Hard Work and a Paycheck

For some reason or other, I have been out of work since the summer of '08. During the school year it was hard for me to work, because I had a very heavy workload. Then when I started student teaching, our advisors told us that we would probably fail if we tried to work and student teach at the same time. Therefore, I did not work during that school year. This last summer I didn't work because I was getting married in July, and it was hard to find someone to hire me, and let me take off 2 weeks for my wedding and honeymoon, and then leave again in August. So to sum up, it's been awhile since I have held down a job. (Although, two summers ago I did have two jobs at the same time, and worked quite a bit.)
Like I have said in previous blogs, I needed a job this year to fill up my time before we move again to go to Buffalo for graduate school. I got a job at the local Family Dollar, and although it is not intellectually taxing, it is physically taxing. I have not stood on my feet this long in a very long time, and it is beginning to wear on me after only two days. I am even wearing my awesome black nike sneakers, but I know that I will eventually get used to it and it will just take time. When the truck comes, we have to unload everything off the truck and then load it on carts and then stock the shelves. Today I cashed out customers, and then stocked the shelves in between, it was a hard day for me to say the least. But, it's nice to finally be doing something, other than sitting home with my dog reading, watching reruns, or sleeping! So although I am tired, sore, and sleepy, I am thankful for something to do and a paycheck. It's something that you don't really understand when you are younger, but that you finally get once you pay your own bills, and live your own life.

I thought this picture was ironic, because it doesn't feel like my hard work during college really paid off. Maybe I'll feel differently someday.

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