ey,
Well as you can see from the title 'I got a job!!'.

Since giving up my waitressing job in may to concentrate on my exams and get out of the horrible environment that had built up down there I haven't been working at all. I did the odd bit of babysitting here and there but nothing part time or full time.

I went on holiday and planned on finding a summer job when I returned, I kind of got back and didn't really want to get back into work, I had a really bad two or three weeks where I was constantly down, exhausted and had no motivation at all so working was the last thing on my mind.

I had decided that I didn't want to return to waitressing because I had basically had enough of it, and also my back wouldn't hack being on my feet for long periods of time. I was drawn to the idea of shop work, and made a few applications but never heard anything back.

Just over a week ago I got a phonecall from a family friend who owns a factory that makes car parts the other side of town. He lives about a mile and a half away from each of my homes (mums and dads). He asked me if I would like to do some work for him and told me that he would pay me more than the pub did so I took up the job.

It involves putting chalk onto some windscreen gaskets, cutting silicon and doing other odd jobs, it is very very very boring and very very very repetitive, but it is 8.30-5.30 weekdays except tuesday (which I have off for things like chiropractor, and now the CBT and for other things like shopping and bank trips etc). I can pick and choose whichever days I have off and I am not commited to working certain days, if I want a day off I get it.

Because my boss lives so close he picks me up every morning and drops me off afterwards, which is ideal because I don't have to get up early or pay for petrol to ride my bike to work.

I've did one day on my first week and I did 4 days last week, it is really tiring and I find it does make my back feel tight and worn out quite a bit but it's only until the begining of september when I go back to college. It pays well, I know my hours, I'm not mucked around and called in at the last minute, I get an all but guaranteed wage every week. My boss is a family friend so there are no problems there, I get picked up, dropped off. Even though it bores me shitless it's perfect!

So I am no longer a bum!

xxx