DAY 174: I Conformed.

For those wondering, yes I did keep my job. I decided what I already knew all along: Financially, I’m in no position to take a pay cut at a new job, no matter how happy that new job would make me.

Instead, I’ve decided to suck it up and continue to suffer at my old job. I did make a slight change in scheduling though. Starting next month I am going to take Wednesdays off in exchange for working Saturdays. Although working Saturdays is not ideal, I do like having my work week broken up… plus on Fridays and Saturdays I don’t have to fucking dress up.

Speaking of, today was my first of actually complying with the new dress code. It actually isn’t as bad as I thought, since the powers that be are allowing me to wear corduroy pants, a polo shirt, and black tennis shoes. The only problem is, I can’t justify going on any shopping sprees right now, so unfortunately, I’m going to be wearing the same outfit day after day.

This is what I’m sporting, only less Hipster-ish:

On my way out the door this morning I seriously felt like I should be grabbing my backpack and heading off to my first day of school. Except school was worse because I had to wear a tie and my pants were always a few inches too short. I was also about 20 pounds heavier and didn’t know how to style my hair. So I guess the lesson here is that things could always be worse.