I'm plumb tuckered out folks! Last night was my first midnight shift in the assisted living home. I got there at 11pm and stayed until 7am this morning. The first two hours or so went well...I baked a cake, scrubbed a floor on my hands and knees, folded some laundry, and wiped down some chairs. These were the list of duties I had for the WHOLE 8 hours and I finished them in 2, so I asked my boss what I could do and she didn't really have anything for me to do....she assigned me to wax her cupboards. I didn't ask for anything else to do for fear of what she would request. About midway through my waxing, well, not my waxing.... the cupboards' waxing, she passed out on the couch snoring to beat the band. Ummmm okay, so I will watch TV. Everytime I heard someone stir, I hopped up trying to look busy, not guilty. I'm not really sure if I am allowed to watch TV, but I gotta believe if there is nothing left for me to wax, I am just there for security. From now on, I work midnight shifts on my own, so once I get the work done, I probably just read or watch a movie....good deal...just gotta stay awake. I am scheduled to go back in tomorrow for an afternoon shift and on Sunday for a morning. This way, I will be trained for any shift and will be able to work whenever my boss needs me to fill in...bring on the hours...I'm broke!
After my shift, I went to McDonald's to use the free WiFi they advertise...um LIARS! You have to register, i.e. PAY to use their wireless....that would have been good to mention in the ads, you ding bats. After purchasing a LARGE cappachino, I regrouped and headed over to the school to see mom, laptop in tow. I hooked up to the internet at the school and low and behold...all of the websites I visit are blocked by the administrator for inappropriate content....umm yes, facebook is porn. Actually, now that I mention it, I do remember some girls' halloween pictures.....
Anywho....another internet attempt foiled, I finished my coffee and enjoyed a pop tart while chatting with my mommy. It was a lovey breakfast break that I would have liked to have followed with a nap curled up under a desk in her office. Unfortunately no such luck.
I left the school and headed over to the police department. I had to have fingerprints taken and my background checked....for $65. Makes me wish I had a couple colorful felonies on my record to make that 65 bucks worth the trouble. Oh, and the snotty lady working behind the desk, lovely little peach that she was, informed me that if I wanted to have the information sent to more than one location, i would have to pay ANOTHER $65 for each place. Ummm excuse me?!? Can you say gouging?? GOUGING! Make a dang copy and send that, idiots. I called my second boss and she said to do just that....take the copy they send to my first employer, recopy it, and bring it on over to her....HAHA! So there, coppers!
After my quality time with Midland's finest, (which by the way, are they trained to walk like they sat on a fork? I mean, really.....I have seen lesser waddles from a duck!) I headed over to my second job for a "quick" orientation session. And by quick, I mean 2 and a half hours. I'm thinking the coffee was an EXCELLENT idea.
And now, I am preparing to crash....gonna go home, catch a few z's and then head over to Di's house for a going away party/bonfire. Mmmmm, glorious sleep...........
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