Quit my part-time job

It’s an easy and incredibly mind numbingly boring job. My first day there I knew: I gotta quit this job. Although it’s not horrible, I am determined to quit in august. If I don’t, I’m gonna kick my ass.

I’m working until the beginning of April, then I have my freedom! I’m really excited! It’s quite empowering to let go of things and move on. I feel like making the move to leave was a warm-up to changing bigger things in my life. The question is not what will become of me after I leave, it’s what would have become of me had I stayed.

I just checked my e-mail and there’s a reply from my supervisor from only a few minutes ago. I don’t want her to think I was sitting over my e-mail waiting for her reply, or that I’m over-eager to quit, so I’ll reply later. She completely understands and said I could use her as a reference in the future. She even said she’s sad to see me go! In my resignation e-mail I did say that I want to give adequate notice and that I wanted to find out from her what that would be. I’m sure she appreciated that and she’s taking me up on that which I don’t mind. She said someone else is interested in taking my shift but is unable to until the end of April and is wondering if I can work until then. I will. I don’t mind as long as I can see an end is sight! Plus, if I stay till April, I will have been there for an entire six years which will surpass the longest time I’ve ever held a job (that was 5 1/2 years).

I tried calling her back during lunch and got her voicemail. I know she said she would be hard to reach this week, so I’m not surprised. I left a message saying I was sorry I missed her call and that since we’re both busy this week I thought it would be better to send an e-mail.
So I just got finished sending it off.
I’m a little nervous about leaving but I think it’s for the best and my life will never change unless I change it.

I’m not even sure if she received the e-mail I sent yet because she works part-time. I just called and left a voice message after her phone rang a million times. I mentioned the e-mail I sent last week, that I’m not sure if she received it yet or not, but that that’s what I’m calling about and to call me when she gets the chance. I just noticed on the work schedule she sent last week that she’s not scheduled to work for the next two weeks which could mean she went out of town as she every so often does. She usually mentions that first so I don’t know. I don’t work with her at this job so it’s not like I can mention it to her when I see her because I never see her. We work on site for a client on different schedules. At least now she knows I need to talk to her about something. She’s smart, so I’m sure she has an idea what this is about. I just wonder if I dropped too many hints and caused her to avoid talking to me. Well, she does need to get in touch with me soon because my badge to the site is expiring at the end of this month and if she wants me to keep working as long as possible she will contact me to have it renewed.

I coincidentally received an e-mail from my supervisor today with the schedule for January and February. I responded to her e-mail and mentioned that I want to talk to her about future schedules and that I will be calling her soon. I didn’t ask her to call me because I can’t really accept calls at my day job and I’ll be busy at lunch and after work today. So I’ll just call her sometime soon. At least she knows it’s coming (or that will be one of her guesses).

I know I was previously saying I would wait until I find another full-time job and then quit, but the fact is that I haven’t found one yet and I don’t want to work two jobs anymore. I think I would continue on with this job if it were in convenient proximity to my day job, but it’s not.
I also previously expressed concerns over needing this job to fall back on, but that doesn’t change the fact that I need more income than what it’s generating. I’m not going to worry about it or ponder the possibilities any longer because it’s causing me to lose my sanity. I’m going contact my supervisor on Thursday and leave a message asking her to call me if I don’t get through.

as soon as it can. The whole reason I’ve held on to this job is for the unfortunate event that I need to fall back on it. Well, I might need to. As soon as I find a new full-time job I will quit my part-time job. I hope this happens soon so I can function normally.

• I already agreed to be a part of the contract they went through a lot to keep.
• I’ve been with them for over 5 years so I want to leave on good terms.
• I want this year to be the most money ever earned.
• I have days I want to take off from my full-time job that I probably won’t be paid for. I need the part-time job to make up for this.
• I’m not scheduled to work many nights anyway so this is doable.

I have no Plan B so this is what I must do.

I would really like to quit soon but they just went through a lot to keep our contract which I agreed to be a part of. Part of me wants to say something came up and I regret that I can’t stay, but I don’t think I would feel right about that. Maybe I can set a target date for giving notice. Maybe January 2008.