A Job

Internet? I have a job.

I was watching Roseanne the other day and found myself paying close attention.  In this particular episode, our favourite smart ass was unemployed and applied for a job at a hair salon. This job required her to make coffee, answer phones and sweep hair.  She was miserable about it at first, going so far as to immediately tell her interviewer that she didn’t think she was going to take the job, but circumstances being what they were, she was hired anyway.  It was something to do to get her out of her house, and a place to go where she liked the people, and it gave her something to do. She ended up really liking it.  She accepted that it was what it was, and things were the way they were for now. It really lifted her morale.

I related to that episode in particular because I’ve been in more or less the same situation.  There’s a limit to the number of jobs you can apply for and websites you can read before your eyes start to water and you start seeing double, as it turns out.  Worst of all, depression starts lurking.

So last week, I went and got myself a job as a technical support person. I applied on Monday, interviewed on Wednesday, and was hired on Friday.  I’ve got to appreciate that sort of efficiency in a company.

I don’t know if I like the people at my new job yet, seeing as tomorrow will be my first day there, but I’m definitely willing to give it a shot.  Earlier today, I found myself planning lunches, planning outfits, picking out what book I would bring to read on my lunch half-hour and generally looking forward to the change of scenery.  Even the crazy early start time is an obstacle I have surmounted.  Although not a coffee drinker, I don’t mind artificial help until I get into the swing of things. I control the coffee, it doesn’t control me.  Yet.

I know this new job is a temporary thing.  For that very reason, I’m going to make the most of it.  The last time I was in a situation like this, I ended up forging a solid friendship with a remarkable person who touched my life in ways he doesn’t even know.  I left that place only when I got the job of my dreams.

I’m suddenly certain that something good will come out of this experience, as well.