Nov 22 2008
Looking Forward to the Spring
There are a number of things I’m looking forward to this Spring 2009. For one thing, that would mean another refund check from the Cashier’s Office so that I can continue to pay my rent, buy groceries, and… live until I find a job. The last few jobs I applied for responded asking for my availability, and I haven’t received a response since then. And I’ve been searching the job database every few days with no luck. The only thing I could find that I may qualify for is a job with Summer/Winter sessions, so I guess I’ll send them an e-mail asking them if they’ve already found a candidate, etc. My only other options would be as follows:
1. Go back to CTAAR and ask them for my job back.
2. Go back to telefund for $10.50/hr
3. Apply to RU-Info, which only pays $7.15/hr
And, none of those options are any good for the following reasons:
1. Codename Automaton still works there a long with only one other girl. I’m not sure what either of their schedules are, but I know I won’t be able to deal with a mere $7.50/hr to put up with their nonsense. That kind of money was fine when my rent was only $365 a month, but I had a roommate and it wasn’t worth it anyway.
2. Telefund is the worst kind of job for people like me. I don’t mind helping people when they ask me for help with purchasing a certain item or finding out certain information (such is the case with customer service-oriented jobs anyway); but I can’t stand the idea of calling people up and telling them why they should be giving their money to Rutgers.
3. RU-Info, despite paying too little, requires a great deal of commitment for the peons who answer the phones with calls from concerned/meddling parents or scared freshman. They want meetings, various training programs, and a constant sunny demeanor on and off the phone. Sorry, no can do.
The additional money from my refund check will also go to furnishing my apartment (I still don’t have a frame for my futon mattress–I’m tired of sleeping with my head to the floor) and to investing. The boyfriend and I have already set up a brokerage account, it’s just a matter of having the money to invest. So, the both of us have two months to learn how to invest. I plan on looking at some library books, but my privileges have been suspended since I’ve been hoarding so many books in my apartment without returning them in time. I guess I’m going to have to figure out how to take care of that. Anyway, right now I’m looking into Netflix and Amazon–they seem like companies that are going to last through many people’s financial crises because people are going to be relying on them more to sell their own products and to buy goods at reduced prices. Not to mention, these are companies I have trusted for years now and their developments seem to be saying that they’re doing well.
Lastly, the Spring semester means looking for another apartment. I’m not sure if my apartment-mates M and J are planning on living with me again, because J is finicky and flaky and who knows what she’s doing to do at any given moment. M, on the other hand, is considering going into the PeaceCorps. It takes a while to receive an assignment, though, so I’m not sure why she would feel hesitant to say whether or not she would want to live with me unless she just doesn’t want to. That’s fine with me, I just want to live with Rai. Rai was a prospective apartment-mate last June, but she decided she wanted to live in the Rutgers apartments not too far from my place. Anyway, her numbers were too low and she didn’t get a place, so she ended up living in Highland Park across the bridge. Like me, Rai’s not happy with her messy apartment-mate either, so we have decided to live with each other. Whether or not that includes M is another story. I’m just tired of living with messy people with attitudes. One of my last apartment-mates (F) attacked me one morning for supposedly not cleaning my dishes when she was leaving tons of food and crap all over the place. And once it was time to move out she bounced and didn’t clean a damn thing. Psh.
Now I have to deal with J who is another one with an attitude. She seems real friendly at first, but I really should have gotten to know her habits more before deciding whether or not I wanted to live with her. She lived in my dorm at the same time I did, so I thought I knew her well enough. Nope. She seems to think that the kitchen is an extension of her room by proximity–leaving her garbage and crap all over the place. The only thing she does do is the dishes and she seems to think that that vindicates her completely. She has no idea how much time I spend trying to make the apartment habitable. If I never cleaned, I can only imagine what my place would turn into. What I would like is for J and M to move into together so they can realize just how disgusting the both of them are. I’ve already had a talk with M about keeping the apartment clean, but I realized it’s not my job to tell people how to grow up.
Alright, I’m getting hungry, so the boyfriend is going to have to wake up…
