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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.

Good ol’ hockey game

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You could possibly call me a typical Canadian, but there’s something about watching a hockey game that gets me excited.

I love the fast pace of it, the fans are crazy and the athletes are talented.

A lot of my girl friends don’t quite understand the game or why I love the Vancouver Canucks. To be honest, I never really watched hockey until about Grade 7. My (not really) step-dad is a crazed Canucks fan and so the game was always on.

Right now, I’m in hockey heaven. The Canadian World Junior team is doing very well in the IIHF World Junior Championship, the Canucks are managing to keep their socks off during their games, and the Olympics are coming up in just over a month, which we’ll hopefully see both the men’s and women’s hockey teams bring home gold medals.

There may be many other countries that excel at the game of hockey, but I don’t think any country shows as much passion for the sport as Canadians. If there’s one thing that brings us all together, it’s hockey.

What about you? Is there a sport that gets you excited? Do you enjoy hockey?