Friday, May 25, 2012

Homeward bound Headache

I move back home in a few days. Its cheaper to live at home while I work and easier to save up money but will it be easier on 'me'? I wasn't on the phone but 4 minutes before my dad and I got into it. I got short with him and he blew up. I didn't add fuel to the fire but I didn't push away any near-fallen brush or sticks either. This is only going to get worse and I'm really afraid that he and I and sometimes my mom will fight all the time.

My dad doesn't understand that even though I have a college degree, it doesn't mean people will automatically hire me. I might have a better chance than a highschooler or student to get a job but it's a circumstancial. I should have just gone home tonight and avoided the entire conversation. He asks when I'd like to move my furniture home but then he add limitations on when he can or can't. He wont take off one day during the week to help me move and thanks to his new and strange religious addiction, he has an issue with moving on Sunday. WTF? Apparently that's "work" not "rest".

I dont want to move home but its so freaking hard to make it on my own. I haven't had to do this on my own, I've always had help. In the long run, I think it has seriously hurt my survival ability . I better just start lookng for work when I get there instead of lulling around. I have a plan to work for Agent Provacateur overseas in about 6 years. It's not so difficult. I need 2 years experience in luxury retail (the mall) and then 2 years managing experience (AP in NY or Miami) then I have to pass a foreign language proficiency test to go overseas and if I work hard and do well I can become a manager or work in the hq in London.

It's just an option. .. . . . .. I've tried okay? I've really tried to figure out what I can do for work that I will enjoy and take me places I want to go. Sometimes I feel like I just wasted 4 years of my life getting a degree that isn't going to help me. I really wish I'd gone into something like Busines or stuck with Fashion Merchandising and not gotten swayed into theatre.

There's really no where great to work in my hometown. It's all pretencious unless you're flipping burgers at the fastfood joint. Waitressing at the steak place wouldn't be so bad...if my hometown wasn't so cheap! Seriously, if you can't afford a tip, you can't afford to eat out. It's really rude! There was a clerical job at a lawyer's office, but it's an hours drive to get there at 9 am. or is it 8? I want to go overseas. I'm tired of being stuck in these little towns. All the Theaters are made of people who consider themselves FAR more talented than they really are. It's the same people in every production.

In any case, I better just go ahead and get a part time thing somewhere just so I'm not around my dad so much. He's poisoned against me. He doesn't see me, he sees a mini-version of my mom, so if I get short with him or irritate him, he takes out all his anger against my mom on me. This is going to be a hellalong summer.





Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Been a while

It's been a while since I last wrote something out. My boyfriend and I are still going strong. I have graduated and am in the process of moving back to my parents' house. It will be easier to save money if I live with them while I find work. I will miss this place. I have lived here for 4 and a half years. Mostly, I will miss the friends I have made.

Today, I am feeling under the weather. My nose is all stuffy and sniffly and I have a slight cough. My boyfriend left for Africa for his college class Monday morning. I miss him a lot and wish I knew that he is okay. Tanzania has little to zero cell phone coverage. I haven't heard from him since he got on a plane from Dallas.

I worry about him. Please pray that he is well and returns safely. Maybe he will come back changed for the better. He needs this tough experience to help him through his depression over his dad's passing. It will help get him in shape and improve his outlook on life.

Meanwhile, I will also be doing some reflecting on my material possessions and taking up yoga and a better fitness program.