Thursday, October 25, 2007
This is Too Much for Me
I think I must retract my post last week. I think this week is “Hell Week”. I must retract it because of what is going on in Southern California. There is no doubt that I love Northern California; however, this week I must dedicate my time in telling you why this week is what I consider “Hell Week”. Sunday was where it all began.
I went to work like any normal day; however, when I got there it was a totally different story. On a regular day I would come in to work and find that there are batches of items to be taken out of their locations in the backroom to replenish the store. But this day was different because it turned out that none of my co-workers in the backroom showed up to work, this meant that I had to work four times as hard as I usually do. To get items out of their locations within two hours is a hard task, but on this day, it was quadruple the size. This led to my grumpiness throughout the day of work. A few hours later, I find out that my supervisor is working; however, he did not help me at all. When I asked him if he could help me, he told me that he was busy doing something else and that he did not have time to do so, this infuriated me even more. I was ready to throw my equipment at him and tell him, “I quit A**hole!” but I stopped myself from doing so. In the end, I worked by myself finishing all that was needed to be done and then going home very tired. As I came home, I remembered that I had to write a paper for my Local Government class, after realizing this, it was time for me to stay awake for another five hours to read the chapters and write my essay based on what I read and the volunteer work I did for a campaign in Palo Alto.
The morning of Monday came and I was still writing my paper for Local Government. It became obvious that I was going to need to finish the essay later that day because I wasn’t close to being finished. Around eight o’clock in the morning I drove off to school hoping this day would only get better. Around 10 A.M. I got a call from my sister, “Hey Jars, I want you to know that I am safe and that school has been cancelled. I am going to go to work and stay there until 4:30 PM and then I will try to go home and pack some things.” I was stunned to hear what she was saying because I was unaware of the situation. It turns out that my sister, Jazzie, was calling me in regards to the wildfires occurring in San Diego County. After hearing Jazzie’s call, I was worried. I finally went to class by 1:30 PM; however, I was still worried because I had other relatives that live in San Diego. As soon as I got out of class I went to the Student Union plugged my laptop and tuned into the newscast, via a live feed, from San Diego. I then called my relatives in the other parts of San Diego, once I got a hold of my relative, they told me that they were alright and nothing has happened in their part of town. At the same time I was watching the news, I had to write the rest of my paper for Local Government. I finally finished writing the paper. I called my sister to tell her to keep me posted on anything that happens. I finally head off to class after talking to my sister and printing out my paper.
My Local Government class is scheduled at 6 PM to 8:45 PM; however, the class was cancelled last week. I expected that the professor to be there because the class is only taught on Mondays, but it turns out that class is cancelled once again. I was disappointed that I was not going to be able to turn in my paper even after I worked on it for so long. I drove back home and tuned into the news once again to catch up on new developments. It was probably 11:30 PM and I had not started my homework, when I got a call from Jazzie once again, she told me that the area that she lived in was not affected by anything but at the same time she had packed up some of her things, in case she needed to be evacuated. I felt a little better about the situation until I got another call from my cousin, Frances, saying “Hey Ja, it is Ate Frances, we are packing our things right now and we are leaving the house, there is a wildfire getting closer to our house and we are being evacuated.”
The call from my cousin was the beginning of a long Tuesday. I was beginning to do my homework at that time the call came in because I usually do homework around midnight. My Tuesday was just starting and I was panicking. As I did with Jazzie, I turned on the news and watched for new developments. Because the fire was so close my cousin’s house, I needed to listen closely to what was going on. Around 2AM, she called me once again to tell me that her family had packed up their stuff and was about to take off. At one point she said “Hey Ja, give me once second, I just have to take a picture of the fire.” I surprised by her comment, so I said, “the area is burning and you want to take a picture of the fire? What are you doing? Get out of there.” After that I was just watching the news till about 5 AM and by then I was just so caught up in what was going on, I never got to do my homework. The only piece of homework I finished was the one page that I turned in for this class. I was just so frightened for my cousin and her family. Finally, the morning came and it was time to go to school.
I began my school day by going to P.E. and then to my boring Asian Philosophy class. I was still worried about my cousin; I decided to watch the news again. The newscasters did not even mention anything about the area my cousin lived in. After my Asian Philosophy class I called them once again to find out if there was anything going on in their area. Frances said “We are good right now; we decided to go back to the house.” I shook my head in disbelief because the area is burning and they wanted to go back to the house. Around 4:30PM I left school to go home, by then the area where my cousin lived was cleared and they were allowed to go back to their homes. When I got home, I was extremely hungry, but it turns out that nobody had cooked yet. This meant that I had to cook dinner for my family. Even though I was tired from a long night and a very tiring day at school, I still cooked for my family.
It was Wednesday and there wasn’t anything different, I was still worried for Frances and Jazzie. By this time the wildfires were being contained especially in their areas. The day was normal and I went to and came home from school like any normal day, but when I got home it was the same story as the day before. My family decided that they were going to wait for me to cook dinner, so I cooked dinner for them. Even though I had so much homework to work on, my family still made me cook dinner.
Thursday, my mind was still going crazy because of all the homework that I had to stay awake for. I stayed up till 4AM to finish the rest of my homework. Exactly like Wednesday the day was normal until I went to my job. When I went to my job, I found out that the ones that worked earlier in the day decided that they were going to do a half-a** job. This meant that they were going to leave most of the work for the closing shift. The closing shift for Thursdays is one other person and I, meaning it was going to be a hard day at work already. Upon learning of the half-a** job that my co-workers did, I also learned that the other closing team member had called in sick too. This became another bad day at work; however, this time my supervisor wasn’t there for me to want to be pissed off at him.
This is how my week has been so far. There is more to come today and tomorrow.
Photo Credits:
Pictures of Wildfires: http://en.epochtimes.com/news/7-10-24/61137.html
Picture of Chefs: http://www.fotosearch.com/PHC007/73258993/
I went to work like any normal day; however, when I got there it was a totally different story. On a regular day I would come in to work and find that there are batches of items to be taken out of their locations in the backroom to replenish the store. But this day was different because it turned out that none of my co-workers in the backroom showed up to work, this meant that I had to work four times as hard as I usually do. To get items out of their locations within two hours is a hard task, but on this day, it was quadruple the size. This led to my grumpiness throughout the day of work. A few hours later, I find out that my supervisor is working; however, he did not help me at all. When I asked him if he could help me, he told me that he was busy doing something else and that he did not have time to do so, this infuriated me even more. I was ready to throw my equipment at him and tell him, “I quit A**hole!” but I stopped myself from doing so. In the end, I worked by myself finishing all that was needed to be done and then going home very tired. As I came home, I remembered that I had to write a paper for my Local Government class, after realizing this, it was time for me to stay awake for another five hours to read the chapters and write my essay based on what I read and the volunteer work I did for a campaign in Palo Alto.
The morning of Monday came and I was still writing my paper for Local Government. It became obvious that I was going to need to finish the essay later that day because I wasn’t close to being finished. Around eight o’clock in the morning I drove off to school hoping this day would only get better. Around 10 A.M. I got a call from my sister, “Hey Jars, I want you to know that I am safe and that school has been cancelled. I am going to go to work and stay there until 4:30 PM and then I will try to go home and pack some things.” I was stunned to hear what she was saying because I was unaware of the situation. It turns out that my sister, Jazzie, was calling me in regards to the wildfires occurring in San Diego County. After hearing Jazzie’s call, I was worried. I finally went to class by 1:30 PM; however, I was still worried because I had other relatives that live in San Diego. As soon as I got out of class I went to the Student Union plugged my laptop and tuned into the newscast, via a live feed, from San Diego. I then called my relatives in the other parts of San Diego, once I got a hold of my relative, they told me that they were alright and nothing has happened in their part of town. At the same time I was watching the news, I had to write the rest of my paper for Local Government. I finally finished writing the paper. I called my sister to tell her to keep me posted on anything that happens. I finally head off to class after talking to my sister and printing out my paper.
My Local Government class is scheduled at 6 PM to 8:45 PM; however, the class was cancelled last week. I expected that the professor to be there because the class is only taught on Mondays, but it turns out that class is cancelled once again. I was disappointed that I was not going to be able to turn in my paper even after I worked on it for so long. I drove back home and tuned into the news once again to catch up on new developments. It was probably 11:30 PM and I had not started my homework, when I got a call from Jazzie once again, she told me that the area that she lived in was not affected by anything but at the same time she had packed up some of her things, in case she needed to be evacuated. I felt a little better about the situation until I got another call from my cousin, Frances, saying “Hey Ja, it is Ate Frances, we are packing our things right now and we are leaving the house, there is a wildfire getting closer to our house and we are being evacuated.”
The call from my cousin was the beginning of a long Tuesday. I was beginning to do my homework at that time the call came in because I usually do homework around midnight. My Tuesday was just starting and I was panicking. As I did with Jazzie, I turned on the news and watched for new developments. Because the fire was so close my cousin’s house, I needed to listen closely to what was going on. Around 2AM, she called me once again to tell me that her family had packed up their stuff and was about to take off. At one point she said “Hey Ja, give me once second, I just have to take a picture of the fire.” I surprised by her comment, so I said, “the area is burning and you want to take a picture of the fire? What are you doing? Get out of there.” After that I was just watching the news till about 5 AM and by then I was just so caught up in what was going on, I never got to do my homework. The only piece of homework I finished was the one page that I turned in for this class. I was just so frightened for my cousin and her family. Finally, the morning came and it was time to go to school.
I began my school day by going to P.E. and then to my boring Asian Philosophy class. I was still worried about my cousin; I decided to watch the news again. The newscasters did not even mention anything about the area my cousin lived in. After my Asian Philosophy class I called them once again to find out if there was anything going on in their area. Frances said “We are good right now; we decided to go back to the house.” I shook my head in disbelief because the area is burning and they wanted to go back to the house. Around 4:30PM I left school to go home, by then the area where my cousin lived was cleared and they were allowed to go back to their homes. When I got home, I was extremely hungry, but it turns out that nobody had cooked yet. This meant that I had to cook dinner for my family. Even though I was tired from a long night and a very tiring day at school, I still cooked for my family.
It was Wednesday and there wasn’t anything different, I was still worried for Frances and Jazzie. By this time the wildfires were being contained especially in their areas. The day was normal and I went to and came home from school like any normal day, but when I got home it was the same story as the day before. My family decided that they were going to wait for me to cook dinner, so I cooked dinner for them. Even though I had so much homework to work on, my family still made me cook dinner.
Thursday, my mind was still going crazy because of all the homework that I had to stay awake for. I stayed up till 4AM to finish the rest of my homework. Exactly like Wednesday the day was normal until I went to my job. When I went to my job, I found out that the ones that worked earlier in the day decided that they were going to do a half-a** job. This meant that they were going to leave most of the work for the closing shift. The closing shift for Thursdays is one other person and I, meaning it was going to be a hard day at work already. Upon learning of the half-a** job that my co-workers did, I also learned that the other closing team member had called in sick too. This became another bad day at work; however, this time my supervisor wasn’t there for me to want to be pissed off at him.
This is how my week has been so far. There is more to come today and tomorrow.
Photo Credits:
Pictures of Wildfires: http://en.epochtimes.com/news/7-10-24/61137.html
Picture of Chefs: http://www.fotosearch.com/PHC007/73258993/
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