I Got a Job :D

So...it's finally happened.

Yesterday I went in for an interview at the Dollar Store closest to my place, well it's about a 15 min drive but that's nothing to me, living out of town and all. Anyway, I didn't think too much of the interview afterwards. I was like "it's just another interview, nothing will come of it I bet" and that was that. They said they'd call if I got the job, but otherwise they wouldn't.

This morning, not an hour ago, my mom comes up with the phone in her hand and says "it's the Great Canadian Dollar Store". I was like O_O. I pretty much had to bolt up out of bed since I was dead tired and pretty much still sound asleep from staying up late last night. Sounding awake on the phone when your brain isn't quite functioning yet is a bit difficult, but I managed.

Anyway, I start from 10 - 2 tomorrow for training, then come in from 1 - 5 on Friday for an actual shift I assume. I'm really happy that something finally happened and now I will not have to worry about money for when James comes anymore :D I've also told them that there's a week in May when I can't work, and they told me that they give new people a week or so since they probably have previous plans, so that's a good thing. The shifts I'm guessing probably won't be much more than 4 - 5 hours. But that's fine with me.

I'm a little nervous to start but everyone's nervous, even professionals still make mistakes, as what happened at my mom's work when her boss made a pretty bad mistake. But at least it got fixed, and it happened to a guy who liked them so he didn't sue or anything which was good. I'm also excited to start, and today is my last day of complete freedom, so maybe I'll go shopping :P lol. Of course I'll have days off here and there I'm sure. The only thing about that is, it'll suck when James has a day off and I'll be working on that day but even on his days off he goes out anyway and doesn't get on until afternoon. Oh well, I know it'll work with our relationship and I'm so glad we only have a -1 hour time difference. If I have to work closing, the place closes at 9 pm my time so I'd get home around 8:15 - 8:30 his time, which is fine since sometimes he doesn't get on until that time after work anyway.

It looks like my life is finally starting to come together. I got a job that's a 15 min drive from my place, I don't have to move out yet (which I want to eventually but it's really expensive, and couldn't afford it on a min wage part time job anyway) and waste a lot of money, I can get my own car (my mom's old car will be put in my name and I'll pay insurance), I can pay my own cell phone bill again, and most importantly, save up for when James comes :D That's a load off my shoulders.

Random spending will still be at a minimum for a while until the paycheck comes in steady. I'll take a certain amount of each pay that I can spend freely, save a certain amount and use the rest to pay bills and such. Probably the "spend freely" chunk will be the smallest lol. But if it's like the Hallmark job and I only get a few days a week, I likely won't pull in more than 200$ a paycheck. Still though, it's something, and that's all that matters.

I'm pretty excited, and it also gives me more work experience, plus it's a real job so I won't get screwed over like I did with the agency. That was a pretty shitty thing of them to do to me, especially since the call came the day after I'd given my landlords 450$ for rent. Ugh. Well I didn't like it there anyway, the girl I worked with bitched a lot, and it was annoying. I was afraid to make a mistake because I didn't want her bitching at me. They seemed to like me though, so that's why I was shocked they let me go so fast and for no reason. To this day I still don't know what the reason was.

I had a friend who worked at the same store I'm starting work at tomorrow for a long time, she would complain about drama there but to be honest she was kind of a person that attracted drama for whatever reason. Then again she did drink at work, so that could be a lot of it. If the managers kept her even after they knew she drank (she only left because she was going to school) then they should be fine with me. She also said there was drama between co-workers, but that's why I don't get personal with co-workers and I stay out of things. If they wanna talk to me, fine, but I don't get all buddy buddy with them.

Oh well, I'm happy that something finally went my way for once. I'll let you know how tomorrow goes :D