I did it! I got a job! Me! Leisha! With a JOB! Sign my guestbook to tell me how proud you are! Go on... you know you want to!
Anyway, i now work in a small café in town! I'm a waitress! I start on monday and have to go in at 9:30am, but i finish at 2 so that gives me the rest of the day to feel proud of myself! And i have the weekend off, so i can go out and get drunk on saturday night without being too tired or having to get up in the morning!
The lady i work for said that i'll be given about 25 hours a week so i've worked out that if i'm paid £4 an hour (which is just over minimum wage -£3.80-.. i might get a bit more, plus i could get tips) then i should get about £100 a week! Which is over £400 a month! So i should be able to afford to treat myself to plenty of nice things! I might get a decent computer game.. the problem being that i don't know of any.. but this halloween there's a Nightmare Before Christmas game coming out on the PS2 so i might have to get it!
Mostly though, i'll be saving up. If i go to college in September i am going to need money to fall back on, so this is what i'll be earning. I won't deny myself the occasional pair of cords or jeans though, and a hair cut wouldn't go amiss!
I can't believe how easy it was. Less than a week has passed since i decided to get a job and i have one already! I just walked in and asked about it and she hired me on the spot! i dunno why exactly.. but i'm not complaining!
I want to celebrate! I want to tell everybody i know! I am so proud!
My dad's happy with me, he said that i've done well and that he is proud. My mum didn't really say anything. She said "well done" in that icey tone she always uses with me.. i don't see what i've done wrong, she's been moaning at me to get a job for a year or more and now i have one she's just going to find something else to moan about.. i can't wait until i have enough money to move out. Me and Laura were discussing it earlier.. saying how great it would be if we could move into somewhere with a few friends and split the rent..
Living with my brother is sometimes like living with a friend.. he's grown up a lot and appreciates me a bit more.. we sometimes have jamming sessions in the back room with our recorder and write songs together etc.. it's nice to have someone to watch films with and laugh with and feel comfortable around.. I always feel like such a disappointment with my mum.. i can never spend much time in her company without bringing up how messy my room is or that i don't do enough to help or that i should walk the dog or that i don't eat enough. If i get bored (which is quite often because i have a very creative mind) and happen to mention it she always tells me to wash up or to get dinner ready. She never suggests that we should do something together, maybe paint something (because we both love painting) or do something creative, she just sits in front of the television day in and day out.. it can't be good for her.
She quit her work a year or so ago because of her health but she hasn't done anything to help herself. She has put on weight which doesn't help her Asthma and she doesn't do anything so she gets depressed.
Don't get me wrong, i love my mum very much.. i just wish she would help herself out and feel better about herself.. because then maybe she might feel better about the rest of us..
Anyway, i'm going to find something to do. I will phone Chris in a minute to tell him i got a job.. and then i'll hug my cats and maybe find some chocolate.. i'll let you know how my first day of work goes! But i'll probably type before then anyway =)
~Leisha~
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