Working Girl

I'm a working girl, always have been. I've always enjoyed the independence that comes with having a job and your own money. I got my first "official"job within a week and worked all throughout the rest of High School and worked two jobs during the summers. When I first came to college I had no car and a 17 semester hour schedule so I decided not to work. My mom likes to job around that I'm unbearable when I'm not working. Too much free time leads to too much energy which can lead to manic cleaning spells, grumpy moods, and other things my mother has labeled as "unbearable." To summarize I like work, I need work to keep balance. That being said work is driving me crazy right now. I work in retail, I won't say where to spare the establishment my complaints. I had never worked in retail until this last summer, before it was always childcare and food services. I've since learned that retail is not for me... too much down time. My shifts seem to last for days on end when business is slow. During this lag times I've taken to organizing things around my department, we all know from the title of my blog I'm a bit of a perfectionist. I drive myself crazy trying to make everything nice same styles together, sized, colorized... just like my manager likes it but it never stays that way fro more than a day. This alone would drive me up the wall, paired with my constantly fluctuating hours 23 one week, 8 two weeks later (this was legitimately my schedule this month). Finally I decided I needed to look elsewhere I wanted to go back to food services, I was a much happier employee then. I actually have an interview on Tuesday after this class. Hopefully all will turn out well and in two weeks I'll be at a new work home, fingers crossed.