So I got my old job back as an Athletics Laundry Worker. I tried very hard to get a more impressive job when I cam
e back to Hawaii, but no dice. I only got one interview and they chose someone else. But behold, I am not discouraged!
e back to Hawaii, but no dice. I only got one interview and they chose someone else. But behold, I am not discouraged!I have noticed that even going back to my old job is different, and that I am different, even. I have to do a lot of scheduling with the coaches whereas before I kind of just let my supervisor plan and I just coasted through my already pathetically easy work. But I have turned over a new leaf. Even though I be just a mere laundry worker, I have decided to wash and fold to the best of my ability. I am going to go above and beyond the average laundry worker's duties, dignifying myself within this calling and taking pride in what I do! I even added it as my profession on LinkedIn.
So I might be dramatizing this a bit, but I felt really good after work today. Having recently learned how to use Microsoft Excel from my IS 91 class, I made my own schedules. And I folded a lot of laundry that I didn't really need to. The point is I'm trying to be better in my more-boring-than-average job. It reminded me of the quote that I carried on my binder in high school, one from Abraham Lincoln I believe -"Whatever you are, be a good one". Man, I'm going to be one dang good laundry worker!
I just realized that this blog is probably pretty boring and I only have three followers. I am going to commit to being a better blogger. Ha! Good night everyone.
Ode to Allyson in laundry land. You have no idea what awesome experience you are getting. Although I do not get paid for the two to seventeen gazillion loads of laundry that fly through my laundry room each day they still need to be washed folded and put away. It doesn't have to make me grumpy. And it doesn't mean I have to live with a pile of laundry on my couch all of the time. (Oh crud, now that I wrote that I have to put away the clothes I just folded.) I'm sure that in 15 years when you are where I am with a housefull of kids you'll be glad that you can fly through a load or two before the kids even make the attempt to spill cheerios and milk on the floor in the morning. And the truth is nothing says I love you like clean underwear.
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