so after having been unemployed and suckling the parental teet for like 6 months, i finally got a job at wegmans as a pharmacy technician (yes, i am stupid enough to go back into this profession).

i like all the people there, especially jeff, the head pharmacist, the guy who hired me. he's 26 or something, so he's still young enough to be cool, but i suspect that the other pharmacists resent having a younger pharmacist as their boss. but whatever, everybody's got their own agendas.

there's this one girl there, nicole, whom i don't like though. she seems like a bitch. i mean, she was nice to me, but she was just really negative about the job and said she didn't like jeff whom i, well, basically have a man-crush on. i pretty much want to be just like him.

anyway, she said she's leaving soon because she hates it there so much, so that problem pretty much solved itself.

i'm still really shaky on the computer and their workflow system but hopefully that will resolve itself soon. another thing i don't really like is how many people actually work in the pharmacy. at rite aid, it would often be just me, sometimes one other tech, and the pharmacist. at wegmans, there's like 4 or 5 techs at a time and 2 or 3 pharmacists, which makes me feel ... not needed. especially after having heard they're still hiring techs.

now i just have to resolve that whole, ya know, getting-a-pharmacy-degree problem.

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1. When stressed, I:
a. go for a run
b. take a soothing bath
c. drink a bottle of Nyquil

2. My idea of fun is:
a. mountain biking
b. a day at the spa
c. shopping for Nyquil

3. I can't live without my:
a. Tae Bo class
b. sleep mask
c. Nyquil

4. Friends describe me as:
a. energetic
b. mellow
c. Nyquilly

5. My dream vacation is:
a. cross-country skiing
b. lying on the beach
c. drinking Nyquil until I pass out

6. My pet peeve is:
a. shin splints
b. getting up early
c. running out of Nyquil

Answer Key

Mostly As:
You enjoy a natural high. Well, wait until you try an unnatural one! Stimulant abuse is the life for you. No-Doz, diet pills, Dexedrine--you'll enjoy them all. You'll finally have the energy to finish those projects you've been dying to get to, like cleaning every square inch of your house with a toothbrush while grinding your molars down to stubs. Go get 'em, Tiger!

Mostly B's:
You're easy like Sunday morning. Booze or barbiturates-it's your choice. Either one will complement your mellow-yellow lifestyle. Using both at once might put you in a coma, but you wouldn't really mind that, would you, Sleepy Jean?

Mostly C's:
You'd make a great Nyquil addict. In fact, you probably already are one. You haven't had a sore throat or a bad night's sleep in years. Of course, if you go more than a few hours without the stuff, you get the shakes like you wouldn't believe, but happily, there's a cure for that--more Nyquil!

(I'm mostly B's)

so today i took my virginia pharmacy technician state certification exam.
and passed.
if i don't get a decent raise, i'm probably going to quit and go work someplace closer and better-paying.

So Wednesday night (the 29th) I will be departing from newport news airport and flying to la guardia. (that's in New York.) I haven't been to New York since december and I'm starting to go through withdrawals.

You see, Manhattan is my favorite place on the planet. The first time I went there it was on a school trip in eighth grade. Ever since then I've been hooked. I knew then that that's where I wanted to live after I'm finished with school and finally get some sort of financial security. But ever since that first trip I go at LEAST once a year.

Anyway, I've been kinda bummed out lately - dare I say depressed - and i know that going to manhattan would make me happy. So I booked a flight and a hotel (the Pod Hotel - very trendy hotel for twenty-somethings on a budget) and spent hundreds of dollars on this 24-hour trip, all on a whim.

I'm going alone too.

This is the first time I haven't dragged some friends or family along with me. I mean, I doubt anyone would be able to get the time off in the middle of the week anyway so I didn't even bother asking if anyone wanted to come. But I'm fine with that. In fact, I'm kind of excited about going alone. It all feels so existential, like Lost In Translation. I'll be by myself, but I'm in that kind of mood. I just wanna be alone for 24 hours. I'll be able to get away from my stressful life, if only for a day, and come back refreshed and blissfully go back to sucking the dick of the system with my full-time job.

I don't think anyone else would be crazy enough to drop everything, spend a tiny fortune, with no plan whatsoever, on such short notice.

But hey, I've been wrong before.