Tax Season Is Upon Us

I don't know if I mentioned it in an earlier post or not, but I have gotten a part time job working at a tax office. I am (unfortunately) still working at the tool store full time. This is just for the tax season. I thought it would be something fun and different to do. Yes I just said that doing taxes is fun. I'm sick. I know.

With doing taxes, and my history of cashier jobs, I am realizing that I really enjoy working with numbers. So along with doing my accounting course online,  after tax season is done I am going to look into doing an insurance course.  This will allow me to make more money and get weekends off. Plus I would still be able to do tax prep during tax season.

Anyways, it has taken me three days to write this so I will quit for now. I keep getting interrupted. 

Until next time...

Taking The Plunge

I have done it. There is no going back now. Hopefully, hopefully, hopefully third time is the charm.
If that made no sense at all, which it probably didn’t, I have signed up for an online course. It is not the Engineer ticket course that I’m pretty sure I have mentioned before. Instead I am taking an accounting course online.
I decided on accounting because I am good at math and it would still keep me in the customer service industry. I love helping people out, it just isn’t financially sound at my current job. I have no room to advance where I currently work. With the accounting course, there are so many different opportunities for me. I could be payroll clerk, bank teller, accounts receivable, book keeper. The list just goes on and on. And while looking for some jobs for Justin yesterday, I found a lot of places looking for accountants. It is a job that is in high demand right now. Plus, since I can go at my own pace at the course, I could have a new job in 6 months. That’s if I go quickly through the course. I don’t know what the course set up is like yet, as I haven’t done my first introduction exams yet. I decided to make a post about it first. Got to love my priorities. Plus, I didn’t want to get too into it right now, as I only have an hour before I have to go take Justin his lunch and then go to work myself.
Yay me though for taking control of my schooling. And sucking it up, and going forward with plans instead of just putting them off, like some many other things in life.
Oh and it is third times the charm because this will be my third time going back to school since graduating high school. I have taken a Massage Therapist course (which I horribly failed at) and I have my diploma in Graphic Design (which is incredibly hard to get into). Although with the Graphic Design I can segue that over to wedding planning (another venture I want to have) and design brides stationery items. I already have a potential client in my sister-in-laws brothers fiancé.
*raises imaginary glass*
Here’s to a new experience and hopefully new future in a better career field!
 **clink**

My Co-Workers Are Not Family

This will be a rant. Mind you it will be a short rant, but either way a rant.

On Monday, February 11, it will be the first ever Family Day stat holiday in BC. My work will be open. The government set this stat holiday as a day to spend with your family. Well I will be at work for 10.5 hours instead of spending time with my family. Although on the plus side, whoever works this stat holiday will get the May long weekend off (as the company has decided to be open that stat also, along with Canada Day). I don't see how that will work for the May Long, as more than half of the staff is working on Family Day. So that will leave maybe 3 salesmen and the other cashier will have to come in.

On the bright side, at least I'll be making time and half.

Can't wait until I can leave. Going to start an accounting course online soon. Then I can leave....