Finals and Work

How I am going to manage work and finals in these next two weeks is beyond me. Work just called me a few minutes ago and informed me that the new guy called out of the afternoon shift and as manager it is on my job to get it filled. Thanks a lot buddy. You couldn't call out on a day that I don't have class. I called around and no one else can come in and cover it, so guess what? I have to. As if my Thanksgiving "break" didn't suck enough, what with only actually getting Thanksgiving off and working 12 to 15 hour days for the rest of it, now I have to work some more when I should be in class learning what I paid for. Not to mention my dropping participation grades due to being absent before for the same reason.

Ha! Even as I am writing this I have just gotten a text telling me my employee who works tomorrow morning on the desk might not make it in. Her daughter is sick and she might have to stay home and take care of her. I don't mind this as much since I will be there anyways, now I will just have to sit at the desk instead of working on my administration duties.

Anyways, I have taken the whole weekend off before the last day of class so that I can spend the right amount of time on everything I need to finish. All of my finals for all four of my classes are due on the last day of class. That includes one 7 page paper, one page paper, one ambitious article, and one art final. Woohoo!

While this semester has been stressful with everything I've need to take care of at work I have truly enjoyed all of my classes and learned a lot. This is the first semester I can say I have really enjoyed the work for a long time.

Work, while I may bitch a lot, has been educational as well. The people and company I work for suck, but hopefully I have learned the skills necessary to flourish at my next job. I also hope that I can find: 1.) a new job and 2.) one where the people don't suck.