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I looked at my stats today and noticed that I have over 200 entries in this thing. I didn't think that I'd been THAT active, considering how much of the recent year that I either didn't have access to a machine, or just didn't think I was up to anything interesting enough to blab about.
Then again I have to think of things like this: this is a blog. I could talk about my new shoes if I wanted to, and it really doesn't matter just how interesting I am at any given moment. If I'm read, I'm read.
On that note, I've started paying closer attention to what I save and spend. Since I'm saving up for a computer (again!), I have to be careful on what money goes in and out. A few of my favorite splurges have gone out of the window; I haven't bought a book or a CD in a long while. For my music fix I pretty much stay on Last.fm and Pandora.com. As far as books are concerned I practically live in the library already, so that's covered, too.
Classes? It depends on just how slow the slow season. I'm going to keep an eye out on a few apps that I've got floating around at the moment, but I'm not sure which of these will pan out. Whenever one does finally manage to work out for me, I'm going straight to my manager and offering a bit of a deal: if he wants me on reserve as a housekeeper, that's the plan. If he doesn't like the sound of that idea, then I will simply hand over my two weeks' notice. I can't keep working at that job if I can't get decent hours.
(Furthermore, the satisfaction level is dropping steadily right now. I have never seen morale at the hotel as low as it is right now. If things keep up the way that they are right now, then there won't be anyone left by New Year. Hiring is hard enough right now; there aren't that many people who actually want to do housekeeping work, and the number who stay around after completing training is lower still. There are four of us that are assured of our positions right now, and of those, three are definitely out at New Year. That leaves—well, me. If my offer pans out, though, I'm outta there, too.
What a life,eh? Good thing that I've got other things to look forward to on those blissful days where I don't work.
Then again I have to think of things like this: this is a blog. I could talk about my new shoes if I wanted to, and it really doesn't matter just how interesting I am at any given moment. If I'm read, I'm read.
On that note, I've started paying closer attention to what I save and spend. Since I'm saving up for a computer (again!), I have to be careful on what money goes in and out. A few of my favorite splurges have gone out of the window; I haven't bought a book or a CD in a long while. For my music fix I pretty much stay on Last.fm and Pandora.com. As far as books are concerned I practically live in the library already, so that's covered, too.
Classes? It depends on just how slow the slow season. I'm going to keep an eye out on a few apps that I've got floating around at the moment, but I'm not sure which of these will pan out. Whenever one does finally manage to work out for me, I'm going straight to my manager and offering a bit of a deal: if he wants me on reserve as a housekeeper, that's the plan. If he doesn't like the sound of that idea, then I will simply hand over my two weeks' notice. I can't keep working at that job if I can't get decent hours.
(Furthermore, the satisfaction level is dropping steadily right now. I have never seen morale at the hotel as low as it is right now. If things keep up the way that they are right now, then there won't be anyone left by New Year. Hiring is hard enough right now; there aren't that many people who actually want to do housekeeping work, and the number who stay around after completing training is lower still. There are four of us that are assured of our positions right now, and of those, three are definitely out at New Year. That leaves—well, me. If my offer pans out, though, I'm outta there, too.
What a life,eh? Good thing that I've got other things to look forward to on those blissful days where I don't work.
