let's drink to my crappy life

First of all, I want to apologize for my blog

consisting of me bitching continuously.

But seriously, I feel like the world is crapping on me.

More about that below...

I'm definitely going to be drinking tonight! Sure, I have only two very important placement tests tomorrow, but I need to drink tonight. I'll do my best to not get wasted, but I won't make any promises.

I've been working very part-time at a nice little salon. When I got my retail job, I kept one day at the salon to give my manager a day off each week. Then when I lost that job, they were kind enough to give me some extra hours that probably should have been covered anyway. Wasn't that nice? Yes it was. Then I got my new job at the boutique and thanks to some miscommunication my hours for the rest of the month were given to someone else. No biggie.

On Sunday I ran into one of the nail technicians/receptionists at the Farmer's Market (which was awesome, by the way. I plan on going next week for some fresh veggies and flowers!). Anyway, we got to talking and after I told her about my more recent job loss, she informed me that her and another receptionist were taking some vacation time in August, and so I might be able to pick up some hours and help out - the manager was going to be working some pretty long shifts to cover everything, it sounded like. So I sent her an email asking if she wanted any help.

Now, imagine my surprise when the reply was less than grateful for my offer. In fact, she went as far as to say that I was disrespecting the salon by keeping inconsistent hours since I first left in winter. Wait a second, when I first left, I kept my one day a week at the salon to give her a day off! And whoa, whoa, whoa... did I just get fired again?!

Honestly, I have no idea. She was very unclear about that, so I guess now I just have to wait and see what she says. Is this really happening?

I won't lie to you; I cried. I am so tired of things going wrong for me. I just got a letter in the mail from the business that I gave the terrible first impression to. Needless to say, I didn't get a call back for another interview, but instead received a letter saying they were "pursuing another candidate." I threw it out without having the heart to tell the Boyfriend about it. I'm so tired of feeling like a worthless failure.

Anyway, here are some other less depressing updates:

1. My mother's birthday is today so the whole family is going out to dinner. Yum!

2. I've been studying really hard the last few days for my math placement test so hopefully I don't bomb it! :)

(picture from here)

When is my luck going to improve?

Sorry about the lame photo. It does, however, accurately describe the way I felt yesterday. I had an interview for a job downtown. I left with plenty of time, dealt with a bit of traffic, but got down to the 3rd Ward with 15 minutes to find a parking spot. Psh, who was I kidding? I went around the blocks like a bazillion times until I finally had to give up and park in a garage for $6. Ugh.

I get out of my car in the parking garage and realize I have about 60 seconds to make it to the office if I'm going to be on time. Running in heels is practically impossible. I get to the building and the doors, all key-card access, are locked. FML. So I trudge over to another office owned by the same company and ask them if I was even in the right place. Unable to contact anyone at the other office, they send me back to try again.

On the second try, I notice a very strange, large box that supposedly acts as a telephone into the various offices. First I call the wrong office and can't figure out how to make the stupid box hang up. Then I finally figure out how to call the right office and a woman comes down to open the doors for me. At this point, I am a depressing 12 minute late. I hate making terrible impressions.

I walk into the room with the person from HR and three other candidates. The HR person asks for my name and says, "Oh, I didn't even know you were coming!" Oh, brother. That, however, I will say was not my fault seeing as I did RSVP via email. So there. She then goes on to explain the two available positions: I had applied for a retail position, but there also was an admin position that I hadn't known existed. Screw retail, I want the other job! Anyway, the HR woman is explaining the heirarchy of the company to us when, just my luck, my phone goes off; during my frantic running around I forgot to put it on silent. FML.

The rest of the group interview thing goes fairly well, and I stayed for a moment after to explain to the woman that I am extremely interested in the admin position. I couldn't decide if she was just in a hurry, or if she had already written me off after the awful impression I had made that evening. I am really crossing my fingers that even though that was by far the worst first impression I've ever made in an interview, that she has it in her heart to forgive and forget. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

(photo from here)