The floors at Wal-Mart are really hard. We have these pads at our registers so we can stand on them so it's not so hard on our bodies, but it only makes so much difference when you're there for 8 hours and you have to walk off the pads every time you don't have a customer checking out. I think that's why everything's so horribly off in my body. I probably need to get inserts for my shoes and hurry up and lose weight so standing doesn't hurt me so much. *rolls eyes*
It's too late for me to call off for today, but that doesn't really make a difference because I would have felt guilty doing it anyway. I think I'm going to ask when I get there if it's okay if I leave early, although they might not let me. I dunno. If I can, that'd be great, because I want to take it easy until I can get adjusted.
In other news, I got paid yesterday, and the paycheck was larger than I thought it'd be. Like, a lot larger. I can't even express how much that meant to me. I was so relieved, I nearly started crying. I went ahead and bought seat covers, an air freshener, and a kit to remount my rearview mirror. Unfortunately, the seat covers didn't fit (so mad, and the one I tried to put on ripped, so I don't even know if I can get a refund), and I realized I don't have the mounting button for the rearview mirror, so now I'm just going to get myself a new mirror today. Assuming it has the button. Gosh, I hope it does.
I ended up actually getting myself to go outside and clean out the car the other day--it smells a lot better, looks relatively awesome, and it has license plates now. Now I just need to keep an eye on my money so I can take it to the shop to fix up the other things that are wrong with it. So I won't feel like it's falling apart every time I drive it. XD
Eebs is leaving the country today--2ish weeks of him being in PNG are about to ensue. And I know he'll have access to internet while he's there, but I don't think he's going to take advantage of that because there are tons of other things for him to do. It'd be great if I could talk to him while he's there, but honestly, the only problem I have with not talking to him is just that I'll miss him. I don't resent the trip or anything--goodness knows this is going to be a wonderful experience for him. When I first met him, he talked a lot about how everything was better in PNG, and how he wished he and his family hadn't moved back to the US. It was easier for his siblings to readjust to the US, because they were old enough to remember living here before, but all of Eebs' earliest memories are from another place, another country. Over the years I've known him, he's stopped talking about PNG so much, and I think he's come to appreciate the US a bit more, but I know he still misses PNG and his friends there. So I am really excited for this trip. It's going to make him so happy.
I hope McDonald's calls me back today. I may have to call them, though, at this rate. Since I talked to the store manager and the hiring/training manager both, and they basically told me I was going to get hired back, it's not so much a matter of IF they call me back, but WHEN they call me back. The sooner the better, I think, because I am anxious to start earning more money and to see how much of working two jobs I can handle. But mostly earning more money. Daniel (hiring manager) reckons they'll rehire me at $8/hr, which is a pretty good rate for a job like McDonald's, especially in this economy. The only way I'd be guaranteed to have higher wages is if I move to Illinois, and that's not happening any time soon, if ever.
