Applied to a part-time supervisor position at Kate Spade which opened in the Galleria some months ago...
Yeah, it's retail... but it's what I know... and yeah, it's part-time, but some money is better than no money... and it's the Galleria and as a mall, the Galleria is the best mall to work in. Plus I still know people there so it would be nice to commingle.
Anyway. Sometimes I wonder, though, even if I get called for an interview (I probably will, I have at the very least a decent retail resume) if people will judge me on my being overweight. I'm 5'3" and about 160 (162 on a bad day). I should really be at or below 140, and technically even more like 130 or 125. And while I haven't personally encountered any point at which I thought I was being judged for my weight (in the job world, at least...) I always wonder, because the Galleria is ALL about high-end fashion, and while I do find it fun and kind of neat (the 16-year-old me must be like "WTF happened ??") I always have a little bit of a hard time enjoying it because of the fact that, while I'm much thinner than I was a year and a half ago, I'm still by no means thin. That's why I enjoy makeup a LOT more... because size doesn't matter to eyeliner or lipstick.
Anyway. They actually listed two positions so I'm not sure if they just listed it twice or if it's actually 2 positions that are available. I don't know how Kate Spade does their DOR (if they do) or what. I'm more familiar with operations, though I've had to do a bit of everything. I'm least familiar with visual merchandising, and so-so with clienteling/sales. I remember thinking of applying to Kate Spade while they were building the store just because I could. And yeah it's still out in Tysons, but... again, it's what I'm used to. And it's NOT Tysons Corner Center (the hellacious mall where Benetton was located) so... yeah.
At the very least, it gets me back to the Galleria and into having some sort of job. I can't imagine I'd hate it more than Benetton, but... as long as it can pay my car payment and maybe enable me to have some left over, although that's not ideal, that's better than what's going on now. Any income is better than none, and I still haven't touched my savings yet so hopefully I may not need to and I can keep that for moving in the summer/fall.
I miss Cori. It's been 8 weeks since I've seen him and as of now we can't really make plans for another visit. OH ! I did forget, he was offered another job a couple days ago (seriously, at least he knows he's marketable !). This is something like the 4th job since January he's been offered. It's not exactly ideal--the hours are midnight-8:30 AM but it is full-time and pays $3 more per hour than his current job (which he just started almost 3 weeks ago). So he feels bad about leaving his current job but man ! I'm happy for him--it may make talking to him every day a little more difficult because of the hours but he deserves this. He'll theoretically be able to make his monthly rent payment only using half of one paycheck and he can save money and pay off his credit card. I'm happy for him :)
So yeah. And maybe I'll find a job by the end of March (which is my goal and hopefully my medical problems will be sorted out by then) and who knows, perhaps we'll be able to put in vacation/time off requests and will be able to see each other in April or May.
I also did my CT scan yesterday. The iodine IV was really uncomfortable... she warned me I might feel heat from my neck to pelvis but I felt like I was on fire. The only reason I said nothing was because she said I'd only feel it for 30-45 seconds. I also didn't think to mention I'm allergic to crab. I don't really think of it that often since I don't have any other allergies I'm aware of (or any allergies to medications, which is usually what I'm thinking of). That may have been why I had a stronger reaction than I expected. Oh, and I'm not pregnant, so there's that XD Not that I thought I was since I'm on birth control and had a period on Valentine's Day (ick) but they had to check, so it's official.
And on top of that, Evie and I went jogging on Tuesday and she pulled me through a patch of ice as we were crossing the street and I went flying into the concrete curb. In front of cars with people in them. I was really mad. I know she gets excited about snow banks but she just lunges and if there's ice, it's dangerous. So I tore my new coat in the front and on the right shoulder, I hit my knee really hard and it is still causing me a lot of pain and it took a couple hours to get the bleeding to stop, and I also landed on my right arm and tumbled a little (since we were jogging--otherwise the fall may not have been so bad). I cried, too. And I still walked the half mile home instead of calling mom or dad to pick me up.
So I picked up bandages for my knee (the ones I had weren't staying very well). Also during the CT scan the technician noticed my right arm was swollen (versus my left arm) from my elbow to the shoulder. And it's been hurting since very early yesterday morning, and I can't do things with it. It's fine to type or hold very lightweight things, but I can't pull the shades down, I can't open the car door, I can't put on my purse without pulling it up with the other arm, I can't push down the hand soap pump, I can't hold the hairdryer for more than a couple seconds above my head, etc... I don't know what happened. The swelling is gone today but it actually feels worse today than it did yesterday. It's also been hard to sleep. I was already having a lot of trouble sleeping but now my knee and arm are keeping me in pain, so it's hard to get comfortable and even harder to stay asleep.
Mom is more worried that I chipped bone in my knee (since the same happened to her many years ago). I don't know. I did hit it extremely hard and I was wearing very thin leggings from Uniqlo (so sad they kind of ripped and got blood on them) so they didn't provide any resistance when I slammed into the curb.
Some days I feel like I should just be taken out back and shot.
~Rachel
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