Time to Move on

Once again, sorry for the lack of updates. Nothing much has been happening, so I have to collect all the happenings before I can report anything.

First things first, school seems to be back on track, mostly. Just one more little bump to get over, which I will hopefully be able to do by the end of this week. If that's the case, I'll be taking four classes this semester.

And with four class, that means less work. It's been confirmed that my manager is definitely coming back. Most of my coworkers don't seem too happy about this, but at least this means that I'll get a bit of a rest between her coming back and school starting. Even if she didn't come back, we would have had to find a new manager by September, so I was never really worried. I'm just looking forward to taking a small vacation soon.

And when she does come back, I'm going to start looking for another job. I know I should be happy that I have such a well paying one right now, with a good position and a bit of power. However, I don't like coffee. I never have, and it's becoming clear after two and a half years, that I will probably never like coffee. Although I can make the drinks like the Flash on steroids, and I can deal with just about everything else, I have very little passion for the drinks we serve. When a customer asks for my opinion on a drink, or has questions about our different coffee roasts, I answer the best I can, but it's still just a guess, and the customer isn't getting the service they need. I am trying, I swear! I've read all the information on all our coffees, several times, but it's like math; in one ear, out the other. I think at this point I need to start aiming toward something I actually enjoy selling, something I can actually get passionate about, and talk about with enthusiasm with customers.

I'm going to work in a liquor store.

(I don't drink, and I hate the taste of just about all alcohol)

Red as a Cherry

It has been a very hectic and tiring week. And it was awesome. I can't remember if I mentioned it, but I went to Slide the City on Saturday. The even near me was sold out, so my friend and I went to one about three to four hours away. It was a beautiful drive there, since it was over cast and not too hot. The place that we went is basically a desert, so I was expecting unbearable heat. As it was, until about four or so, it was chilly when the wind picked up. Although, I was standing in a massive line up wearing a bathing suit for several hours, so apparently it was a comfortable enough temperature.

We arrived around 11:30, and got to the slide around noon. We didn't actually get to the top of the slide until close to 2. We were waiting in line for nearly two hours. It was in this time that I got a sunburn. Apparently spray sunscreen is not what we should have been using. You can't see where it goes on, and it doesn't really spray in a cone, like I expected. So I have a random pale spot on my chest where the sunscreen actually went on, and the rest is cherry red. My back and shoulders got hit pretty badly too. It's at the phase where it's itchy, but still a little too painful to itch, especially on my shoulders. I think in a few more days it'll start to feel better, when it starts to peel. For now, I'll just keep applying aloe vera three times a day...

So we got there on Saturday, and left on Sunday afternoon. Another three and a half hours home, then a couple hours to rest, and we were off to a bar for our friend's birthday. After the bar we went back to my boyfriend's house for an after party. Everyone really wanted to play Cards Against Humanity, but we ended up playing beer pong for a couple hours... beer pong takes forever...

Three days off of work, and it was actually more relaxing to be at work today, other than my work shirt irritating me burns. Still, I had a lot of fun, it was just tiring. Now I can't wait for a nice day off of work, with no socializing, no travelling, and certainly no going outside.

School Troubles. Again.

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I've been busy with work, and with not much to say. I do, however, have a massive rant today! And guess what, it's about registering for classes. Again.

I don't know what is wrong with Kwantlen. But every time I try to register for classes with them, something is wrong. This time, it doesn't seem to be registering any of my transferred credits from my previous college. That means I can't even get into a second year English course. The only pre-recs I need for any second level English course is two first year courses. I have four now, but only one is from Kwantlen. I've been able to get into a third year English course before at Kwantlen, so I know this is a recent problem.

But I'm not too concerned about English. I can take those courses whenever. It's the problems with my Creative Writing courses that will set me back another year if I don't get them solved soon. I talked to an academic adviser about a month ago. We went through everything together. I contacted the people I needed to, and she e-mailed the people she needed to. And once again, they let me down. I'm able to get into a forth level Poetry class because the one person I had to contact pulled through for me. Everything went smoothly for that.

But apparently the person my adviser contacted (and she did, I was there to watch it), didn't pull through. In fact, they seemed to mess something up. Because now apparently I have no credits from my last college. Even though I'm looking at them right now...

So I have a headache. I hate registering for classes. This system is horrible. And I have no faith that it will ever get better. Or maybe it's just me. Maybe I'm jinxed and every time I try to register, something just has to go wrong. That must be it. If everyone was having this much trouble, then I'm sure they would have fixed it by now.


Right?

Okay, probably not. No faith. None at all. Stupid system.


UPDATE: I was able to get into one of the third year courses I wanted. Now I'm even more confused. So the block transfer went through, but only for one class? I still can't get into the second year English courses though... I really hope someone actually replies to my e-mails. This is just so messed up.