I Have So Much to Update
It's been what feels like ages
since I posted a blog. I think that so much has happened over the last few
months that this hasn't been able to be as much of a priority as I would like
it to be. However, I feel pretty settled in this new life I have so I feel like
I’ll be able to post more regularly. I want to do more posts about sustainable
living and eco-related matters, but I don't want to lose focus on what my blog
is about either. It's about figuring out how to be the best version of you.
I’ll update you with the new events
in order. I was living by myself, which everyone needs to do at least once in
their lives because that is freedom at its finest. The first thing that
happened was my landlord ended up selling my condo, so I had to move out.
Believe me when I say finding anything affordable for a single income with a
pet child is beyond impossible. Unless you want to live in rough neighborhoods
and as a young single female that just wasn't appealing. Luckily, I've
encountered some amazing people in my walks of life so far and a good friend of
mine allowed me to move in. I will forever be grateful for that.
I got suspended from my job...
Which makes me sound like a delinquent, however the terms that led to the
suspension were interesting to say the least. I was working at the drugstore,
and this place just didn't really seem to care much about their employees, they
had a hefty turnover rate. They keep taking things away like we didn't get paid
vacations, we didn't get any benefits, we don't even get holiday pay anymore
they took that away which I don't even think is legal, but it happened. They
also kept extending hours on holidays and it wasn't busy enough to justify
keeping people away from their families on those days. I enjoyed this job at
first, I mean its customer service so it’s not great, but it wasn't awful
either. I ended up with a pretty negative mindset of my job and I really just
didn't want to be there. Then I had some health stuff going on, so I called out
of work a couple times. Before this I rarely called in, I would pick up shifts,
come in early and stay late. The second I stopped doing those things because I
need to focus on me for a minute, I lost all credibility at my job. That's when
my boss noticed an attitude change in me which was 110% directed at him because
he was a shitty boss. I didn't let it affect my work. I never got any negative
customer reviews. I still did my job so there's no reason for what happened and
the only reason I gave my boss attitude is because he gave me disrespect and I
don't tolerate that. There were a couple of incidents that happened that made
me really angry and really uncomfortable. The first one, my boss called me into
his office to talk, which I thought would be work related, I was wrong. He
started talking about how I'm not happy and how I was happier when I was with
my ex-boyfriend... Which is an extremely inappropriate thing to say and hella
untrue mind you, but I guess you are a little happier before you realize how
shitty people are so there's that. Obviously, I was pissed off at him for saying
that. You're not my therapist, you're not my best friend, you're my boss if I'm
doing something work related that you don't like then let me know, but if you
just want to tell me that I'm a miserable human being keep your mouth shut.
There was a bunch of little mini incidents that would happen where he would say
things that were just kind of disgusting if you ask me. He called one of my
co-workers fat and just nasty things like that. He was being a bully.
Another thing that happened was that he
promised me a supervisor position and then hired someone else for that role and
I had to train them, which should have proven how qualified I was for the job.
That person didn't last a month there. The second major incident that happened
and this one led me to file an HR claim which he got reamed out for thank God.
What happened was my blood pressure was really low one day and I felt like I
was going to pass out in the middle of a customer transaction so I asked if I
could go home a little early and my boss said no you can suck it up you're fine
and trust me I was definitely not fine. He was being an absolute dick to me
that day too, so at this point I was just done. I clocked out when I was
supposed to just be on break, and when I clocked out my boss came running out
to me to say t you're not going home to which I responded with the hell I'm not
but in slightly more professional words. My boss told me that I needed to get
my health in check so I can do my job to which I responded my job is fucking up
my health because it makes me so God damn miserable. Then he said I think
you're miserable because of all of the poor life choices that you keep
making... And that was the point where I was like oh okay yeah, I don't want to
work here I'm done. I didn't go to work the next day because I was still mad,
but I showed up the day after that. That's when my boss tried to make me go
into his office to have yet another chat about my personal life and I told him
no, that it was inappropriate and I don't need to tell him what's going on in
my life as long as I'm doing my job correctly, which I was. He told me if I
didn't tell him about my business that I would be sent home and suspended, so I
stopped what I was working on and walked out. I filed my HR claim, and he was
ripped a new asshole and told me to come back but I declined with a respectable
"Fuck no."
I don't care what you do for a
living or how much schooling you did for it or how much money you make, if
you're unhappy at a job you are 110% do not need to stay there. If you're
getting disrespected day by day you do not need to stay there. Find something
else there's a million other jobs find somewhere where you're going to be happy
you can figure out the other stuff later.
I moved to a different city, three
hours away from where I was living, and I had to find a new job. I found two,
one of them is at a pet grooming salon and the other at a horse rescue, so my
day is full of animals, and it's wonderful.
Jackson is still doing great, and
he is forever the sweetest boy. I just adopted a husky puppy too. Jackson was a
bit stand offish with him at first. I think he's used to being the center of
attention as the only puppy child. Now they've spent more time together and
they're best friends. They play so hard together and Harley, the puppy, follows
Jackson everywhere. Here's some pictures of them. My camera feed is all dogs I
swear.
