A Ghost of Daisies

Last Tuesday I officially signed off on a meeting as the team leader. Today was my official day of leading a meeting. I was a mess of nerves as I tried to do something I’ve only seen done a couple times before. The new loss prevention lady-in-training told me I did fine. All this only after I had spent a couple hours sneaking away from my regular duties to brush up on the skills I needed to master and topics to cover at the meeting.

So while I cannot post on here what my official new title is called, let’s just say it is an extension of my duties guarding and maintaining hazardous wastes but extended to the whole store.

As I announced on my Twitter account, I was stopped and interviewed by the local television news station before I went into that workshop. I spent about 10 minutes speaking to the camera man/reporter about the job hunt I went under between May and November last year before I gave up. I then decided to apply to grad school. :-)

The other questions I was asked was about the value of a liberal arts education, what I’m doing in the meantime while looking for a job befitting my education, etc. When I watched the 11 o’clock news tonight, there was a 20 second blurb about the workshop. My interview was not shown but you could see the back of my huge bun (the usual style I wear my hair in).

In the morning I’ll keep tabs on the news as I get ready for work. I don’t have a way to video tape it directly, but I can make a poor quality video with my camera phone. At least I had dressed up to the nines for the workshop!

I’ll be attending the above named workshop this afternoon. It’s taught by career coach Caroline Ceniza Levine. When I get back I’ll update this post with a summary of what I learn. So hold on till then!

The interviewer left a message on my voicemail, “I gave the job to someone else.”

I hit seven and deleted the message. Across the lunch table, my coworker kept talking, oblvious to my attention being elsewhere. I am not sure I understand what made my suite less appealing than the ultimate receipent of the position because the lady seemed to really like me. I’ll have to try again next time.

I just got the call for an interview at the county library on Friday. It pays less than my current job and its less than 10hrs/wk, but the important thing is that if I get the job, I’ll have my foot in the door working in a library. :D

The expierence is greatly needed and would look lovely on my grad school application. Here’s to hoping!

Last night I went out to dinner with a coworker then came home to retire to bed early. I was surprised I went to sleep so easily considering my usual history of restlessness. It got me instead with waking an hour early and I could not return to sleep. While trying to concentrate on my breathing and thinking of nothingness, I would get distracted thinking about the new money I’d be bringing in. I plan on putting as much into savings as possible while waiting on my future.

My head hurts on the left side, a product of interupted sleep and nerves I’m sure. If I’m awake enough when I return from work, I’ll update again.

I spent last night at my friend’s house bringing in the new year’s via cooking. Her clock is five minutes fast so we were “Happy New Year!”ing too early and then exchanged an awkward pause when cheers erupted from the neighbors. We cheered in the new year with champagne and a rather unsettling anime.

On a more upbeat news I filled out the paperwork today stating that I’ve officially been promoted! I start on the 17th. The list of responsabilites is very, very long which surprised me. I’m excited because this will double my monthly income. I intend on putting a large portion of it into savings. It also means my diabetic cat can get this month’s blood test done now.

The other exciting thing for today was my high school Latin teacher came through my line. We chattered away like birds until other customers came along. I’ve missed her though it doesn’t seem like time has passed at all.

My store manager herself called to set up a job interview for today. I even have to go to work an hour early. If I get the job in question, I’ll be moving from the front of the store where I maintain the customer service desk to the back to process returns. The job will no doubt be stressful till I got the hang of it, but my friend used to do it and she’s rooting for me, so I feel more confident.

The best parts would be a raise in pay and I’d get to put my skills to use in an area that seriously needs help. I’ve trained several new people on the service desk, so I feel that I’ve run the extent of my usefulness there and need to move onwards to more challenges.

Work is being difficult right now. Someone went into the computer and changed my availability so that the computer would not automatically generate me a work schedule. Over the last couple of weeks, I tried getting it straightened out but was put off repeatedly by management. So I had to call higher up the chain and spoke to the district manager about it who looked into it and said that the computer availability does not say that its been changed like my immediate manager informed me.

With the situation being as it is, I’m off for at least the next week. This is a devastating financial blow which my employers are unable to comprehend. It must be very nice to be in a situation where a little thing like this would not matter to one’s finances. I’m hurt that someone in a management position thought it’d be okay to mess with my livelihood like this. While I wait for a resolution to come down and hopefully an investigation into who broke corporate policy, I hope to…I’m not sure. Finish handmaking my Christmas cards perhaps?

Found this suggestion on CNN.com, suggesting that you can determine your ideal job by their zodiac sign. I’m a Taurus and it’s written that I’m more likely to make loooots of money. :D That’d be nice, but I don’t know how to get there.

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