I managed to survive another five day stretch at work. Believe it or not, I hate slow nights almost as much as I do two-truck nights. Our truck for Thursday was only 300 pieces, very small. I'm sure they expected us to get it done in an hour, but it took a little longer than that seeing as that the room wasn't set up for us like it's normally supposed to be. And of course, as soon as the truck was unloaded, we had to go do some other task despite the fact that there was more that could've been done in our area. I hate the slow days because that's when we have to do "bitch work", and I'm not really comfortable going outside my regular duties, and the days tend to drag. Friday was a ridiculous two-truck night, totaling up to about 5500 pieces. Those morons still expect us to get each truck done in two hours, whether it's a 1500 piece or a 2500+ piece. Three hours is a much more realistic amount of time for anything over 2000 pieces.
(Now for the new stuff.)
I'm freaking out, again, over the whole work/school thing. Here's what I might possibly have going on.:
- I applied for a major employer a couple of months ago. So many other people applied for those jobs that I doubt I'll get it.
- I mentioned recently that I had an interview with another major employer. It could be a few months before they actually do any hiring, and I'm not sure if I did well enough on the interview to be considered.
- One of the people at Vocational Rehab tried to put in a good word for me at another employer, who isn't doing any immediate hiring yet either. She couldn't guarantee me an interview, but she did say that when they start hiring again, they'll definitely give my application a look.
- I figured that if I didn't hear from any of these jobs by the time "Main ex-Employer" started hiring for the holiday peak season, that I'd try to get on there (because I'll be damned if I was going to work at my current job during the holidays), work there until the end of the year, all while working on getting into school for the Spring semester. I found out that "Main ex-Employer" was using a temp agency this year for the seasonal temps, and ironically it's the same agency I was working for when I decided to try getting back on at "Main ex-Employer" in 2009, so I was worried that the agency wouldn't let me back in. When I did try to apply online, there was a question asking if I had worked either full time or part time for "Main ex-Employer" before, to which I answered "Yes." When I hit the "Next" button, I got a message saying that I'd get an e-mail saying something about my eligibility. The e-mail that I got just said that my information would be carefully reviewed, and that I'd be contacted directly if I were chosen. I can't say I'm too confident about it.
- The financial aid processing deadline date for the Spring semester is October 15th, so I guess I'm going to have to decide if I'm going to school or not before the end of September. But what if I hear from one of the prospective employers after I enroll? What if I suck at the school thing? What if going to school does absolutely nothing for me in the job market, seeing as that lots of other college grads can't find work either? And what if we get someone like Rick Perry or Michelle Bachmann for President next year, thus ensuring the destruction of the U.S., making it all pointless?
On another note, this is one of those weekends where I wish I still had a "second home" in Louisville since there is so much going on there this weekend. One thing I intend to do is go to Borders for their "Going Out Of Business" sale. I really hate that they're going out of business, but at least I'll be able to buy more than one or two books. While I'm on the subject of book stores, I have a friend who works at Barnes & Noble. The store is a little out of my way to shop at on a regular basis, but I really hope they stick around for my friend's sake.
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