Positives In, Negatives Out

Let me just say, today is a good day. The last few days have had their ups and downs, as days often do. Even the beginning of today was not entirely promising. I woke up groggy only to see equally groggy weather outside my window. Thankfully this day seems to have good things in store for me, and things continued to look up as the day rolled out.

First of all, I am now at my summer job. This is a relief in a big way. I no longer have to worry about putting in 10 or 12 hours days while only getting paid for a small portion of the work I do. It's nice to only have to focus on one major thing for awhile. The summer ahead looks to be a good one. Hopefully it will be filled with things to keep me busy and pass the time at work, and few things to do on my days off so I can let the beach monopolize most of my time.

Secondly, I recieved a phone call while I was at work today telling me that I had won an award at college. I almost can't describe the pleasure this brings me. See, the thing about being a "worker" in school is that there are always those people who are "non-workers". Speaking from a "workers" perspective, it can be frustrating to spend a lot of time and effort in what you do, while the non-workers do much less and still finish with the same diploma. This award feels like a recognition of the countless efforts and hours I have put into my work over the last two years, and I am so thankful to be recieving it. Suck on that, non-workers.

I like letting these positive outweigh the negatives that could bog me down on this day. Positive parts to the day are what we should really spend our time focusing on and appreciating, anyway.

On a side note, one semi-negative of today was that I had to do a "piss test" (as the guys would say) at the new lab. Can I just say that I really hate having to try to pee in that little container? The sign of instructions in the bathroom has so many rules that I start to get anxious before I even get my pants down. I often feel as though I have probably messed something up, and thus will end up with an incorrect diagnosis somehow. I also tend to leave feeling guilty if even a drop of pee has touched the outside of the container. It's just SO HARD to be starting and stopping and starting and stopping without any spillage. I always leave hoping that the lab people will somehow be understanding of this difficulty and will ensure that they wear their protective gloves when touching such containers. Sigh... sorry lab people, I do my best but I am afraid it just never turns out quite as I hoped. I'll try to do better again next time.

Sobeys ain't glamorous.

I spent this evening training some new cashiers at work. Repeat again tomorrow.

I am thinking I may have made a wise choice in veering away from a career in teaching. It seems to be hard on my head, particularly when the student(s) appear uninterested... even though they are being paid to be there? How is it that they seem to think they already know everything about the job, even though they have never experienced it before? Intriguing and also annoying. I will be glad to not have to do it again for awhile.

Perhaps I would enjoy training more if I didn't dislike the job I was teaching people to do. This job is just not meant for me in the long term. I sometimes resist the urge to suggest that people just ring in their own damn groceries... they seem to think they know how to do the job better than me anyway. Guess 5 years is not enough experience to give me credibility? The public is tiring and I think I am burned out of this job. Will be glad when I can move on from it permanently. Thank you, higher education (which is a whole other bone of contention I could get into... but perhaps I will save that rant for another night).

Time to move on and finish paperwork that will actually go towards allowing me to graduate from some of my higher education! Blogging is fun, but sadly it is not terribly productive. I hear sunshine is coming our way in the Maritimes... couldn't it occur more often on my days off instead??? Enjoy it!