4 posts tagged “work”

For the past like...2 months, I've been working weekends at the portrait studio, which is fun, but since I have tons of stuff to do for school and I already work everyday during the week, it cuts into my school work time. Today I was scheduled to work 9:30-6:30. Corrie was expecting a pretty busy day. We were supposed to be double booked every half hour almost all day, but I guess last night when appointments were being confirmed a lot of people rescheduled. She has a ton of trainees, so she was giving them all the work to do so they could practice and get comfortable. She sent me home at 11:30 because there was just nothing going on. I was fine with it, since I have a lot of stuff that needed to get done. I went back to Dave's house and started putting away all of the Halloween decorations. everything is cleaned up, except for the big inflatables that were in the yard. I'm not sure where he wants to store them and I didn't really feel like trying to find a spot, so I left that for him. He should be happy when he gets home because I knew the last thing he wanted to do was clean stuff up after sitting in class all day.
After cleaning, I made chicken salad. Dave said last night that he was craving it and it's super easy to make. He didn't have any celery, like he said he did, so I just put some more onions in it. I tasted it and it was pretty good, but the celery gives it something special.

I have a lot of homework I need to do. I'm so glad that portfolio is my only class. I couldn't imagine how much stress I would have right now if I had other classes with homework. Time to get into nerd mode and start coding.

I'm on lunch. I needed to get away from the office for a little bit because the stuff I'm doing is really tedious and boring. My boss's daughter had to get surgery today, so he's not in, and decided to give me all these boring things to do to keep me occupied I guess. On a good note, he sent us a text saying that her surgery went well, YAY.

I'm so tired of school. I really want it to be over with now. I really only have one class left cause my internship is my current job. Although it's the most important class probably (portfolio) I'm not sweating it because i think i have a good foundation for my website and have an idea now of what i would like to do for my interactive DVD. I should pass fine. There's plenty of people that graduated with a shit portfolio...so I'm sure i'll be ok. I just don't want to do it. At all. I should be done with all of this by now.

I need to go back to work and finish my incredibly tedious tasks. JOY

The weekend was actually really good. Saturday, I chilled out at Dave's and did homework while watching the Olympics. I got quite a bit of things done. I'm trying to not let myself get overly worked up and stressed about school. It is hard to do because I have a lot on my plate--and I hate it there so much--but life really isn't worth it. I've pretty much decided that I do not want to be a programmer at all. Now that I have been working in the industry, I see what happens and the general work flow of projects. No one in the real world does everything from start to finish-designing, programming, checking-it doesn't happen like that. Yes, the programming stuff is good to know, and I'm glad I have been given the opportunity to somewhat learn it, but I am much stronger at design. I'd rather make something look great and have a programmer make it work right. Being given the opportunity to work in the industry has given me a heads up on what I really enjoy, things I would like to know more about, and things that I just can't fully wrap my head around. Pretty much all my classes this quarter are involving a lot of programming, and I'm not so good at all of that, which in turn stresses me out. So I've decided to stop worrying, give everything my best shot, and if it's not super fancy I don't really care. As long as the project does what it should, I should be ok. No use in trying to make it spectacular, because it probably won't happen.

Satruday night Dave, Chrissy, and I went down to Ybor City to try and see the movie The Wackness. It happened to sell out before we got there, so we ended up heading to a bar, where I watched them get loaded, laughed, and wondered what the hell we were doing in Ybor. Ybor City had really south in the past few years since they opened all the clubs down in Channelside. There were nothing but thugs, goths, and gays. Considering we don't fall into any of those classifications, it seemed odd we were there, but we enjoyed it nonetheless.

Sunday morning Dave and i went to a comic and toy convention, where Dave ended up spending $20 to get the one pex dispenser they had there. It was kind of a waste. Afterwards, we ate at Pei Wei, then went to the mall. I purchased a pair of jeans on sale at NY&CO, we walked around for a bit, went home, took a nap, then had a BBQ at my parents house. Julie, Justin and the kids came along, and we got the TV that my parents were giving us by putting it in Justin's truck. So now we have a big screen instead of a little TV with an old entertainment center. That is now in my room, along with the desk that had been sitting in my living room for a month or more. Things in the house are starting to come together. Next step is getting some curtains and removing Chrissy's old computer desk and replacing it with a newer one.

I have to go back to work soon. I've been making Dillard's ads all day using flash. My boss really liked the ones I designed, so today has been a good, productive day at work.

I have an interview tomorrow to take over as studio manager in my studio. My boss is moving to Pittsburg, which I'm excited about because she sucks. I think she's quite possibly the worst manager I've ever had...and I've had some bad ones. Talking about why I can't stand her is a whole other story though.

She recommended me to the DM, telling him that "I was the only one she trusted to take over and not run the place into the ground." She keeps telling me that she's backing me 100% and she trusts that I will do a good job. she said it looks like the position is pretty much mine.

I'm very excited to possibly have my own studio. When I first applied to this company, I applied for a studio management position in another store. That position was given to someone already working as an associate in that store, but they offered me a position making more money at the store I am in now. The opportunity to get a management position would really give me a chance to shine and show everyone what I am about. I have plenty of experience in this field and know that I will do a good job if hired.

I really hope I get the position.