So I've been in school for six weeks, now. I've just about completed the Core program. I made Dean's List this month. I got a 95 on the Core final. I sold product Monday, and made a couple tips. For all intents and purposes school is going well.
Or so it seems.
This is becoming rote. It's all the same. Alarm goes off at 7. Snooze until 7:30. Relieve myself, get dressed, put my lens in, do my hair. Come downstairs. Eat something while doing some minor internet browsing. Get in my (or Michael's) car and drive to school. I am surrounded by girls I would have avoided at all costs in high school. Their awful banter, filled with repulsive slang, invades my senses. Their whine grates at my nerves. The constant, repetitive music wears away at my soul. And beyond that, it's all the same things over and over. Shampoo. Blow dry. Style. Mix it up; shampoo, roller set, dry, style. Perm wrapping. Hair cutting. It's all the same things over and over. I eat lunch, and wonder whether or not I should go home. Once I get back to class-if it can be called that-I watch my, er, watch for two hours. I go on my last break, and resist the urge to clock out early. I continue to watch the slow spin of the clock hands, wishing I could leave. At four, I trudge through the line of people all wanting to clock out. And then I drive home. I live online, barely looking up. I eat dinner, then go to bed early, so I can be sure to wake up bright and early to do it all again. And again. And again.
I have taken to wondering how I will possibly make it in any stable work position. I can not have the same thing all the time. I need variety. And a stable work environment will not give me that. Session artists don't make a stable income. So what should I do? I can't have my iPod on during services, for fear of offending the guests. Offend the guests, and they won't buy product, they won't tip, and they won't come back. Worse still, they'll tell their friends I offended them. -sigh- I'm stuck. What to do.
OUT
Randi
Or so it seems.
This is becoming rote. It's all the same. Alarm goes off at 7. Snooze until 7:30. Relieve myself, get dressed, put my lens in, do my hair. Come downstairs. Eat something while doing some minor internet browsing. Get in my (or Michael's) car and drive to school. I am surrounded by girls I would have avoided at all costs in high school. Their awful banter, filled with repulsive slang, invades my senses. Their whine grates at my nerves. The constant, repetitive music wears away at my soul. And beyond that, it's all the same things over and over. Shampoo. Blow dry. Style. Mix it up; shampoo, roller set, dry, style. Perm wrapping. Hair cutting. It's all the same things over and over. I eat lunch, and wonder whether or not I should go home. Once I get back to class-if it can be called that-I watch my, er, watch for two hours. I go on my last break, and resist the urge to clock out early. I continue to watch the slow spin of the clock hands, wishing I could leave. At four, I trudge through the line of people all wanting to clock out. And then I drive home. I live online, barely looking up. I eat dinner, then go to bed early, so I can be sure to wake up bright and early to do it all again. And again. And again.
I have taken to wondering how I will possibly make it in any stable work position. I can not have the same thing all the time. I need variety. And a stable work environment will not give me that. Session artists don't make a stable income. So what should I do? I can't have my iPod on during services, for fear of offending the guests. Offend the guests, and they won't buy product, they won't tip, and they won't come back. Worse still, they'll tell their friends I offended them. -sigh- I'm stuck. What to do.
OUT
Randi
Mood:
drained
Music: Howling Thunder - Kitaro
1 voice | Speak to me