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Recently, I've been working at two Papa John's stores ... the Cockeysville (very suburban/urban area) and the Jacksonville (very VERY rural ... 70 or so sq. mile delivery area with 3 traffic lights) stores.
On Friday, I quit at Cockeysville. My boss has been a complete dick for some time, and cut my hours from 27, to 15, to 6, and finally to 3. Thursday night, I was hired as a server at Chi-Chi's (a Mexican restaraunt)*. I start tomorrow.
Did I mention I'm also working at Towson's English Department's Computer Writing Lab?
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*stands up* HI, my name is LOA and I'm a workaholic....
*crowd responds* Hi, LOA!
Snay, been there, done that, feel your pain... I just cut back though... I just started school, so I'm only working 50 hours a week for a while
You'll do fine working this much until you take a break... I'm not kidding, if you're anything like me, not only will your body get used to it, but you'll almost start to crave it.... when you DO finally get a day off, it'll seem weird, and you'll feel out of sorts. Trust me, it's disturbing, but true...
It'll be quite a while before you feel like collapsing from exhaustion, most likely, but I'm not kidding- if you take a few days off (like a long weekend or something) you'll never want to go back. Ever. It'll be the hardest thing you've ever had to do.
So, keep up the schedule, stay strong, DON'T GET SICK, and try your hardest to find at least 30 mins a day just for you... you'll be fine!
And if you ever need to vent, I'm here for ya
~LOA
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hmm.. after a summer of working 60+ hour weeks im calming down to a sedate schedule of two jobs and 4 classes
MON:
12-2: Color Theory (Prof Judge) 2-3: English Composition I (Prof Sullivan) 6-10 PM: Textiles Surface Designs (Prof Kelman)
TUES:
10-12: Digital Imaging I (Prof Benton) 12-2: English Composition II (Prof Brooks)
WED:
12-2: Color Theory 2-3: Comp I 4-10 PM: Whole Foods Market Waterman St.
THU: 10-12: Digital Img. 12-1: Comp II 2-3: Comp I
FRI: 12-1: Comp II 2-10 PM: WFM 10 PM-4 AM: Spike's Junkyard Dogs, Thayer St.
SAT: 1-10 PM: WFM 10 PM-4 AM: Spike's JYD
SUN 1-10 PM: WFM 10 PM-3 AM: Spike's JYD
This makes for 40-50 hours of work and 15 hours of class a week.. and its stil lthe most managealbe schedule i've had in years.. just wait til i start getting homework though. my main homework times are tuesday afternoon, and maybe monday before my night class. this week i was able to waste that time setting up my own message board, next week ill probably be swamped
and the Spikes night are efficient cuz i earn all my money when i should have been sleeping but it makes it hard as hell to get up b4 noon
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You guys and gals are nuts! 50+ hours a week of work!!!! Over here, full-time is 37 hours and as a student we are discouraged from working more than 10 a week to prevent our studies being interferred with. Aren't your studies suffering?
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yeah they suck. i fail most of my classload any given semester.
i tried to explain to all my bill collectors that i wanted to go to school but they still insisted i pay for my food, clothes and car.
small minded individuals, in this real world.
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My schedule is light this semester when it comes to classes. I was originally going to take 12 hours, but one of my classes was canceled (no reason given). I could not slide into an open section, so I am stuck with just 9 hours. I still part-time at the same place I've been working for almost a year now (about 27 hours a week).
My Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule starts at 6am with a my thrice weekly walk around Memorial Park. I get into work between 8am and 9am and work until 6pm. The rest of the evening is studying and goofing around.
My Tuesday-Thursday schedule starts at about 8:30am. I usually run errands until my first class begins at 11:30am. At 5:30pm, I'm on my way home to study and goof around.
The weekends are mine! And by "mine" I mean that they're mine provided my parents do not have anything big planned for me.
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More like ripping out the 20-year old kitchen counter tops and replacing them with granite tile. Or building a shed. Or repainting several rooms in the house.
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