i started out the week on a relative high after the successes of our all-american cinco de mayo party (if they can boycott us we can boycott them) and the dunwoody beer festival (despite the cut foot from glass in the marta station). i had work to do, like outside of the house real office kind of work to do. my sister works for a hiring agency and they had a one week gig so i figured, why not? i got a break from school.
my 8 hour a day job quickly became a lot more when what we were doing (taking phone orders for an online, well-known flower company) got out of control with mothers day fast approaching. they were handing out overtime like it was free for them and thanking us for doing them a favor. they literally were telling people "do whatever your body will handle." i figured 10am to 6 pm, a four hour break and then 10pm to 3am was cake. i mean, you get a 4 hour break.
then it occured to me this would be for three days straight, and i'd have to get sleep in my 7 hours between 3am and 10am. well, it is only three days... that's what i kept repeating in my head. i was on autopilot for 3 days, just grabbing sleep in my car on lunches and answering the phone over, and over, and over and over and over again. i knew things were getting bad when i accidentally answered "thank you for calling t-mobile, this is megan"... oops.
but it was fun, and something different, and definately passed the time (in that it took up all of my time) for a week. a little cash here and there is good. especially when you are otherwise unemployed.
but i did get the good news of straight A's last semester. my dean's list letter is going on the fridge. and this time, i bypassed the arm-pumping and went straight to my victory dance.
now i've started my maymester class. 16 weeks of normal class squeezed into 2. and i have the shortest attention span in the world so the 4 hours a day thing is killing me. on top of it all, they insist on doing it at 8am in the morning. ridiculous. but my teacher is cool and this whole finance thing seems like cake so i can't complain too much.
in fact, if i could take all my classes in two week form i think i would. given the choice i'd definately go for it. you could squeeze in so many more classes. even if you just took one a month and then had 2 weeks off for whatever. plus it goes at a lot faster pace so i don't get so bored with the class. i have a hard time sustaining interest in anything for 16 weeks, let alone something as riveting as finance or accounting.
i wonder if my school has a suggestion box... i'm filling out a card.
