me and work

i currently have 3 jobs. the last time i had 3 jobs was the summer between my sophomore and junior years of college. that was also a cat-free summer. much like this summer as one of my jobs is house sitting. i missed cats then and i miss them now.

SUMMER 1999 SUMMARY OF EMPLOYMENT

bookstore receiving clerk (20 hrs/week)

admin assistant’s assistant (20 hrs/week)

and paper delivery girl (godawful early mornings)

i think i lasted at delivering papers for 3 weeks. then doug (boy-friend) got in a bike accident and i spent the night at the emergency room. brian and theresa (friends/house-mates) had to do my paper route for me. they fucked it up so badly that i got reprimanded. recriminations piled on top of my complete lack of sleep and the fact that i could still picture my boyfriend covered in blood caused me to snap and i quit that job.

SUMMER 2006 SUMMARY OF EMPLOYMENT

internship at chabot space and science center’s archives in an oakland warehouse (12 hours/week)

editorial assistant for USF (140 hours contracted till i finish)

house-sitting (24/7 mopping up of dog pee)

it’s only a matter of time before i snap and force-feed a dog his/her own bodily fluids with a turkey baster.

but still, these jobs are all so much better than that paper delivery job. what the fuck was i thinking in 1999? do you think in 7 years i’ll have a job doing something totally weird** and be questioning what i was doing in 2006 house-sitting?

**i attempted to find a weird job to replace this with, but all i found of interest was this online quiz which told me i was boring. i think if i had answered yes to more questions involving toothpaste i could have qualified as a toothpaste tester.