Amarillo is a lonely place these days. The only thing I still like about it is that my family is here. The drivers are slow and crazy. The smell seems stronger. I feel like I don't know anyone here anymore. Those I wish I could see, I don't feel like I can call. And those I see, I wish I didn't have to look at altogether ( Read more... )

The recent weeks have certainly been ones of change. Over just the past few days, I have moved from one office to another, learned that I'd be taking on some of the responsibilities of a retiring employee, and have been trained to take on those responsibilities. All I ever used to want was more responsibility. I'm pretty sure that I realized that ( Read more... )

I don't know how many times I've started a journal entry within the past months and simply just give up on it before I'm done. "Work" has been utterly boring, so I am going to force myself to finish an entry ( Read more... )

I've come out of my first week of school with more reading assignments than I can shake a spoon at. So far, stress has been minimal. After looking into how I think my classes and assignments will run, I'm confident that I can get through the semester without any trouble ( Read more... )

This morning, I was not roused by my cell phone alarm, like most every other day. No, today, I woke up to a strange, loud tapping noise that seemed to be coming from inside the walls. Long story made short, after about 20 minutes of listening and prodding with my ear, I figured out it was coming from outside. Sure enough, when I walked out onto ( Read more... )

The semester is coming up way too fast. It seems like only a couple of weeks ago that I took my last final. Well, I wanted to stay busy this summer. Guess I got what I wanted. The upcoming semester will be filled to the brim with stuff to do. With work at UNT and at GameStop, 17 hours and a membership to an organization that requires attendance ( Read more... )

So far, work at Game Stop is fine. The only thing that annoys me about it now is that I only work two days a week. I know that is what I originally agreed upon for scheduling and that's ok, but because I'm only around for two days out of the week and then gone for up to 6 days sometimes, my retention of sales, release dates and policies is ( Read more... )

The most prominent memory of my weekend? Being stranded next to I-35 at 3 a.m. with literally zero charge in my battery. Luckily, Daniel was with me and his roommate, Matt came along with some jumper cables. After two tries, we decided the car wouldn't hold a jump and had to jump it yet again to simply get it into neutral. The poor guys had to ( Read more... )

I'm sure, once in a while, we all look ahead at the week to come and groan. This week, rather than working my regular 20 to 30 hours, I'll be pushing 51 hours of work this week. I'm not whining. I can definitely use the pay check and I know I am very capable. However, I'm still anticipating being very tired ( Read more... )

Summer JobFirst of all, and most recently, I had an interview for a job at Game Stop. Initially, I thought it went real well. As the day passed by, I began nitpicking and worrying, as Pearcy/Keeton women shall. I wish I could make myself stop that. I can count on two hands how many people told me that if I wasn't hired, Game Stop was crazy. I tend ( Read more... )