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Another peeve: shootouts. Though I'll be honest, these two teams have a lot of history and this is the type of game most people would love to pay money to see but not me, fuck you shootouts.
Especially when we were up 4-0 in the second.
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REDEMPTION.
That's what I'm FUCKING TALKING ABOUT.
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But let's be clear, I still hate the fact that it had to get to this fucking point in the first place. Blew a 4 point lead. asdklfjas;areo
I'm really worrying about what's going to happen if I can't find a job. I have been looking, and I've been doing math, trying to determine my absolute lowest possible wage so that I'd be able to stay afloat - $8/hr without putting my student loans on hold (even though most of them already are), $7.50/hr if I do, and that's with absolutely no extras, and so dangerously close to not having enough, meaning if my truck breaks again, (likely) or if I need extra gas one day, I'm going to fall behind. Ugh. But doable, in the short term.
I had a friend come over today as I wanted to ask him a favor. I prefer to ask people favors in person if it's possible. But anyway, he has a house and a yard, and for a while, his daughter - who he doesn't allow into his house without supervision because while she's 21, she's highly destructive - was living in a storage shed rented on his property. Sounds inhumane, I guess, but I wouldn't want this chick in my house either. The rent on something like that is $120 a month. Something I could easily manage while paying my essential bills - phone, student loans, car insurance, plus the new cost of putting my furniture in a storage unit - while collecting unemployment, which gives me a measly $738 a month. (Almost half what I was making before. It's funny how the government thinks people can live off this but they balk at the thought of not getting a raise for one fucking year. Reality {Do you need it?}) So I asked if he'd be open to that, as a last resort, and I offered to pay him a bit of rent as well with what's left over. He said he would think about it. Which means if it really came down to it, I'm sure he would agree with it, but it is the last thing I want to do. Really, a last resort. I told him that basically, I had to start thinking about my options and try to make some sort of plan. I have no family here. The few friends I have (with the exception of this friend) live with other people - one with his grandmother, one with roommates. I couldn't get my truck back to PA even if I wanted to (and I don't). The last thing I want to do is live under a bridge somewhere. I really don't want to lose my apartment and I'm going to try everything in the book to not let that happen, but if it has to, I want some sort of backup plan.
I'm sharing this here because there is no one in my family I can share this info with. My mother doesn't even know I'm unemployed because she needlessly worries, and my father probably would object to me living in a 12x12 wooden box, even though it is still slightly less awful than having lived in a tent in Kuwait for six months. He thinks I should consider moving back with my mother. First of all, she wouldn't allow it, and second of all, truck, PA, etc.
I just hope I can find something soon. Even if it is just a placeholder job. I've applied to be a newspaper carrier, applied to some security firms that prefer prior military, applied to some local (as in, walking distance) retail positions - if I'm going to work retail, I'm going to try my very best to be able to walk to work so I can save money on gas - and I just figure, something's gotta give, right?
So I'm not standing on street corners yet, but I'll let you guys know when that happens. You can all come to Florida and /point, /laugh, and /pity.
I appreciate the gesture. I'll be fine though. Mostly it was me working through my mathematics, since it was 3 in the morning I wasn't in much of a position to work them out with a friend in earshot. I like to bounce my ideas off of people. Even if they give me no feedback. I just like to have an ear.
Also, I think I've capped on my level of charity accepted for now. Lol.
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That's not to say that I'm not still worried/anxious about my funds, because I am, but night time always makes things more scary to me.
I'm actually considering taking a warehouse job, even though I have zero experience doing that sort of thing, and I have a bad knee from when I hurt it in January. It's a fucking terrible idea, but I need employment, and they're paying $15/hour + full benefits.
I still wish I had other options, or a larger skillset, or a million dollars. :/
Not really on-topic because it's the opposite of a peeve but relevant to the current topic of discussion:
I have an appointment to fill an application tomorrow. But since woman I spoke to on the phone instructed me to bring all of my information like a resume, my references, and dress in business attire, I may be filling out the application and then getting an interview right away. At least, that's what I was led to believe.
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