The World Stops

Once again, I've let quite some time pass since updating this blog. I still have not started subbing. I have called the school board every day for two weeks, but apparently the guy who does fingerprints has been ill and out of the office. They keep telling me to call back again later. It's completely ridiculous to me that everything stops because one person is ill.

I had put in a "two-weeks' notice" at my other job and requested that they schedule me to work on weekends only, to accommodate my school job Monday through Friday. Since that is being delayed, I told them I'm available to work any time until further notice. They've really been taking advantage of that. Since school started, about half of our staff (high school students and people with another day job) cannot come to work until after 4:00. The morning people we do have aren't very reliable. Two are new hires. One injured her arm and has been out for over a month now. One got fired. One is in the National Guard and got sent back to Iraq. One has called out the past four days. What all of this means for me is that I've been getting a lot of hours and that--due to being short-handed--I've been super busy. We've also been doing a lot more business than usual because of the cold weather; people heard that it was going to freeze today so they've been coming in all week to stock up on water and soup and everything else.

Today was supposed to be my day off (my first since Saturday). I was looking forward to sleeping late, running a few errands, playing videogames, and possibly going out. Work called. The closing office cashier called out for tonight AND tomorrow morning. They asked if I could work tonight, and I told them no. I closed Wednesday (off at 10:00 PM) and opened Thursday (in at 7:00 AM) and proceeded to work 10 hours with no break. I wanted my day off. I was scheduled to close tomorrow, but there was no one else they could call to open the office Saturday because the only other person trained to do it is out of town. I accepted that I'd have to open Saturday. Then I realized--wait, no one is there to close tonight, meaning I'm going to come into a huge mess in the morning. So I agreed to work tonight as well. Now I'm working 9 days straight.

All the customers freak out because it's cold outside. All the employees call out because it's cold outside. It's the like world stops because it's cold. It's winter, people...get used to it. Put on a jacket and let's go.

My dating situation is also stressing me out. The person I've been with since last January hasn't had the time for me lately, and hasn't even called or texted for a good week. All of my efforts have been ignored, so I figured it was over, went out one night and met someone and we've been talking. This one's really boring though and, although sweet as can be, I don't think it's going to work out. Recently a friend from high school moved back, saw me out, and started hitting on me. I question this one's motives and, to be honest, I'm just not interested. I met someone else still at the bar and made out and went home and cuddled and we've gone out a few times. Since then I've found out that this one has a shady past. Then my ex sent me a six-page long text message apologizing for the lack of communication, finally wanting to talk and work things out. So I dismissed the other three in order to repair things with my ex. But now the ex is back to ignoring me and I don't know what to do anymore. I really don't want to be alone on Valentine's Day, but I'm starting to think it's for the best. Another part of me, though, enjoys the freedom of going out and talking to whoever I want and not being tied down...being 22. My world doesn't stop just because you don't text me.