Getting ready.
There are lots of things to anticipate, lots of things to look forward to, lots of things to think about.
I had my orientation at Target this past Monday. It was fairly intense. I want to be the best worker I can be, and I know it's not going to be an easy job. Even just after the orientation, I wonder if this will be a good fit. I'm used to smaller teams, for one thing. The store I will be working at has over 200 employees. I realise I will not see all of them, most likely. It's still rather intimidating. They have their own language, practically, what with all the different terminology. They thought up new terms for a heirarchy so that it didn't seem like there was one. It's all going to be hard to keep track of, to be sure. I hope I can handle it. I will certainly give it my best.
It's going to be intersting trying to balance two jobs again. The most difficult part is going to be the commute. The Target store that was hiring was up on Willow Road in Glenview, the village that Lowell's company now resides (Glenview expanded into parts of Northbrook, I think). My thought was that if they would hire me for weekends primarily, I could easily take Lowell's car or have him drop me off or whatever on his way from work. That's how it'll work next Friday, when I am scheduled to work the new produce section and as a cashier. However, I put that I could work weeknights, and they're taking me up on that thus far. I found that there is a suburban bus that runs along Willow Road, and I can get to it either from the Purple Line or the Milwaukee District North Metra line. However, like most suburban buses, it runs infrequently. I found out the hard way how infrequently when I saw the schedule at the terminal and saw the next bus wasn't leaving that area until 3:30, the time of my orientation. I ended up having to take a cab out to the store, something I cannot afford to do every time I work. The next few night shifts I have (tomorrow, and Tuesday/Wednesday next) I will have to try two other routes. If I find that it's going to be more trouble than it's worth, commute wise, it will probably not be worth it to keep that as a second job. If I had a car, it'd be much more convenient and less expensive, and I won't have to worry about catching a certain bus or train home when I work a closing shift. I need to investigate the whole CTA/I-GO thing a little more thoroughly, seeing as the Yellow Line Terminal is an I-Go station.
I love to ramble.
I have about an hour and fifteen minutes left before I can leave work. I have three things I could be doing. Two of those things I am trying to leave for tomorrow, so I have something to do after I do the usual morning catch-up work. One thing is, in my mind, reliant on approval from my boss. He said to send the calendar and contracts to the professional singers today, seeing as he is asking for their signed contracts by Sunday next. At the same time, however, he asked me to send him the calendar for approval. Does this mean I still send the professional singers the calendar? Or do I wait for his approval to do so? This is a situation that no matter what I do, it'll be wrong. If I send it, he'll respond with corrections to the calendar or additions and will tell me not to send it yet. If I don't send it, he'll respond much later with the question of how many singers have sent their contracts back. Either way, I'm boned. I'm currently of a mindset that, if I'm boned if I do and boned if I don't (too much Futurama for me, it seems), I might as well wait one day, send it tomorrow before I leave, and hope for the best. Will have to make some sort of notation that it is not a final calendar, but that would mean the singers had the right to not send their contracts in until it is done. So yeah, no winning.
At least there is fun stuff on the horizon. The now yearly trip out to Indiana starts in a mere day and a half, and I am greatly looking forward to it. The first year we went, I had no coffee and slept most of the weekend away. I also got truly epic sunburn from our day at the beach. The second year we went, I remembered the sunscreen and the coffee, but was sick and coughing the weekend away (wonder if that was a pneumonia, too...). This year, I'm ready. I will have sunscreen, coffee, and currently have no cough. It will be sunny and the waves will be big enough to face check. I'll be with some of my favorite people in the entire universe. LOTR Trivial Pursuit will be played, and Daria will be marathoned. All in all, awesome.
The next trip after that (other than to nearby places for end of summer events and fall-tivities) will be a road trip up to the Twin Cities with Lowell to celebrate our one-year anniversary. Lowell wants to go to the Mall of America, and I want to stay at a fancy hotel and live in the bathtub the room will provide. I also love Minnesota, so this works out well for both parties. The thing I just thought of is that we need to tell his parents of this. Nana (who I desperately need to work up the patience to call) mentioned any number of times how Lowell's father said something of throwing a party for our one year anniversary. I do not know if he was serious or not. If he was, they need to know we will not be in town for it before they do anything. Seeing as we were not consulted in regards to the shower date Lowell's mother threw us, I somehow see us not being consulted about this. If he was not, all the better. I am growing more weary of reflecting comments and questions about my lack of pregnancy and their lack of imminent grandchildren. It makes me feel like it is all I am good for, and the only thing we could do to make them happy, and that doesn't help this lingering "I'm not good enough for anyone" feeling I've got going on.
One more hour. If one of my singers would email me back, I could get started on one of my projects for tomorrow. I suppose I'll find something to do.
I had my orientation at Target this past Monday. It was fairly intense. I want to be the best worker I can be, and I know it's not going to be an easy job. Even just after the orientation, I wonder if this will be a good fit. I'm used to smaller teams, for one thing. The store I will be working at has over 200 employees. I realise I will not see all of them, most likely. It's still rather intimidating. They have their own language, practically, what with all the different terminology. They thought up new terms for a heirarchy so that it didn't seem like there was one. It's all going to be hard to keep track of, to be sure. I hope I can handle it. I will certainly give it my best.
It's going to be intersting trying to balance two jobs again. The most difficult part is going to be the commute. The Target store that was hiring was up on Willow Road in Glenview, the village that Lowell's company now resides (Glenview expanded into parts of Northbrook, I think). My thought was that if they would hire me for weekends primarily, I could easily take Lowell's car or have him drop me off or whatever on his way from work. That's how it'll work next Friday, when I am scheduled to work the new produce section and as a cashier. However, I put that I could work weeknights, and they're taking me up on that thus far. I found that there is a suburban bus that runs along Willow Road, and I can get to it either from the Purple Line or the Milwaukee District North Metra line. However, like most suburban buses, it runs infrequently. I found out the hard way how infrequently when I saw the schedule at the terminal and saw the next bus wasn't leaving that area until 3:30, the time of my orientation. I ended up having to take a cab out to the store, something I cannot afford to do every time I work. The next few night shifts I have (tomorrow, and Tuesday/Wednesday next) I will have to try two other routes. If I find that it's going to be more trouble than it's worth, commute wise, it will probably not be worth it to keep that as a second job. If I had a car, it'd be much more convenient and less expensive, and I won't have to worry about catching a certain bus or train home when I work a closing shift. I need to investigate the whole CTA/I-GO thing a little more thoroughly, seeing as the Yellow Line Terminal is an I-Go station.
I love to ramble.
I have about an hour and fifteen minutes left before I can leave work. I have three things I could be doing. Two of those things I am trying to leave for tomorrow, so I have something to do after I do the usual morning catch-up work. One thing is, in my mind, reliant on approval from my boss. He said to send the calendar and contracts to the professional singers today, seeing as he is asking for their signed contracts by Sunday next. At the same time, however, he asked me to send him the calendar for approval. Does this mean I still send the professional singers the calendar? Or do I wait for his approval to do so? This is a situation that no matter what I do, it'll be wrong. If I send it, he'll respond with corrections to the calendar or additions and will tell me not to send it yet. If I don't send it, he'll respond much later with the question of how many singers have sent their contracts back. Either way, I'm boned. I'm currently of a mindset that, if I'm boned if I do and boned if I don't (too much Futurama for me, it seems), I might as well wait one day, send it tomorrow before I leave, and hope for the best. Will have to make some sort of notation that it is not a final calendar, but that would mean the singers had the right to not send their contracts in until it is done. So yeah, no winning.
At least there is fun stuff on the horizon. The now yearly trip out to Indiana starts in a mere day and a half, and I am greatly looking forward to it. The first year we went, I had no coffee and slept most of the weekend away. I also got truly epic sunburn from our day at the beach. The second year we went, I remembered the sunscreen and the coffee, but was sick and coughing the weekend away (wonder if that was a pneumonia, too...). This year, I'm ready. I will have sunscreen, coffee, and currently have no cough. It will be sunny and the waves will be big enough to face check. I'll be with some of my favorite people in the entire universe. LOTR Trivial Pursuit will be played, and Daria will be marathoned. All in all, awesome.
The next trip after that (other than to nearby places for end of summer events and fall-tivities) will be a road trip up to the Twin Cities with Lowell to celebrate our one-year anniversary. Lowell wants to go to the Mall of America, and I want to stay at a fancy hotel and live in the bathtub the room will provide. I also love Minnesota, so this works out well for both parties. The thing I just thought of is that we need to tell his parents of this. Nana (who I desperately need to work up the patience to call) mentioned any number of times how Lowell's father said something of throwing a party for our one year anniversary. I do not know if he was serious or not. If he was, they need to know we will not be in town for it before they do anything. Seeing as we were not consulted in regards to the shower date Lowell's mother threw us, I somehow see us not being consulted about this. If he was not, all the better. I am growing more weary of reflecting comments and questions about my lack of pregnancy and their lack of imminent grandchildren. It makes me feel like it is all I am good for, and the only thing we could do to make them happy, and that doesn't help this lingering "I'm not good enough for anyone" feeling I've got going on.
One more hour. If one of my singers would email me back, I could get started on one of my projects for tomorrow. I suppose I'll find something to do.