Goodbye STUDENT LOAN! WAHOO!

I just got my taxes back and I paid off the rest of my loan in full. Exciting times indeed! I also caught up on my car insurance payment so that rocks. YAY! One less payment a month coming out of my pocket!!!

Hello, retail!

I went in for my orientation last night. It was as unorganized as Saturday, pretty much. I was handed a clip board and told to find certain products and interview people that worked there. Um. Retail. I do not like it. Anywho, I powered through some of that then realized there were things I was supposed to be reading, as indicated at the top of the sheets. I brought this to my managers attention - she said Oh! I had no idea you were supposed to read a binder with these. Right-o. So she found the binder... MAGICALLY all the products I had been blindly looking for were spelled out for me. Like one thing was "creatures great and small" - that could have been ANYTHING in the store. Once I got the accompanying manual, it told me in general terms what the product was used for which would have made it 100 times easier to find said product from the beginning. Ah, retail.

In a week I should be heading off to do the ACTUAL training so that's what I am looking forward to. This week (nights) and this weekend will be doing worksheets, watching videos and reading binders. Be jealous.

I talked to pal's hubby too. He is trying to get a training business off the ground. WAHOO! I am psyched about this because I could work with him to get more "stable" on my feet and learn more, ya know? He said he'd need a sidekick down the line (once he's established), and I do not want to do retail for very long, maybe a year or so at most... but who knows, maybe I will love it. I just don't see myself having the "sales" I am supposed to so I might just get fired! Oh well.

I still don't like the 6 month "We own you" non compete clause but I suppose I can use that time to read up on things and chillax... so overall, I am not concerned.

Yesterday I was bouncing from WHAT WAS I THINKING??? Work after work??? WWWWHHHYYYY??? to it'll be a learning process. I can quit if I hate it. I don't have to make a long commitment to retail. I will have a couple extra bucks in my pocket... bleh bleh bleh.

Right now I am in the positive so I am hoping I stay there. Time will tell.

Happy Wednesday!!!