September 27, 2007
Back On the Chain Gang
Well, it's official. My work shoes are five-hour shoes, not nine-hour shoes.
How did I come to this brilliant -- if not painful -- conclusion? Did I go straight to the mall after work and forget my tennies? Did Husband surprise me by picking me up at work and taking me downtown for the day? Did I just feel like being taller?
No.
People, you had better sit down for this.
I've been at WORK. For NINE HOURS. Minus an hour for lunch.
Weep with me, my darlings. Your beloved Wenchie has had her cute, button nose pressed hard to the grindstone once again.
It went like this:
Thursday p.m. -- After much inner-debate and external waffling, Husband went into full-on Panic Mode and informed me that, in order to avoid living in a van down by the river, I had to go back to work fulltime. Effective immediately.
Friday a.m. -- To appease him, I emailed the H.R. lady from my old job with Mr. Frowny Face.
Friday p.m. -- H.R. Lady called with a possible job.
Monday p.m. -- I got offered a fulltime job, starting as soon as humanly possible.
Tuesday a.m. -- Had to break the news to New Boss, and break his heart. It was like breaking up with a really nice guy just because I'm not that into him.
Wednesday -- Had one last bittersweet day of freedom.
Thursday a.m. -- Spent 5 hrs. at current job.
Thursday p.m. -- Spent 3.5 hrs. at New New Job.
It's gonna be Dead Man Walking tomorrow morning. Husband is gonna have to drag me to my car, blubbering and dragging my feet.
But I'm still going to do my damnedest to keep cranking out the blogs (no guarantee as to quality), even at the expense of clean floors and homemade dinners, if only to passively-aggressively prove to Husband that I can't possibly pursue my dream of becoming a famous writer while working fulltime.
And believe me, he will not enjoy being married if I'm robbed of my lifelong dream. I'll see to that.
Comments
Dude, that fucking sucks! I would totally hate to go back to work after not working. Now A. will have no unemployed friends to pal around with during the day!
Posted by: Kelly Garrett at September 28, 2007 01:05 AM
I'm so very sorry for you. Truly.
Posted by: Shannon at September 30, 2007 02:47 AM