July Started...

Well.

This is a bit late, but it's quarantine time.

July ushers in yet another month spent home. It's had its pros and cons.

Yet I'm ready to get back to work - right now anywhere would be fine. Just something to get away from the same old routine as before.

Keeping safe and following the rules will be key to this new change of workplace.

I look forward to wearing a mask all through my shift to help keep as many people safe as possible.

It will be nice to have that change of pace.

While I won't be working at Walt Disney World anymore, I will be among something else I love.

Books.

A bookstore might be the best thing right now: usually, it's quiet and not a whole lot of people come in.

Also: I'll be surrounded by something I love most of all every day.


What are you doing as we slowly open things back up? Leave a comment below and let's make it though July together.

A New Year Already

This new month has begun on such a high note.

About a month ago I applied for the Disney College Program down in Orlando Florida. I kept it all highly under wraps, not wanting to jinx the process.

Well, yesterday while at school I tried checking up on my application. Because they told us to continually check back for messages and what not. Though during the phone interview last week I was informed decisions sometimes wouldn't be until the end of March.

Well, last night I was finally able to check my dashboard and -

I WAS ACCEPTED INTO THE PROGRAM!

It was the best news I've had in a long time.

This will be a great step forward.


For those who may not know about it: the Disney College Program is for students currently attending an accredited college/university. You can take a few courses, or simply take the intern. A six month internship at Disney World.

The fun thing is it's all going to be work.

Sure, I'm at Disney, but I am mainly there to work. It's not a glorified vacation.

It's a job.

I'm afraid that's something most people who apply don't fully understand. This program is for learning, and working. Learning how to work in most cases.


But that being said, I will try and post pictures (when it's allowed and I have access to a phone).




Wow. I will be living and working in Orlando ......

This is going to be a fantastic year!




Any tips you'd want to give someone moving out on their own? What is your favorite piece of advice to give?

Such A Busy!

Well, that time of the week again.

Same Battime - Same Bat-Channel.

And look at me, scraping by at the last second.

This week I'll do a light little blip of the usual nonsense. OR rather, Sense.

I've had quite a few people approach me about a particular job skill that I have. Honestly speaking, I never thought of this as a way to make money, much less a TV show as the kind lady at the bookstore suggested. It all seems rather bizarre to me that it would, or could, work out that well.

Personal Shopper.

I know, right? You're probably wondering how on earth a job like this can even work. Looking this up on Google - one gig alone is $150.

If you're great with style and savvy enough to shop, or even willing to help others with their wardrobe than this would be a fantastic position.

As for making it into a TV show, I'm sure it's been done. And, personally, I'm not comfortable with having my face all over YouTube. (Knowing that there are ways to find out where you live by tracking the video IP address - I have friends tell me all about this all the time.)

I might give it a try with a few friends in my area, see if anything pans out. I'll definitely let you know how it turns out, should I proceed with that.



As for next week - be on the lookout for the great Renaissance Festival!




DISCLAIMER:
I am not paid for any name dropping. Not being for this blog at all, come to think of it...

Out of Time

I seem to find myself on either one of two spectrums:

1. The Blog is already updated before work and I have time to breathe!

2. I forgot I had appointments and work and I have no idea what time I'll even be home tonight because being a glorified waiter means they never tell you what time you get off because it's a sadastic business and ho crap now I have to write a blog at 11:59 PM!

So - here's a head start on it. I've started writing at 12:06 in the afternoon, and will be leaving in five minutes. So - this will be finished -

- Extremely later. (8:59).

First off, I can't believe I'm actually home this early. Then again - the restaurant where I work was so dead I only served two tables, paid my own money to the company and then went home. (This is an entire rant, which I'm trying to be positive about, but can't really seem to keep up the facade. It's just plain depressing and sad that I'm actually losing money working at this place than I am actually making.)

Digress!!!


I suppose that today's blog should be something more proficient. There's nothing much else that I can think of to say.

Which means that I've burned myself out this week.

I work every single day - with just one job that pays me anything, and one that's taking everything I've already earned.

I'm trying to get back into writing, which is better when I'm at one job because there's nothings to do so I can write (was actually complemented on my neat writing the other day as well).

And I'm trying to manage my life, sort things out, and figure out if I can finally get a place on my own.

So - this week is simply me trying to figure things out. If there's anyone with a comment of their own to offer to this rather tedious discourse, please feel free to place it below.


Have a better week than the last one.

A Little Random

So I realized today that none of my posts to date have had much in common.

Well - they've been me ranting about various things in life and society, so I suppose that is the commonality of them all.

This past week I've been thinking a lot about people who work more than one job. People who spend, quite literally, their entire days working. Bouncing from one job to the next to the next, only getting home for a few hours to sleep before heading out and doing it all over again.

Then there are those who are not only working more than one job, but who are going to school on top of it - so now there's studying and assignments and commuting time.

How do they do it?

I mean, I've done the 6 classes thing. I didn't have a job though (unless you count SMing our college's production of "Hamlet").

I've also done the full time work thing - only in the summer.

However, when I tried mixing the two I bombed it.

Alright when I had Intro to Web Business and was switching between jobs and states (yeah, I moved for the summer) I managed it quite nicely. I even scored a B+ out of the class! So I thought I could do it again. I signed up for an online Intro to WebDesign.

It killed my school average.

Twice!

Not only did I bombed it once, I went back to try again, even taking Intro to Programming. Not only did I realize Web Design and Development were no longer as fun and easy as I'd thought - I got a crash course in how much math goes into programming!

(I spent most of the assignment inputting the data verbatum to the book, and it still came out wrong! How does that even happen! I was following it word-for-word! Why!!!)

Okay, so aside from all that - how do people work multiple jobs at a whack and not just fall over at the end of the day?

Today is my second day of double shifts.

From 10-2(or 3, depends on the day), I work at a music store. It pays $8.75, which isn't bad. It's quite amazing, really. I'm a part-timer, which means I'm working between 8-18 hours a week though, so it became boring quite quickly.

So I picked up another job. One that I swore up and down I would never be caught dead at because the pay sucks and you're relying on others to help cover costs. I thought I was going to become a bartender - which I was okay with. I served drinks last summer. Apparently I wasn't listening correctly. I guess I muted out the title of the actual job -

Server.

Yup. Glorified waitress.

When that finally sunk in I felt the bottom of my stomach drop from under me.

The extra job I'd gotten to help offset what I was barely making at one store was now basically me working for free.

What the crap had I gotten into?

There is no shame in being a server. It's a position designed to help people get 'experience' in the work field. It's not meant to be a career job.

I was starting to be okay with it. Sure, I complain when I'm not there, but when I am there: I don't stop. It's a job where I'm on my feet, but I'm constantly moving around. I'm not just sitting in the back room reading (to which I will never complain about - cause Books. 'Nuff said).

Then last night, I felt like I was finally grasping the whole, take order, place order wait for food, engage the guests without spending too much time at the table, take food out, check in on them and all that jazz. And that's when I got my first big hit.

No tip.

I sorta stared at it. I was honestly confused.

I thought I'd done a great job at the table, I mean we didn't have orange slices that night for a particular drink, but everything came out as they'd asked.

So - what did I do wrong?

I had another realization when working last Friday.

I over-analyze everything I do.

"Did I say enough?"

"Did I make too much eye-contact?"

"Did I accidentally respond to something I shouldn't?"

"Did I get their drinks right?"

"Was that a joke?"

I know that - with more time - this job will become easier.

I also know that - being an introvert - this is going to be one of the hardest things I've done. I feel like I'm intruding on their dinner/lunch.

I suppose it's all in how you present yourself. The best you can do is the already the Best.

If I take it one day at a time, then I can breathe.

So - to all those who work double-triple jobs, add school on the side, or are balancing both:

YOU ARE DOING YOUR UTMOST BEST. DON'T LET ANYONE TELL YOU OTHERWISE.

Otherwise, let them do what you do for a day. I guarantee they won't be able to handle it.

Jobless

Well, it’s that time of the week again. Time to rethink my life. Figure out what to do.

“Why don’t you get a job?”

Why – what a novel idea! Go to work in this wonderful country, get things done. That’s a fanta –

Wait. I already applied for a few jobs. No one is calling me back. The news said there were plenty of new jobs now. There should be dozens of people calling me back. I’ve applied to all the local retail stores, the chain places. Heck, even the fast food joints.

Well – let me tell you a thing.

This is simply from my own experience.

I have been job hunting since 2007, the year I graduated from high school.

My first job out of the great HS was at a music store. It was a well enough, part time, minimum wage, position. It lasted about three months. Since then I’ve held many positions – all part time. I’ve even repeated a few.

Dry Cleaners, TJMaxx, Chiropractor, Finance assistant, Car headlights, Music & Arts, Game Stop, Nanny, Driver Guide for the Cruise lines, Game Stop, Professional Photographer, Guest Serve on whale watching tour boat.

The ironic thing is that I’ve come full circle. I’m back at Music & Arts. Again.

I still don’t fully understand why, when the economy is ‘on the rise’, that it’s so hard to keep a position. I get the two where I was working with the cruise lines, they were only summer positions. 

But the others – sure they were crappy jobs, but I was hoping they’d last a bit longer.

Perhaps it’s just my magnetic personality, but who knows?

Looking for any type of work that’s long lasting seems to only happen if you have a long degree list, or five years of experience (which is impossible to get without, you guessed it, a job!). Maybe things will get better.

I suppose this is all simply a rant for the week.

How many positions or jobs have any of you had?

I really should finish my project, "Jobless - a New Musical".