Holiday Hell

I really hate working this time of year because of all the crazy people out there who think they're entitled to everything they want.

I work with a couple of people like that. They drive me nuts.

I have decided to look for a new job, but still keep the old one. I realized that there is no way I'm going to advance in the company I'm in (they don't promote managers from within the company, they bring new ones in), and a friend told me about her company (a chain of local drugstores). She was promoted to the head of the photo department within a couple of months of working there, so they obviously believe in promoting from within.


Very short update. More later.

M

Old Friend

I ran into an old friend from high school just a couple of minutes ago. I haven't seen him in at least a year if not longer, but it was really good to see him today. We caught up on some of the people we knew at school, and talked about who we saw recently. We both thought it was pretty wild that we run into each other on the last few days of the quarter.

Christmas is quickly approaching, and Himself and I got our tree yesterday (we both had the day off, and I accidentally slept through my alarm, so I didn't make it to class) and put the lights on it while listening to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra on our CD player. We'll probably put the rest of the decorations on it later. It's a pretty small tree, but then again, we live in a pretty small apartment. The tree is probably about 5'' tall, and Miss Thang is very interested in it. This is her first Christmas, so we had to do things right. She hasn't tried climbing the tree, but the branches are a little too close together, so she might not be able to climb it.

Little Princess had to get a bath yesterday afternoon (before we got the tree) because I've noticed her scratching a lot lately. She needed a flea dip, and I had no one to help me (Himself was hungry, so he went to get something to eat), but it worked out. She kept trying new ways of getting out of the tub, but only succeeded once (the door was closed) in the course of her bath.

I'm really looking forward to next quarter, and the best thing is now I may have a new model for my projects. Old Friend (who is actually one or two years younger than me) may be willing to pose (all I have to do is ask, right?) for a couple of lighting assignments, so that will be pretty cool.

Well, I have to get ready for a quiz I missed, so I'll sign off now.

M

Off Work (Finally)

I started work today at eight this morning, and I'm finally off! We were steady, and just as I was leaving was when it was getting really busy. People coming in to view their portraits at the same time large groups come in to get their portraits taken.

I'm really looking forward to next quarter, since I'll be back doing my own photography and playing with the lights and stuff. I'll be in total control, and I'll have an excuse if work tries to call me in on my day off! I think I know why I'm getting so burned out at work, it's because I have no control over how the pictures turn out (our company won't let us do certain things when shooting the picture, and our machine doesn't let us just darken one spot on the picture), not only that, but I really miss black and white!

Well, I'm too tired to keep writing right now, so I'll hopefully post more tomorrow or something.

M