MOC day 17 Hindsight

Fonts by Heather Joyce The Contessa
Little Butterfly Wings Alpha {ADD ON} M3 August 2015
Little Butterfly Wings Feeling Blue
Little Butterfly Wings So Tired
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Rachel Jefferies Studio Basic Silent Battles: Grief - Kit

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I started working in the pharmacy by accident. Someone called in sick and they needed a cashier. Eventually the person that called off kept calling off and lost their job. I was asked if I would prefer to switch to the pharmacy or stay up front in the photo department. That’s how it all began. I kind of feel that my fate was sealed that day. Little did I know how that decision would impact the rest of my life. I guess it’s true, hindsight is twenty twenty.

Around this time I left home. Things were miserable for me and I had had enough. Because of my position at the store I was able to find a job when I finally made it Texas. I had a nice little support network at Walgreens. Many wonderful people that helped out during tough times.

Fast forward a few years and I decide to go back to school to become a pharmacist. I was one of the older ones in my classes. I had to work full time because I didn’t live with my parents like my classmates. I also was in class full time. I still don’t know how I made it through doing both. About two years into my studies, Butler added a physician assistant program. Not once did I ever even consider changing my major. I only had a few more years to go and was guaranteed a great paying job upon graduation.

Graduation came and I was very happy to not have to go to school anymore. It wasn’t very long until I became a manager. More hours more responsibility. Really only a little bit more money if you think about it. I was salaried so it didn’t matter how long I stayed at work I got paid the same thing.

This went on for years and years. Fast forward, now I am thirty years with the same company. I thought things would change for the better but they have not. I am so stressed all the time. My hours were cut about a year ago. The pharmacy I am at now is not the greatest and is very busy. That just increases my stress level. I can’t sleep at night. I am always so tired.

I am at the point in my life where I am thinking I should have changed my major. I feel very under appreciated and just frustrated with my current situation at work. I am tired and stressed and I actually dread going in to work. Hindsight is twenty twenty but sometimes the results are not what you want them to be.