employed and enjoying it

it's been a while since employment requires my attention that unemployment does not but here i am to report that being employed is indeed wonderful and receiving my paycheck is even better than i had remembered. my student loans are being paid and i don't fear for my rent. but i must say, no matter what work i do, it's really the people that i work with that make or break the job. working with assholes at a hedge fund made me want to jump out of the 40th floor window while my current group of co-workers make me think it's okay to come to work even if the elevator was out of service (which i really hope never is as we are still on the 20th floor). memorial day weekend starts tomorrow and it's nice that i can differentiate weekdays from weekends. and sure, while i'd rather be a trust fund baby who happens to chose to work, having to work is not so bad when it gives me a chance to meet new people and feel like i'm contributing in an economy that isn't seeing it's best days (though with the office lottery pool, with a little luck i can be part of the former as well as the latter).

over employed

so it's been a while since my last post but a lot has happened.  my husband's grandfather got remarried, i got my wisdom teeth pulled and miracles have happened since i recently became over-employed.  that's right, i had one job and then found another and tomorrow i start the second job.  while the last one wasn't really that bad, the second one has considerable benefits, namely in that it will employ me until november.  again, the greatest feeling of getting a job is the paycheck, not having to search for another one and watching my student loan debt slowly, almost indiscernibly, go down payment by payment.  i don't ask for a lot in my job, just that it covers my expenses and my student loans.  the biggest drawback is my inability to sleep in on weekends.  now that i get up everyday to get to work by 8:30a, i'm having a hard time achieving those wondrous dreams that i had while dozing through breakfast and right into the official afternoon.  i suppose achieving in real life is more substantial and more lucrative but nothing can really replace those hours spent dreaming away, living a life i could never live awake.