Is it bad that I have 46 extensions on my Firefox now? Hee hee, no, I'm not obsessive. Some may go, though. I hate it when I impulsively download stuff that looks neat but that I probably won't use that much.

On another note, I need to

Gas prices are WAY too fucking high and this fall, between driving to New Orleans for a class three days a week, and driving to work at the hotel in Covington, gas is going to eat a huge HOLE in my pants, forget the stupid pocket. Then Nick says gas could get up to five bucks a gallon next year, which I am seriously hoping is not true. This gas situation is so ridiculous and I want to beat people who say that hey, it actually costs less inflation wise than it did back in 1981! Inflation can kiss my ass and people who talk like that better not come near me right now. Grrr! STUPID GAS PRICES!

Also, I STILL have only two days at the hotel instead of three. Why Crystal hasn't freaking quit yet is beyond me. Why would anyone work at someplace for only ONE DAY A WEEK? GAH! QUIT YOU FREAKING BITCH AND GIVE ME THAT THIRD DAY! Okay, maybe I shouldn't be so harsh, but I'm depending on that third day financial wise. Two just doesn't cut it and I like the job too much to quit and get another one.

Oh but one thing I don't like very much is Mitzi. She's nice and pleasant, but anal retentive about the front desk. Case in point: I put a list up about cash payments because I kept running into problems where people were NOT checking guests in correctly, and I was having to go and fix what they messed up. One person in particular had made a mistake that day, checking someone in as cash when they had a credit card. I figured they told her that they were going to pay cash in the morning and so she changed it to cash. But you have to leave it on the credit card and in the morning they can come down and pay cash, otherwise the system wonders where the cash payment is. So, I put up this list so that people would have a handy reference and hopefully not make the same mistakes anymore. Anyway, the next time I come to work, my list is gone, but Mitzi has put up signs for night audit because we forgot to include some paperwork in our night audit packets. It's like god forbid anyone else put up a note that she doesn't approve of, but she'll put up whatever notes she wants. She's not even a manager for God's sake! Grrr. It just pisses me off that she acts like she's superior, in a subtle way like that, just because she makes out the freaking schedule.

Now, bitching about school. I get the English tutoring lab schedule and I only have six hours scheduled. I am used to working at least ten hours, and money wise, I need to make what ten hours gives me. So I emailed the person who makes the schedule and begged for more hours. Haven't heard back from her yet. I may contact the Covington branch and see if they need help in their lab, but that would be more road time and gas money. gah!

Also, I go to my schedule for this semester, and instead of teaching three developmental classes, I'm teaching two developmental classes and a freaking ENGLISH 102 CLASS! THE HELL!!!! I don't like 102 that much. I didn't like it the first time I taught it and now I have to teach it AGAIN! At least this time, there's supposed to be more of a focus on Literature than research, but STILL! And classes start Monday, which means my syllabus will be delayed because I don't have books and crap for that class yet!

The one thing I must say is at least I got my three classes. I heard over at City Park that several adjuncts lost ALL of their classes because a bunch of classes were cancelled and the full time people needed classes to fill up their schedule. Plus, I have almost the max number of students for each class. I guess I'm getting popular, ha ha, at least in Slidell.

So, at the moment, things are looking way down money wise. Unless I find a way to make extra cash to cover gas and the third day at work I still don't have, I don't think I'm going to make my 10,000 back to my parents by December deadline (I have to make that in order to move to Oklahoma in the spring). I'm still hoping and praying that things work out, but it's getting to the point that I'm getting too stressed out about money. I don't have enough and things are way too expensive. *sigh*

As it is, I'm having to pull my belt tighter on finances, which means I'm not going to be able to do anything this fall. No trips, no buying anything new, and everyone will probably get cards at Christmas, my poor family getting cards and cheapo Walmart already wrapped gifts, if I have the money. Dangit, my sister's birthday is this Monday. I need to get her a card and a gift certificate to Victoria's Secret that I can't afford but am buying for her anyway because I know she loves that store so much.

And I don't know HOW I'm affording the bachelorette party and the going out to New Orleans after my cousin's wedding. I might not be drinking very much, unfortunately.

I so need a full time job...



Okay, rant over. I feel a bit better now. Oh, and I still haven't sold the computer, but I'm putting an ad in the paper this Tuesday and putting up ads at Delgado in Slidell. I hope somebody near me wants this thing! I need the money!