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This last weekend I spent most of my time doing my taxes and working. I hate doing my taxes. It just reminds me of how much money that I earned this year, and then I am reminded of where all of the money went. I looked back over what I earned this last year and where I spent it. I spent almost twenty percent of my income on gas for my car. I only earn about 500 bucks a month but that covers all of my expenses. But it is just so frustrating that I spend almost 150 of that on gas.
In all I get back thirteen dollars back from Uncle Sam. That won’t even cover the cost to e-file my return. What a lousy check that will be. I hope that is not the case for everyone that earns about the same as me. I don’t earn very much. I only work part-time and I don’t make very much an hour. Plus, for part of last year, I was unemployed. So much to my dismay, I didn’t rake in the dollars.
I am getting tired of working the retail scene. I don’t work very much at this point, but after the semester is over, I am going to need a full time job. I got to have the money to pay for school. But I don’t think that Kohl’s is going to give me the hours that I want during the summer. I may have to pick up a second job.
I wonder what that is going to be like. Work in the morning and work at night. I bet that it is very stressful. I can’t work another retail job. Kohl’s calls that “conflict of interest”. Whatever. I think that I will see if I can get a job at this new gas station that opened up near my parents’ house. But my mother said that was terrible idea. She didn’t want me to get shot. But we live in a good part of the city. And besides I worked at fast-food restaurants for a long time and they are known for getting robbed.
I really don’t have any marketable skills. I can use the computer for basic stuff, but I don’t have the proficiency to call it a skill. I can fix small stuff on my car, but it is not a skill. I am good at a lot of things, but not good enough to call attention to myself.
My father wants me to come out and work at a call center that his work runs. That would kill me. I hate it when they call me, and I don’t know if I could handle it if I was on the other end of that call. But they pay almost ten bucks an hour, which is more than I make right now. Do I want to sell my soul to make a few bucks more an hour?
I have to make a decision about where I want to apply quickly. There is only a few days left in the term. And if I leave it till I have work every night, I won’t apply anywhere. But I need the money for school, rent, groceries and stuff like that. I am getting behind and using my credit card more than I probably should. I am going to have a little bit once I sell my books back, but it won’t cover everything.
What I need is a stress free job for the summer! |
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Posted by tradecraft on 2008-04-10 16:51:39 | Rating: | Views: 84
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