Lending a Machete to your Intellectual Thicket...

But it's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin

And can't stand the company

I worked at Walt Disney World

She told everyone I worked in Disneyland

I now work at a local news station

She tells everyone I work for FOX news.

I’m graduating Summa Cum Laude

She’s told everyone I’m graduating Magna Cum Laude.

She doesn’t care to get the details correct, she just wants to brag.

When I corrected her about graduating Summa Cum Laude she corrected her post to say “summa” Cum Laude all lowercase with quotes on the Summa as if it was a disappointment even tho it’s highest honors, it felt very petty.

And like, I wish you would. I’ve spend the majority of my life feeling invisible in my own family.

As a child I got forgotten about everywhere. At the store, the barn, daycare, school. No one cared when I was doing well, only when I was failing because that was unacceptable.

When I lost my job to a pandemic I was still expected to take care of my own expenses and look for a job.

My siblings can do whatever they want and ask for money whenever they need it but I don’t get that. I don’t get to Quit my job and get handed money whenever I need it. Whenever I even hint at the idea of needing even a little help I get told “it’s not in the budget right now, can it wait” then literally a minute later my mom has gotten a call from one of my siblings and deposited $100 into their account for no reason. And then I get to go even deeper into credit card debt because I keep having car repairs.

That may not sound like a lot, but I can really feel the effects of sitting on my butt all day and something needs to change..

I quit my current job because I was supposed to be starting a new job related to what I went to school for. The journey with this country is long and not normal.

I applied to the role back in 2020 or 2021 (I don’t remember applying but I did at some point). Someone from their company reached out to me in November of 2021 asking me if I would be free to interview with them and if so what days/times would work for me. So I sent an email back with the requested information and never heard from them again. I sent 2 follow up emails and never heard anything- guy could have died for all I know.

Fast Forward to May of 2022, this woman emails me and asks if I’m interested in interviewing for this same role and if I could give her days and times that would work for me. So I did. This time I Actually DID get to interview with her and one other person. Then the next week they asked if I wanted to do a secondary interview so I agreed. Then two weeks after the secondary interview they offered me the job and said they just needed to figure out my hourly pay and then they would get back to me and send me the new hire paperwork (should be a red flag probs) Then about a week later I email the guy who should be my manager asking about the paperwork and he said “I was hoping you had already gotten it, let me email HR and ask (the big boss) and I’ll see what’s going on.” (red Flag) A week later I get a call from the big boss with a number for what my hourly pay would be ($.50 raise from my food service job but this is entry level so I’m just trying to use it as “professional experience” so I can move on asap). I agree and then the following Monday (of the week I had originally agreed to start -also the week with the last lay at my current job) I FINALLY got the email with the job offer and background check info. That email says “pending the background check” I would start on or around the 30th. So now the 30th is two days from now and I still have no idea if I’m starting this week or not.

You know how when people find out they’re gonna have a baby they start doing everything they can to make their lives better before the baby comes (or at least that’s how movies and some of my friends have done it). Finding a better paying job, potentially finding better living conditions, and just making their lives better for the baby?