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Will Work for Food & Benefits

We've lived here 6 months and I've switched jobs 3 times. Not my favorite. Nuh-uh. NO. In November, shortly after I started my godsend part-time job, I found out that the temp position I held for 1.5 weeks was now a permanent full-time position up for hire. I agonized over what to do. I loved working part-time: the campus was great, the people were great, my mornings of leisure were amazing, I was getting housework done in the morning, I was also getting most of my TV fix in the morning so I could do other things in the evening. Sometimes, I even exercised  in the morning. I know . But this was the first part-time job I'd had since high school/college and I realized that it's different. You naturally aren't as plugged in with your co-workers. I mean, I would get about 3-5 emails in a day, on a busy day. You're not there all day, you don't get to go to all the meetings, and I found myself feeling sad about that. I wanted to feel more connected with people