Wednesday, Mar. 09, 2005 - 12:56 a.m.
I swear when I was a kid I remember winter being over by now. I really do. I may be tinting the timing with the shades of memory but all I know is that it should be done by now. Because I am tired of having to scrape my damn windshield off just to go somewhere.
Tomorrow I start another temp assignment. Last week I ended one. Monday I went to one and was told to go home after the guy learned that I didn't have previous experience (even though he'd pointedly told the temp company that it was ok that I didn't have it - they now have to fight with him to pay me for the time I did spend there, real jerk that guy. kind of glad I'm not working there).
Leaving the place I'd been for a month on Friday was weird. Because I hated the job, but I liked the people. And in my previous temp jobs I haven't cared one way or the other so I would leave, say the standard "it's been great being here" bullshit and go. This time I actually felt kind of awkward about it. Because I'd gotten to know these people just well enough that I like them (and they like me), but not well enough to feel like we should trade emails or something. The older lady told me to really work on finding a job in my field and that she was certain I would find something. The young girl said I was the nicest person she's ever worked with (which took me back a little).
But I'm finding that in the meantime, during the jobhunt, I like temping more than I thought I would. I really thought I would have a real problem with jobs not being steady. But, I have some good temp agencies, so I never go more than 3 days without work. And it's kind of nice to know (especially since it's pretty given that I'll not really love any of these jobs) that each job has a time frame and after that, try something new.
It's like somehow it works with two conflicting aspects of my personality: the part that wants the assurance of stability, of steady income, and the part that can't stand monotony and needs new challenges. So tomorrow I'll try something new.
