A New Job and an Apology

I know, I forgot again.

So, that's the apology part of this post. Yes, I forgot to post last night. In my defense, I was really tired and didn't even think about it. It went a little something like this:

Journal? What journal?

So yeah. I'm an idiot.

Now to the actual "reporting how my day went" part of this post. Due to the fact that I am not a student at BYU anymore, I was unable to keep working at BYUtv. Not only was that the best job I could possibly ask for as a college freshman, I really really had a fun time working there! So, over the past few months, my parents were looking for a new job for me.

Yes you read that right.

I absolutely detest job searching. I hate the process of looking for a job, I typically freak myself out at the thought of what I'd be doing at the new job, and I lose sleep the night before because I'm so worked up (pun intended) about how much I'll screw up on my first day on the job site. Nevertheless, I did finally get a new job. I'm hired to work as a factory worker. This may be the worst job I can imagine for me. I hate repetitive jobs and all that I'll be doing here is putting new price tags on hundreds of thousands of JC Penny clothes and merchandise for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 3 months. Oh boy.

When I went in to interview for the job, I was the only one of the 7 people trying to get said job that actually dressed up. I honestly thought that most companies value someone who can look nice and present themselves well, but it looks like I'll be working with society's armpit. I'm sure they're nice people, but there's something to be said about making a first impression. There's the excuse that people should accept us for who we are and to not judge a book by its cover, but if the cover has some socially unacceptable or maybe "extreme" content, why would anyone want to open the book to bother to find out what's inside.

Anyway, all I did to get the job was take a drug and background test to make sure I'm not on meth or a predator, and take THE TEST!!! No, the test was just to see if I could put stickers on a sheet of paper neatly and quickly. Sounds easy right? I only got half in the time limit. What's even worse? I had the highest score they've ever seen. Want to know what's even worse? Out of the 7 people that took the test, only 3 passed. Yes, I will be working with an exceptional group of individuals for the next 3 months. So I start tomorrow at....5:50am...oh man this is going to kill me. It was either that or the 3 to midnight shift, and I'll take killing my sleep time over killing my social life.

In other news, I said goodbye to Wesley yesterday as he has left for his Anaheim mission. It was a much harder goodbye than I expected. He has a great testimony and a very brilliant mind. He is a thinker and is very good at articulating his thoughts for others. To illustrate this, this is an excerpt from his last blog post. You can see the rest and much more at wessence.blogspot.com.

"Not every war involves guns and bullets. Not every threat to freedom uses tanks and bombs. There is a remarkable degradation of values and ethics in the world of our day. Poor morals, addiction, and temptation threaten individual freedom in ways which are easily comparable to any dictator in history. The fight for freedom is just as much a personal struggle as it is one which involves foreign powers. We need soldiers who are willing to fight on the front lines of both."

God speed, Elder.

I spent the rest of the evening up at BYU visiting friends as they moved back in for Winter Semester. I really wish I were joining them. I love my family and Spanish Fork, but 2311 Whitney Hall really became my home and I'm sad to not be going back. It was a little weird being there and knowing that I'm not living there anymore. It was weird to leave my FHE sister's dorm and not just walk back to my dorm. I wish them all the best of luck in this semester at college. Wish I were there.

This post does count for today and yesterday, if I do end up posting tonight, it will be very short since I will be going to bed VERY early to prepare myself for my new job tomorrow. Here goes the start of the next three months of my life!

AMS