MayaLives2Ink

Well, after searching for a job for over a year, I’ve finally gotten a position as a Senior Game Advisor for GameStop. It’s really weird because although I like games, I don’t consider myself a gamer. I can tell you everything there is to know about being online and owning a computer and working with things like that, but when you ask me what the best game available for XBOX 360 is, I couldn’t tell you. All I really know is that Halo 3 is supposed to be the best man made thing on earth. I personally disagree but that’s neither here nor there. Anywhooooo…apparently the manager of the store thought that I was qualified enough to have a management position [I have no prior retail experience] and she hired me right away. I’m excited to finally be working!! This is definitely worth the wait…I’m actually motivated to advance in this job. This is greater than I thought.

I’ve been unemployed for a little over a year. I had the most amazing job at the beginning of last year. I lost it due to stupidity and irresponsibility [I got there late and they have a VERY strict attendance policy]. I beat myself up over it for quite a while and I just feel like I’ll never find another job like that one…I had finally found a job that I didn’t consider a job. I would wake up in the morning [05am to be there by 0645] and think “Yes! I get to go to work today!!” [Weird, I know.] I ended up getting another bullcrap job where they ended up treating me like shit…I never got any hours, and when I did, they would work me wayyyy over regulation time. I was not paid overtime or for any of the additional work that I did for them. I was promised a promotion and I never received it. I was talked down to by supervisors who were 2 years my junior. It was awful. I had to leave…and since then, I haven’t been able to find ANYTHING. I got so desperate that I even looked for housekeeping jobs at hotels [even with all of the professional experience I have]. ...nothing… I hope I find something soon…because this “being broke” thing isn’t working out too well.

My friend Sarah bought me a “Quick & Easy Italian” kit that included CDs, workbooks, dictionaries, basic phrase charts, etc. Of all of those things, I learned only a few words and only ONE phrase. “Posso presentarle al signor/signora/signorina [whoever].” I thought it would be a lot easier to learn since it’s very similar to Spanish [in which I am fluent, and have been my entire life] but I was WRONG. I definitely need to learn!! It’s a beautiful language and it’s one that I’ve wanted to speak for as long as I can remember. My mother knows several languages and I only managed to learn 2 of them to [near] perfection. Ugh. Life.