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christinedaaeA journal update? In less than a year? Goodness, I can hardly believe it myself!
First things first, I no longer work at the horrid job that literally drove me to a heart attack! I've started a new job at a post-secondary institution (is it a vocational school? a college? a university? No! It's a secret!) as the eventual Head of the English Department. This is at once both very exciting and very scary.
EXCITING THINGS:
- My job is very peaceful! Coworkers are very nice, and everyone does their job and minds their own business
- We have a lot of overseas students, so I get the chance to not only use Japanese and English often, but also Mandarin Chinese (yay!)
- The hours are much better than my old job (9-5 as opposed to 8:15-5:30)
- I only teach 7 classes a week with the rest being admin duties
- The times I have to work Saturdays or Sundays for open campus events, I get a day off of my choosing!
- Ooooh, I get a DISCOUNT at Apple! Hehe!
SCARY THINGS:
- Me? Tell people what to do? Discipline people? Confrontation? Oh gosh. Oh no. I am so timid. Gah. GAH. Confrontation is the Worst Ever
- I now hold myself to Very High Standards because I need to be an example for the other teachers, and I am scared of slacking off (what if I stress myself out so much I end up procrastinating to cope and then I let everyone down! I can't do that! Everyone needs to be happy with me or else I will cry!)
- I miss Work Besties from Toxic Job. I do not miss that job, but I miss those two soooooo much!
- Did I mention I'm bad at confrontation?
The only thing lingering from Toxic Job is I still haven't gotten those forms from insurance. I was on medical leave from November to March, and so the insurance company should be paying me partial salary from that time period. However, Toxic Job has been pulling my chain with it; they last claimed there "was an error" and the forms have to be sent back. But I've never seen them, and neither has Lawyer-san. Sigh! That's five months of salary! Please just be responsible and take care of it!
Other than that, I'm doing my best to survive. I still do my tour guide side job and I'm trying to be more active with kimono and Mikosan duties, but it's been so hard! Definitely feeling my energy out; I was on medical leave for so long, plus adjusting to a new job...
I have to keep trying.
First things first, I no longer work at the horrid job that literally drove me to a heart attack! I've started a new job at a post-secondary institution (is it a vocational school? a college? a university? No! It's a secret!) as the eventual Head of the English Department. This is at once both very exciting and very scary.
EXCITING THINGS:
- My job is very peaceful! Coworkers are very nice, and everyone does their job and minds their own business
- We have a lot of overseas students, so I get the chance to not only use Japanese and English often, but also Mandarin Chinese (yay!)
- The hours are much better than my old job (9-5 as opposed to 8:15-5:30)
- I only teach 7 classes a week with the rest being admin duties
- The times I have to work Saturdays or Sundays for open campus events, I get a day off of my choosing!
- Ooooh, I get a DISCOUNT at Apple! Hehe!
SCARY THINGS:
- Me? Tell people what to do? Discipline people? Confrontation? Oh gosh. Oh no. I am so timid. Gah. GAH. Confrontation is the Worst Ever
- I now hold myself to Very High Standards because I need to be an example for the other teachers, and I am scared of slacking off (what if I stress myself out so much I end up procrastinating to cope and then I let everyone down! I can't do that! Everyone needs to be happy with me or else I will cry!)
- I miss Work Besties from Toxic Job. I do not miss that job, but I miss those two soooooo much!
- Did I mention I'm bad at confrontation?
The only thing lingering from Toxic Job is I still haven't gotten those forms from insurance. I was on medical leave from November to March, and so the insurance company should be paying me partial salary from that time period. However, Toxic Job has been pulling my chain with it; they last claimed there "was an error" and the forms have to be sent back. But I've never seen them, and neither has Lawyer-san. Sigh! That's five months of salary! Please just be responsible and take care of it!
Other than that, I'm doing my best to survive. I still do my tour guide side job and I'm trying to be more active with kimono and Mikosan duties, but it's been so hard! Definitely feeling my energy out; I was on medical leave for so long, plus adjusting to a new job...
I have to keep trying.
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Date: 2025-05-03 12:56 pm (UTC)