Author Archives: Kara

Two jobs, no life

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I’m sure there comes a time in everyone’s lives where they need to work two jobs (unless they’re spoiled or rich or something). I’ve done it in high school; I was 15 and I worked at a little gift shop during the week and at a Chinese/Western restaurant on weekends during the evening.

I guess at that age not having a social life during the summer was okay. Everyone I knew was travelling somewhere and really, I thought it was cool to have a job. I didn’t have to ask my parents for money anymore and I could start saving for something awesome.

I only did the two-job stint for that one summer and ever since then, I’ve just had one job part-time during school and full-time during the summer. Living at home helped ease my bills and having a dad as a mechanic (technically a heavy-duty mechanic, but he knows enough to fix small vehicles) really helped keep the money I made in my pocket.

Now, however, I live Kyle and have to pay for rent, groceries and all my other goodies. Sadly, I’m having a hard time managing my money and with my hours just being cut at work due to the winter slow season, I’m a little nervous. So nervous, in fact, that it’s brought me to re-apply for my old job at one of the grocery stores in town.

I never thought I’d have to go back to working in retail, but I guess when times are tough, you gotta do what you gotta do. I haven’t been hired back yet, but I’m sure it will happen. I’m not thrilled about it, but being broke is worse, especially when Kyle and I are desperately trying to save for a house.

So I may go back to not having a decent social life for a while, but if it will calm my mind, it’s worth it.

Have you worked two jobs before? Did you mind not having a social life if it meant not worrying about finances?

Happy New Year!

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I hope everyone had a fabulous night of celebration last night! I’ve only been asked a couple times so far about whether or not I’ve made a resolution yet.

I must say, I’m not one to make crazy resolutions. I’ve never sworn to eat healthier, quit smoking (because I’ve never seriously had to), or lose weight. Hell, I hardly make normal ones, like to be more positive, travel or read more books (although I have started reading more often).

Resolutions to me are like empty promises. You can make them to feel better about yourself, but you read in many articles that the majority of people fail within a month or less of making them.

I like to just tell myself that I will maybe do things. Maybe I’ll travel somewhere new, maybe I’ll go to the gym more often, maybe I’ll be nicer … you get the drift.

Regardless of whether or not you make a resolution, I hope 2010 lives up to all your expectations and then some.

Rotten but delicious

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I don’t have fast food all the time, but every so often I get a really bad craving for an egg burrito in the morning or chicken nuggets after a late night of partying.

It’s interesting when people say to me “Oh gross, how can you eat that stuff? Don’t you know how bad it is for you?” It’s like they think I eat it all the time or something. I may have it once or twice a month, if that.

It’s a shame that so many people eat garbage food and think it’s not harming their bodies. I know living off of frozen meals and take-out is fast and easy, but they’re lacking a lot of nutrients their body needs to be healthy, plus it can cause health problems in the future, like diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and so on.

On the other hand, I would never be able to count calories and fat content in my meals everyday. I know that eating a giant plate of nachos smothered in cheese and dipped into sour cream isn’t going to be good for me, but that’s why I don’t eat them all the time.

Anyway, I suppose the point I’m trying to make is to not assume a person eats fast food all the time. We’re all aloud to treat ourselves, right?

How often do you eat fast food? Do you avoid it like the plague or treat yourself once in a while?