Advice, Anyone?
First of all, just to get this out of my system:
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS COMES OUT JULY 21ST!!!11one
Okay. That's done. Now, onto the real stuff.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the applications are in and Marissa and I are moving in on Monday!
Yeah, I know, you're probably confused, wondering, "Wait...wasn't she supposed to be moving in with that guy?" The answer is, yes. I was going to get an apartment with my friend Robert. We'd actually been planning on it for a long time. In the end, it fell through, but that's a long story that I have neither the time nor the energy to tell.
Anyway, at the last minute, my friend Marissa saved my life by showing up at the perfect moment to tell me she still didn't have a place to live. Hooray!
A cynical, sheltered geek and a bubbly, popular social butterfly? This is going to be an interesting apartment...
But seriously, she says she wants me to teach her how to play video games and show her Star Wars. It actually might be a lot of fun. We shall soon see. Plus, she is really excited about the idea of getting a pair of cats. We're planning on adopting brothers from the same litter so that we can watch them grow up together. Awww.
Okay, now...onto the actual point of this entry.
As many of you know, I'm on a job hunt. I don't plan on applying until I've actually got a solid place to live, (i.e. Monday), but I'm weighing my options and trying to figure out what would be best for me. Regular readers of my journal will know that I caught a glimpse of Disneyland last week for the first time since last summer, and I was filled with desire to go back to work there. Some of you will also know that I'm taking eighteen units this semester, which I was told to never do, and also told that if I did, I shouldn't get a job, because I'll be overworked.
I have been worried about the fact that I've got six classes, at least one of them coming with an extremely heavy workload, and that I'm probably going to continue having to take six classes every semester until I graduate. Luckily, Matt informed me of the possibility of taking up to nine units online or at a community college, and also reminded me that one of my remaining classes could take place over Interterm next winter. He advised me to drop a class so that I wasn't so bogged down with work.
Well, that's all well and good, but it still leaves me with the question of what I should do about a job. Even with only fifteen units I recall having a hard time balancing my homework and Disneyland, though I can't recall if that's because Disney really was that demanding, or if it was just because I was lazy and didn't want to do the work required of me. One thing I do remember is that I had no social life. The upside? It was (at times) a fun place to work, not to mention the perks. I got into the park for free, I got my friends in for free, I got discounts on food and merchandise, I got into all of the amazing cast events, and I met a lot of great friends. I also know that, in my seven or eight months of working there, I was in Tomorrowland and therefore never achieved my lifelong goal of working on the Jungle Cruise, so there is that to consider. Even so, the job was incredibly demanding, and I never had time to see my friends. Over the summer, I had to go on medical leave and get my wisdom teeth pulled in Eureka just so that I could go home for a week and see my family.
In addition to his advice, Matt offered to put in a good word for me at the help desk at school, which would be wonderful, because it's basically a chance to sit and do my homework and dick around on the computer while getting paid at the same time. I would only be able to work a maximum of twenty hours a week, but hey, it's something, and with that I would have the resources to get an annual pass to Disneyland. The only problem with that is, I would either have to go alone, or go with someone who either had an annual pass or was willing to pay $70 a pop to get in for a day, and I don't think I know many people of either type. Oh, and also the fact that I may not even get twenty hours a week at the desk if they don't have that many timeslots available. We shall see.
Another alternative I considered was to work at the help desk during the week and get my homework done, and then work at Disneyland on the weekends. Sounds good, right? But wait, then I wouldn't have any days off. What's the good of free entry into Disneyland if I haven't got the time to use it? Then again, it does mean extra cash.
Finally, there was my mother's suggestion. I keep taking eighteen units and work at the help desk, and then work at Disneyland beginning in the summer. I can take online and Interterm classes to make up credits, sure, but she figures that if I can make it through with eighteen units, I might as well get another class under my belt now. This seems like a pretty good idea. I mean, it would mean I couldn't get into Disneyland whenever I wanted, so that's depressing, but to tell you the truth, right now, I just want to get in at least once within the next few months so that I can go on the new "rock mode" Space Mountain that I've been hearing so much about. There are billboards all over the OC that say "Space Mountain, now rockin' with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, through April 28th." I'm totally hitting that.
A lot of people say that it makes them happy to think of me working at Disneyland, and while I would love to make them happy, I do have to think of my own sanity. I have to do my best to reduce stressors in my life, and working there was most definitely a stressor, particularly when I had Uni on my plate as well. Anyway, I don't know...the last option seems like the best at this point, but I thought I would ask all of you for advice as well, just in case you have a better suggestion or think one of the other options would work better for me.
Thank you all for taking the time to read this. I know it was long, but I really appreciate it.
RANDOM THOUGHT OF THE DAY: "School" is a really funny and weird word, if you say it enough times, or stare at it long enough.
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS COMES OUT JULY 21ST!!!11one
Okay. That's done. Now, onto the real stuff.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the applications are in and Marissa and I are moving in on Monday!
Yeah, I know, you're probably confused, wondering, "Wait...wasn't she supposed to be moving in with that guy?" The answer is, yes. I was going to get an apartment with my friend Robert. We'd actually been planning on it for a long time. In the end, it fell through, but that's a long story that I have neither the time nor the energy to tell.
Anyway, at the last minute, my friend Marissa saved my life by showing up at the perfect moment to tell me she still didn't have a place to live. Hooray!
A cynical, sheltered geek and a bubbly, popular social butterfly? This is going to be an interesting apartment...
But seriously, she says she wants me to teach her how to play video games and show her Star Wars. It actually might be a lot of fun. We shall soon see. Plus, she is really excited about the idea of getting a pair of cats. We're planning on adopting brothers from the same litter so that we can watch them grow up together. Awww.
Okay, now...onto the actual point of this entry.
As many of you know, I'm on a job hunt. I don't plan on applying until I've actually got a solid place to live, (i.e. Monday), but I'm weighing my options and trying to figure out what would be best for me. Regular readers of my journal will know that I caught a glimpse of Disneyland last week for the first time since last summer, and I was filled with desire to go back to work there. Some of you will also know that I'm taking eighteen units this semester, which I was told to never do, and also told that if I did, I shouldn't get a job, because I'll be overworked.
I have been worried about the fact that I've got six classes, at least one of them coming with an extremely heavy workload, and that I'm probably going to continue having to take six classes every semester until I graduate. Luckily, Matt informed me of the possibility of taking up to nine units online or at a community college, and also reminded me that one of my remaining classes could take place over Interterm next winter. He advised me to drop a class so that I wasn't so bogged down with work.
Well, that's all well and good, but it still leaves me with the question of what I should do about a job. Even with only fifteen units I recall having a hard time balancing my homework and Disneyland, though I can't recall if that's because Disney really was that demanding, or if it was just because I was lazy and didn't want to do the work required of me. One thing I do remember is that I had no social life. The upside? It was (at times) a fun place to work, not to mention the perks. I got into the park for free, I got my friends in for free, I got discounts on food and merchandise, I got into all of the amazing cast events, and I met a lot of great friends. I also know that, in my seven or eight months of working there, I was in Tomorrowland and therefore never achieved my lifelong goal of working on the Jungle Cruise, so there is that to consider. Even so, the job was incredibly demanding, and I never had time to see my friends. Over the summer, I had to go on medical leave and get my wisdom teeth pulled in Eureka just so that I could go home for a week and see my family.
In addition to his advice, Matt offered to put in a good word for me at the help desk at school, which would be wonderful, because it's basically a chance to sit and do my homework and dick around on the computer while getting paid at the same time. I would only be able to work a maximum of twenty hours a week, but hey, it's something, and with that I would have the resources to get an annual pass to Disneyland. The only problem with that is, I would either have to go alone, or go with someone who either had an annual pass or was willing to pay $70 a pop to get in for a day, and I don't think I know many people of either type. Oh, and also the fact that I may not even get twenty hours a week at the desk if they don't have that many timeslots available. We shall see.
Another alternative I considered was to work at the help desk during the week and get my homework done, and then work at Disneyland on the weekends. Sounds good, right? But wait, then I wouldn't have any days off. What's the good of free entry into Disneyland if I haven't got the time to use it? Then again, it does mean extra cash.
Finally, there was my mother's suggestion. I keep taking eighteen units and work at the help desk, and then work at Disneyland beginning in the summer. I can take online and Interterm classes to make up credits, sure, but she figures that if I can make it through with eighteen units, I might as well get another class under my belt now. This seems like a pretty good idea. I mean, it would mean I couldn't get into Disneyland whenever I wanted, so that's depressing, but to tell you the truth, right now, I just want to get in at least once within the next few months so that I can go on the new "rock mode" Space Mountain that I've been hearing so much about. There are billboards all over the OC that say "Space Mountain, now rockin' with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, through April 28th." I'm totally hitting that.
A lot of people say that it makes them happy to think of me working at Disneyland, and while I would love to make them happy, I do have to think of my own sanity. I have to do my best to reduce stressors in my life, and working there was most definitely a stressor, particularly when I had Uni on my plate as well. Anyway, I don't know...the last option seems like the best at this point, but I thought I would ask all of you for advice as well, just in case you have a better suggestion or think one of the other options would work better for me.
Thank you all for taking the time to read this. I know it was long, but I really appreciate it.
RANDOM THOUGHT OF THE DAY: "School" is a really funny and weird word, if you say it enough times, or stare at it long enough.