I kind of did things today. The most important thing was sending
several emails back and forth with my new boss to figure out my work
schedule. Right now the plan is to have two evening shifts a week
and have my day off be Tuesday. This way I can put a full day in for
my practicum on Tuesday and put in two or three hours on my evening
shift days. It's going to make for a really long summer, having to
work at least eight hours every day, minus my trip to the ALA
conference (which will involve schoolwork). But it's only for a few
months. I can survive. Then I can focus on my job/career and maybe
even being an adult.
I emailed the lady back from the honor society dinner and thanked her
for sending me the pictures her husband took of me. I also told her
about getting the library job because we had talked about the fact
that I had applied for it. I was worried about my summer schedule
immediately becoming over-encumbered but she spent last semester
finishing her classes, working a full-time job, working a practicum,
and getting chemotherapy. So people have survived worse than my
current predicament.
I forwarded a bunch of my emails from my work email to my personal
email. I created a backup the other day but I thought it would be
more convenient to have them in email form, not an Excel file. I'm
not sure when my work email will become inactive and I wanted to make
sure I saved the important emails. I imagine the deactivation will
occur sometime after I submit my formal resignation, or sign some
form, or whatever it is I need to do to say I'm not coming back next
year. I want to hold off on that as long as possible, though,
because of my health insurance. I'm not sure if it will go through
the summer regardless or if it will stop as soon as I resign. Just
in case I want to hold out until I start my new job and the new
insurance kicks in.
I posted my flight schedule to the discussion post for that class and
tried to schedule my shuttle from the airport but the site was broken
so I'm going to try again tomorrow. I also downloaded some stuff for
that class and read a few things. The book we have to read for that
class should be here tomorrow so I can start chipping away at that.
Tonight I practiced my handwriting. I started with an amazing 'i'
and then pretty much went back to the not so great ones that I was
making the last time I practiced. That was a little annoying but I
did get a lot better at sliding my hand along as I wrote instead of
planting it and moving it after each letter. I think I could nail
the letter if I planted my hand on the paper to stabilize myself, but
that isn't the goal. So the practice continues. I also wrote
several more quotes in my journal. Writing with a fountain pen is
still fun.
Yesterday I got Conveni Dream for the 3DS. It is a Japanese
shop simulator, where you run a convenience store, hiring employees,
decide the store layout, buy stock, and try to make a profit. It is
fun but at the moment it is also frustrating. The owner of the store
(I'm only the manager) keeps telling me to expand to attract more
customers, but I have no idea how to expand the store. I can upgrade
the shelves and things but I don't have the slightest clue how to
expand the store. The game just came out yesterday and I haven't
been able to find any help online other than the game trailer, which
shows a bigger version of the store but doesn't mention how to go
about expanding it. I also just screwed myself by hiring a third
cashier and not being able to get a third register, so that asshole
just walks around the whole time doing nothing and his salary is
making me lose money every day. All of that along with some
imprecise controls make the game a little frustrating, but it was
also five dollars, so I can't complain too much.
Tonight I watched the livestream for the CaliRoots festival. I got
to watch the full sets for Atmosphere, The Expendables, and Slightly
Stoopid. So that was good times.
Tomorrow I am going to go clothes shopping for my new job and the
practicum. Hopefully that is a painless process. I have an idea of
what I want to eventually dress like as a librarian but my goal for
tomorrow is to just get some new shirts and maybe a few pairs of
pants. Keeping it simple.
Now I need to go to bed because I just got distracted looking at
shoes and it is now after 1:30AM. Good grief.
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