For the past few years I’ve only come home for the holidays for a week due to work. Each year I feel rushed and that I never am able to spend any time with my parents. This year I thought my job was ending right before the holidays so I booked almost a month at home. Then my job was extended which is great for my bank account but not so much for my trip. I left for home thinking it was going to be ok to work from home; esp. since most of my work is done via. Internet. Yesterday I found out this was not an option.

Here’s where I get annoyed. First my boss has been nonstop bugging me with requests but let it be known that though I was spending a decent amount of time fulfilling his demands I would not be paid unless in LA. Um….that sucks. Next, apparently some CDs have gone missing and my elephant brain has decided to fail me. Not good. Therefore I’m spending $400 to fly back a week early to find said CDs and perform other fun tasks. To be honest, most of the time I will probably be sitting in our cold offices twiddling my thumbs questioning my existence. Really, I might have an hour or two of work a day right now. It’s unbelievably frustrating!

BUT I need another job and soon so being “unreliable” is not an option. I have to be “available” in order to make a good impression in order to be considered for another job. Plus the difference between a week’s pay and the cost of the ticket isn’t horrible. AND I’m trying to be grateful I even have work. Many, and I mean many, of my friends are out of work and it’s not looking like that is going to change anytime soon. Um…recession! Love it! Mainly I’m just sad to have to leave my parents and not finish everything I wanted to accomplish here. I want my other week. I have a feeling I will not be able to have any type of vacation for the next 6 – 8 months which is daunting. Yes, I know normal ppl live those lives but normal ppl do not have to run around trying to find Revolutionary war experts to interview in the next 24 hrs at a battle site (that I only have GPS coordinates to locate it)and then clear said battle site with the National Park Service. Did I mention I booked that and three more impossible shoots in a day. Yes, that’s my average work day. Oh…and did I mention that in the past I have held a cargo plane at LAX so my giant poster comps could get on board so that they arrive in London by 9am the next day? I can get anything anywhere within 12 hrs as long as I have a limitless budget. Yes, these are the job skills you learn in La La Land. Too bad they do not translate into a normal job skills set.