go back to work

Don’t want to jinx it but…after a 2 week contract gig, 9 more monthes OOW (out of work), followed by another 6 month contract job, I just finished my first month at my new “real” job. Good, good people and what I think will be a great place to work. Concentrating on learning the ropes and making it through the 90 day probationary period. It is a tough job market out there. But don’t give up…. they say things happen for a reason.

Best of Luck to everyone else out there that is still looking!

I’m excited and a little apprehensive.

We’ll see what it’s like after working for myself for 9 years then not working (so to speak) for 4.

A paycheck will be most welcome.

jkd

I have reached the stage where I can occasionally shop with my eldest daughter without getting two stressed, so hopefully it shouldn’t be too long. I tried to visit the shopping centre alone a couple of weeks ago but had a panic attack after about an hour and had to call hubby to come get me. I am obviously unable to work just yet, but hopefully it won’t be too much longer.

whoo! i start a whirlpool tomorrow night! assembly on 3rd shift….sounds exciting!

only a week & a half after the security guard at GTI told me that they weren’t taking resumes becos they were cutting down on temps …there is an ad in the paper for temps at GTI!!!! so i sent my resume & now i’m not worried about finding a job cos i know they’ll call me. it’s just annoying that i hafta mail it to them now. they woulda had it already if i coulda just dropped it off the wednesday before last!!! so now i hope that BSG doesn’t call me back! i’d rather work at GTI only becos i will make more money…i really hate it there but we need the money. (maybe working in a different department will be better but i dunno. the gals in the paint department are so dramatic it feels like high school!) plus i am already famillar with GTI so i’m more comfortable going back there. BSG is really small compared to GTI..i guess i really would rather be just a number at GTI than be part of the small gossipy BSG family! i dunno i guess all work places are like that…it’s so annoying—everything is like high school…but yeah….i guess i will be going back to GTI after all. & for a YEAR this time instead of 6 months & i get paid holidays & my pay goes up to $10 an hour after 6 months! which is awesome pay for a temp!!!!
then things can FINALLY move foward instead of sticking in one place!!! we can FINALLY make a new contract to buy that house….we can FINALLY pay off those damn credit cards & i can FINALLY start buying cute things online & not feel guilty about it & i can FINALLY start buying gifts for my family for xmas!!!! :)
THANKS GTI!!!!!!!!

hmmm…well i went to GTI to drop off my resume & the security guard told me they weren’t even taking resumes cos they are “cutting down” on temps! WTF?! i knew they were hiring temps for 1 year instead of 6 months now but i atleast thought they’d take my resume & call me when they needed me..i guess that’s what i get for feeling secure & thinking i had a temp job to go back to….oh well i’m not too worried about it. i put in an application at BSG where jamie works. it may be fun to work with jamie & matt! plus i’d know for sure that jamie & i would be on the same time schedule so that would work out pretty damn well. (the downside being that we couldn’t take vacation days off at the same time unless we work in different departments) i just remembered that after jamie quit GTI i was hoping he’d get a job at BSG so i could quit GTI & go to BSG!!!! kinda ironic….i wanted to go back to work at GTI soon becos they pay so well but today as i got closer to the factory to drop off my resume my stomach started to turn! i felt like i was going to work & i felt all panicky. how could i forget that feeling?? EVERYDAY was like that when i worked there!! i’d get all anxious just thinking about how i had to go to work & i’d feel sick to my stomach upon arrival. i fucking hated it there!!!! ....but the money was so good!!!
& if BSG isn’t hiring i can just go to one of the temp agencies in town & i know they’ll find something for me. i just hope that jamie & i don’t have conflicting schedules. i really would rather work at BSG than another temp job cos we need the money to buy a house!!!! i need a stable job. play time is OVER!!!! but i won’t even worry about it or even think about it until next week!!! cos me & jamie are gonna have fun this weekend & i just need to RELAX & not WORRY about SHIT like THIS!!!!!!

i’m taking my resume to GTI today….if they are not hiring temps yet i hafta find a job elsewhere. (which sucks co GTI pays the best!)like at my husband’s workplace…..& SOON! only 2 weeks of unemployment left!!!

between the amount i paid for daycare and gas, i created 1000 dollars worth of new expenses. then, my job lied to me about what i would be making if i came back. i ended up -200 dollars in the hole thanks to fucking comserve. so no, not worth it at all. so much for being “understanding towards women and having a family”. bullllllshit.

my days of freedom are numbered! it’s only a matter of time now…as soon as GTI is hiring temps i gotta go back to work! it should only be a few weeks…..

after days of half-convincing myself, finally made a move and applied for a job.
it’s been great so far. nice company, nice people, new friends, new experiences.

but i have to admit I do miss being a full-time BUM once in a while.