What started as a potentially bad day of work, ended up as a relatively enjoyable night. The shift at this S.A. began really stressful as I learned all of this different store's idiosyncracies (all the weird little things). But then I got to know the two people I was working with and I actually enjoyed work for once. The store had it's pros and cons.....pros being it isn't right off the freeway so that it isn't as stressful-crazy like my store is......cons being that the register drawers and bags were all really low, causing me to have a backache about an hour into my shift. So that kinda stunk.....but what are ya going to do?!
Sorry these posts are all about S.A., but that's pretty much my life right now. I'm looking forward to tomorrow evening and Sunday, because I work a 7-3 tomorrow and I have Sunday off. (one day off after working 6 straight days of 8-hour shifts). So yea.....thats my life right now. Anyway....I should try and go to bed soon, cause I got an early morning tomorrow. It's tough to get up at 6 after waking up at 1pm for the past 2 weeks!

Now THAT was an interesting day at S.A. So first of all, I got to work with the best person in the world today. Steph is my age and we started at the same time last year....so we worked for two hours and then her shift was over. That was a fun time. Then, I had my break......hmmm this story doesn't seem so interesting anymore.......oh yea, then like at 9 we got a call from the District Manager asking me to go to another store. Apparently the asst. manager at this store cut her hand really bad and had to go to the hospital, leaving a new kid there alone. We were the only ones he could get a hold of. So I drove down to the S.A. by Beltzer's and helped out there.............for a huge 15 minutes and then the manager came. So I drove all the way back to our place and ended the shift at our S.A. Craziness. Speaking of craziness, Sarah, I'm working at your old S.A. on Friday. The one off of Cedar. They're just sending me all over the place. yea............anywhoo.......I'm gonna listen to the end of the Twins game and then go to bed. Peace out.

Working at Super America is like being in the military. It is.....follow me on this one. Ok, the longer you work there, the more pay you get and after one year you get whats equal to a cheveron. S.A. employees have a strict dress code, which they keep changing so that you have to buy new stuff.....it's like a firkin uniform. AND THEN......and then there are all of the stupid little rules and guidlines that covers everything. Most of them are made by some old guy in an office who has never actually worked behind a register, thus has no idea what it's really like. So when this old dude makes a rule that says we cannot eat or drink in the checkout area, he doesn't realize what it's like to work for 8 hours, standing up, with nothing to drink. It's not like you can continuously leave the area to go get a drink.....it just doesn't work that way......Now, lets look at the army. As time passes, you get higher in rank and get a symbol for that rank. Also, you get more pay with the new rank. Then theres the uniform. You have the basic B.T.U.s which you use all the time, but there are the special uniforms that you use only once. Like the mess dress or whatever. The military also changes it's policies on headgear, making the old stuff obsolete and useless. I'm not even going to comment on some of the Military's rules and guidlines..................
Anyway.....that was my thought as I sat at work (or stood, that is). ONLY 3 MORE MONTHS TO GO!!!

the path struggle just got a lil more interesting

By the way.....Saienga has been writing a book for years now......so I'm not weird, alright?!!?

Lately, I've felt a need to put things down on paper. Stuff that cannot be put on a blog, though....thus I need to find a different outlet. It seems wasted for me to just type it all out.....like I could use all of these pent-up feelings for some other purpose. That is why I started.....or attempted to start, that is, a book. Hmmm.......I know that sounds pretty crazy. Last night, though, I was struck with a great idea for a story line and I typed out maybe two pages. All I really did was get some background for the story to be based off of. I've ran into two major problems, though. The fact that the whole first page is too close to reality and could be easily traced back to my life (I changed names and places). The other problem is myself. I would've typed much, much more......but I ran into doubt. Doubt that I could write it.....doubt that it wouldn't be any better than most of the crap that sits on the shelves of bookstores.......doubt that my writing is advanced enough. Most of these feelings I think about every day.....like if I really should be a writing major.......I know of many people from LHS that were sooo much better at writing than I was in high school. Maybe that has changed.....but maybe not. I guess I'm afraid that I'm putting my whole life into this major and if it screws me over, then where am I? So anyway.....I was cruising along getting this idea (which I'm not going to tell you) out on a page.....but then I actually started thinking about it.....and then I kinda got writer's block and I realized I was thinking too much and not just letting the words go straight out onto the page....and then I decided to just quit and go to bed. I haven't touched it since.....but I still do have the storyline developing in my mind. We'll see.....we'll see....

Ugh. I need to go to bed.....but SOME people......who DONT live in this house........seem to forget that other people like to use the internet TOO. No names mentioned of course.