out to get me as many hours as I need.

B. Micro-psycho. Badname. J. Lilrh. A. Foxy. Various friends scattered about that make the job so much better.

They didn't fire me for that time period where everything was insane and I was late to work a lot. They definitely called my attention to it, and I was sort of penalized, but I didn't lose my job.

They let me go on leave for three months to work at camp.

So, really, there's a lot about this job that is definitely a good thing. I'm still hoping to get transferred to another position inside the store, but I don't think I hate it anymore.