I don't understand it, I've been sneezing like crazy lately. Maybe I've got some sort of allergy to the mold/pollen/pollution in the air... Wish it would go away, my head is killing me, and all these sneezes aren't helping matters at all.
So, last night was my first day at a very famous bookseller's store, working as a cashier. It wasn't too bad, but since I had already worked a normal 8 hour shift before going there, I was more than a little tired when I finally got home at midnight. Plus, I had no money for food, so I didn't eat at all until I sat down to a bowl of soup at home, then promptly went to bed. Today I'll make up for it, though. Lunch will be eaten, oh yes, and lots of it.
I also had no smokes, but my wife and her mom came to the store and gave me a pack, how thoughtful. I had the chance to run out and suck one down real quick before my break was over, so at least I had that.
I think I just need to find the science of it all. I mean, I have to get up by 7:30 at the latest to get to my first job at 8:30, then eat lunch and all that, to get off work at 5. Then I have to motor through rush hour and get to my second job by 6 (last night only took 40 minutes to get there, not enough time to go home first, but maybe enough to grab some fast food) and clock in. Then I get a half hour "lunch" which will probably be four or five smokes sucked down as fast as I can, then work until 11:30 or later. All this five to six days a week. Lucky me.
On the bright side, I now hear absolutely no complaints from the wife, since my self-sacrifice is keeping her from having to go to work, and it makes me feel like I've accomplished something at the end of the day. It also prevents me from having too much idle time to dwell upon things and possibly fall back into a depression.
Speaking of which, I forgot my meds at home. Guess I'll have to full-out fly home after work to pick some up.
Paydays are cool. It's hard getting paid at the end of every month, but you get used to it. Working two jobs will be odd, since I'll get paid biweekly for the second job, and monthly for the first one. Maybe I just won't look at my balance until the end of the month. ;)
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"Optimistic realist", I love it. Reminds me of a high school classmate who told me, "You're such a cynic." "I'm a realist." "All cynics say they're realists." She was pretty wise for a high school kid, looking back on it.
Hang in there with the hours. Bring lunches. Buy meat in slabs and cut it at home, don't pay for stuff to be done for you. Been there. Am there.
May it pass quickly....
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