As of yesterday, I have been able to breathe a little better compared to earlier in the week, it's amazing what medications with pseudoephedrine in them can do you for you :P I'm also happy that I'm able to fall asleep without feeling like I'm going to suffocate.
In other news, I worked an entire 3 hours this week at my job - that's right, I was only scheduled ONE day (this past Monday) which was suppose to be my "training" day and all I did for an entire 3 hours was fold messed up clothing in the boys and girls department. Seriously...how many times does it take walking around the same area for 3 hours to fix the clothing there? It wasn't until the end of the night when people were rushing around to get the store neat and tidy so we could close that I finally got some help and was informed of what I should look for/do when it comes to being assigned to a certain area. I'm so glad that an associate and/or manager was so helpful and provided me with the information that I needed at the END of the night... /end sarcasm.
I was hired almost a month ago and have only worked one day since then...not only that but I feel like I'm getting the short end of the stick when it comes to training and such because the managers act as if it's not important to inform the NEW employee of what the hell to do but rather let me have at it all to myself. Sure, I asked other employees questions when I had them but jeez - I'm trying to do my job, why don't you as a manager do yours and show me what I need to do? Either way, I've been looking around for other job openings elsewhere - which I always do anyways - because I'd like to find a full time job possibly in an office since I'm taking all online courses next semester since I can't transfer until the Fall. I just hope something comes along soon!
Being a person who loves to travel, I'm always excited when I can find great deals on various attractions in the cities I visit. For example, in Savannah, Georgia they have an awesome riverboat sightseeing cruise that I would love to go on but unfortunately any time I've been down to Savannah which is only a two hour drive for me, I haven't been able to go see any of the attractions the city has to offer. I've heard so many great things about places to go in Savannah from family members, like the Boardwalk, that I would love to just take a trip down there over the weekend and check some of these places out.
Luckily, I found a site called Trusted Tours and Attractions that provides me with tons of information on the attractions around Savannah - they also provide you with the duration and price of the attraction. Not only that, but they also offer information for places in San Diego (like the San Diego Zoo) was well as Key West, which are two cities I have not visited but wouldn't mind doing so - perhaps one day! One of the cool things about Trusted Tours is that if you sign up for their free e-newsletter between now and December 14th, 2007 you're automatically entered into a contest to win 4 free tickets to tours in a city of your choice. I'll definitely be signing up for the newsletter because if I win free tickets that only gives me more incentive to take a weekend getaway to Savannah and check out some of the sights around there!
Ugh...I feel like poop! My throat hasn't gotten any better and now my nose is all stuffy and I'm sneezing like crazy - part of that is due to me cleaning and stirring up all the dust in my room though, but uggggh! I cleaned my room and it looks really nice, I was able to throw out a bunch of junk I had packed away in boxes since we moved into this place - I figured since I hadn't used it or taken it out of the boxes in a year, then I don't need it so it's going in the garbage, needless to say my room looks a lot better now :P I also decided to pop all the keys off my keyboard and venture into the unknown and clean my keyboard...oh my god, I've never see anything like it, haha. I haven't cleaned this keyboard since I got it and god knows when that was, except for a few sprays with the can of air here and there or a few flipping it upside down and knocking all the junk out of it. My keyboard types like its brand new now since the keys no longer stick!
I have to figure out something to tell Alan to get me for Christmas. He apparently has picked out four or five items of things that he knows I would like to have but he wants me to tell him something specific that I want and I have no idea what to tell him. Hell, I don't even know what to tell my family to get me and the things that I have told them are a pair of shoes I saw the other day at the outlet mall and I told my mom to get me some more jeans, that's about it. There are things that I would love to have but most are too expensive even for my family to buy me - like a laptop. I'll be looking around to see if I can come up with something otherwise he'll just have to deal with not getting me anything else, after all I'm sure he spent ENOUGH money already /FIST! :P I'm off to finish my study guide for the math test I have on Tuesday and go to bed, I have class tomorrow AND training :)
I think I'm getting sick...for the first time in what seems a MILLION years! Bah :( My throat started hurting late last night and I figured it was because I had been crying the night before and such and going to sleep like that, but this morning when I woke up it hurt even more. I don't think I have any kind of strep, but rather just a sore throat from when you get a stuffy nose and all the nasty gunk decides to run down there, lol. Anyways, I just started taking some cough drops so hopefully that will help but I have this damn tickle in my throat, like I need to cough something up but when I cough I get nothing! UGH....I haven't been sick in forever, why now?
I hope everyone has a wonderful day today spending time with the family and eating good food. I'll be over at my great grand mother's house with my family for most of the afternoon, I can't wait to eat, haha :) - hey it's one of those times where you can stuff your face and not really feel guilty about it! Anywho, the list of what I am thankful for would end being a mile long I am sure if I wrote it all down but in the end all that I am thankful for is being alive and being able to live each day as it comes; life isn't always easy and we're all faced with obstacles but getting through those obstacles makes life worth it especially when you end up on top when it's all over! And aside from my family whom I am very thankful for despite them getting on my last nerve sometimes :P I couldn't be more thankful for the wonderful boyfriend that I have (you knew I was going to bring him up eventually!) - someone that loves me, cares about me and respects me for everything that I am, everything I want to be and everything that I will become :heart: I'm off to shower and get ready to leave...
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
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Thanksgiving is this coming Thursday and because of that I only have classes two days this week - who doesn't like a short week of school? I'm definitely not complaining. I've been spending my time since Saturday playing Super Mario Galaxy on the Wii and just kind of relaxing. Since the week is so short as far as classes go, I really have nothing to do for assignments etc. I have a review sheet I need to do for Math so I can go over it in class tomorrow but that's about it. I've been waiting to hear back from Old Navy as far as my first shift goes but haven't heard anything - Linda (manager) said she'd call some time this week - I most likely will be working Black Friday, ew. Anyways I'm off to eat dinner at my grand parents then coming home to play Mario :)
Since Alan left I've been feeling rather blah - I miss him a lot and being able to pick up the phone to hear his voice, not having that just makes me feel empty. I had my interview with Bath and Body works today, it went well I guess. The manager interviewed me at the same time she interviewed another girl which was odd, and then gave us instructions for the 2nd part of the interview process which was a phone assessment. I did the phone assessment when I got home from the interview and I'll call tomorrow after my Old Navy interview (depending on what they say) to tell the Bath and Body manager that I did the assessment; I'll have to wait to hear back about being hired though. I think that I'll be okay either way with either job as far as getting hired goes, so we'll see.
Like I said at the beginning, I miss Alan...it's only been the third day since he left (he left Saturday morning at 4am) but I feel like poo. It feels weird going to sleep without hearing his voice before hand and talking from 9pm until sleep time and hearing him say I love you. It's kind of silly considering he'll be back at the end of the week (sometime Saturday), but even so...you get use to doing things a certain way every day and when those routines change you feel out of sync, at least I do. Not to mention, we didn't have a very good conversation the night before (Friday) he left as I was upset because I feel like he doesn't talk to me. I want him to be able to talk to me about ANYTHING - good or bad, random or specific. I want him to stop thinking that something is wrong whenever I am not as talkative as usual, sometimes I would like to listen to him and hear what he has to say; I feel like I talk too much, but then again he is a listener and so he doesn't mind when I just ramble about random stupid things, but sometimes I would like to be the listener. I feel bad because I know I made him feel bad which wasn't my intention at all...it never is, I hate how that works; you try to talk to someone, a friend, family member, a significant other about an issues you're having with them - it may not be major but just something you have a thought or feeling about - and they take it like you're attacking them.
It upsets me a great deal when I feel like I've hurt his feelings or made him feel bad because he is an amazing person, he's an amazing boyfriend and I honestly could not ask for anyone better - he is everything that I want and everything that I need and he makes me completely happy. But like all relationships, you have your up's and down's and you have your little areas where you can improve on and this is just one of those things that needs improvement. We have no major problems, hell we have no problems at all but just areas where we can improve...maybe it's the way I come off when I try to explain my feelings to him and how it upsets me that I feel like he can't talk to me when his reasoning is he has a hard time communicating with people that aren't physically in front of him - we're long distance right now. Maybe that is so, but what can I do to try and make the situation better? To help him figure out how he CAN communicate better or start communicating? It's not like he sits on the phone silent every time we talk, but the majority of the time it's me talking about random stuff or how my day was or something going on with me. If I get silent or I'm not that talkative, he assumes something is wrong and/or doesn't engage in conversation. This is the only thing that really bugs me...I don't know what to do or what to say so that he doesn't feel like I'm attacking him.
This time around as far as being in a relationship goes, I've been better at telling the person I'm with (in this case Alan) how I feel - I try to not blame him or say it's his fault but rather say things like 'I feel...' or 'I am...'. I've tried to improve on this because I realize in the past that because I wasn't very vocal when I would be upset or happy that I got walked all over and while I don't believe he'd ever be that way, it's always a good thing to be able to talk to your partner about your feelings and be able to work on things together if it involves the other person. This relationship means the world to me, he means the world to me, I'd do anything for him...he IS a great boyfriend and he DOES make me happy despite him thinking sometimes that he can't keep me happy. He's the love of my life and for the first time, I can honestly say it feels right.
Job hunting is such a pain in the ass, but something one must do in order to...well you know, FIND A JOB! :P Being in school though makes the process a little more difficult because you have to find an employer that is willing to work around your schedule; having classes in the early afternoons, leaves the late afternoons and evenings + weekends open for me so I get stuck with retail jobs which aren't that bad but still pretty hectic.
I know all jobs have their perks and disadvantages just as all jobs have their fair share of "hard work" that you must do...but retail is just "ugh" sometimes - then again every job as their "ugh" moments! Not because of the pay, most of the time you can get a fairly decent hourly rate even working part time that is above minimum wage (the last retail job I had was $7.15/hr which was the highest I've ever had), depends on the store of course - but retail jobs aren't 9 to 5 type jobs is what I'm getting at. You're lucky if you can get the schedule you want; for instance, my cousin when she applied to Old Navy told them she could only work from 8am-5pm during the weekdays and any time on the weekends (part time), mainly because of the fact that she has a soon to be three year old son that has been staying with her more frequently than before (he normally "lives" at her parents house), she was lucky that they were willing to work with her on that and even they said they would work with her.
It just seems that most of the time when you're a student whether it be high school or college, they expect you to work during the late afternoon/evening time because you have classes during the day. In the end, I guess what I'm getting at is that if I didn't have to worry about school I would have a wider range of jobs that I could apply for, especially full time jobs (just looking part time right now) because most of them ask for Xam-Ypm unlike retail jobs which can be all over the place. I'm not complaining but just an observation, this is partly why I can't wait to finish school COMPLETELY but then again when I do that, I'll hopefully have no problem finding a CAREER job in the area that I studied :) It would just make it a little easier, in my opinion, if I felt like I had more options whether it be because of schedule or because of pay but I'll take what I can get at this point because moving to Michigan is priority numero uno after classes are out for the semester ;) With that being said, I did send in a few more applications online awhile ago to various stores around here so keep your fingers crossed about me hearing back from them, as well as hearing back from Old Navy either Monday or Tuesday of next week!
