As you know, a friend of mine passed away in mid-November and since then all of us who knew him have been affected one way or another. With heavy hearts, we move on with our own lives.
Thanksgiving was just around the corner. I knew I could go to my friend's house and join in, but I wanted to have my own Thanksgiving for all the single people with no place else to go. The boyfriend went to Austin to see his dad - Mexicans don't celebrate our Thanksgiving, you know. For everyone who showed up, we had a blast- of course. We ate and drank, watched movies, played Go-Fish and Old Maid, had a coloring contest and decorated cookies, also a football game was on, but I don't know who paid any attention to that.
After Thanksgiving, I had a hard time getting back into the groove of school. With only a few more weeks left to finish my projects, I felt like everything was moving too fast now. I did, of course, get everything done. I presented my rebranded Subway Cafe and Jason's Deli items, presented my website designs, gave my speech in Oral Communications (and, for the final exam our professor sang the answers to the test to us!) and I also gave a presentation about my promotion kit for a non-profit. I got 3 A's and a B.
Now on to better news. I quit working as a cashier at JoAnn. The day I left my two week notice, everyone, and I mean everyone, was UPSET. "Why you want to leave us, Vicki?" and "We can give you more hours if you need more money." No thanks, I'm done standing 8 hours a day, it kills my back and my legs, I'm done arguing with people about coupons and taking the blame for things I can't control, I'm done answering the phone while checking someone and taking a coupon and looking up inventory and greeting people, calling for back up that never shows up and asking questions and answers over the radio all at the same time for only eight bucks an hour!
I found a nice little office job out at the DFW airport where I quietly work alone four hours a day, Monday through Friday from 8AM to noon. They are willing to work with my school schedule and I don't have to answer phones or even talk to anyone if I don't want to on any given day. I simply come in, and enter numbers from the bus drivers' passenger count sheets from 3 shifts into a database in the computer. I also file and verify information. Soon I'll be putting together packets for hiring drivers and other jobs available during a job fair. That's it! And they pay me ten dollars an hour for that and it's a guaranteed 20 hours a week. Sometimes it may be an hour longer on a certain day, but no less than 20 for sure. You all know I'm not a fan of mornings, but I am happy to get up and go to this job because I know I'm not going to drive home later upset and stressed out. Plus, when I get home, I have literally all day left to work on my projects, or read or whatever!
So, the shortage of my funds is coming to a close because I also got approved for food stamps short term. I can apply again in three months if I want or need to, but with my new job, I should be okay by then.
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| I photoshopped this, it's me "modeling" some Subway stuff I made |
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| another shot of some of the rebranded Subway stuff |
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| a diagram of a new sandwich bag for Jason's Deli I engineered and designed. I made the little drawings, too! |
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| a diagram of the soup cup wrap I made for Jason's Deli. |
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| a mock up of my websites mobile look |
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| a mock up of a website for fitness, I made up the name "Push It" and made the little logo for it too. I designed the layout and the colors. |
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| a magazine ad I made for my non-profit. I wrote all the copy for it too. |
