Riffraff

My new favorite word is riffraff. It sums up so much of what my life has been like dealing with the riffraff that is the people I work with. Not the VTrans people, mind you. Just the people in the same company I work for. It's a bad soap opera of young guys who whine and complain about this pretty easy job, making pretty good money. There's a lot of lies, too. One day, we were all going to loose our jobs because basically one kid ruined it all for the rest of us by riding around and doing nothing. The next day, he (the kid) says he's had a heart-to-heart with the head VTrans guy and we have our jobs back if we straighten up and stop fooling around. Pretty interesting coming from the head riffraffer. Ah, the drama that is being a traffic flagger.

Besides getting my new favorite word, this week I saw leaves change before my eyes as well as the weather drop 20-30 degrees in a day or two. Ah, weather in Vermont. Got to love it!

I found out (finally- rumors aren't fun) that our hours are changing next week. We'll be starting at 8 am and working until 5:30 and I think that they'll be taking a half hour out for lunch. I can't complain- it's a steady job with a good paycheck!

This week, I started to worry about what I will do after this job (whenever it will end- they keep changing the end time... it could be any day or it could be until November. Who knows) I'm not sure if I'll get the calls to substitute like I did last year. I'm not even sure if I should stay in Vermont. This guy I work with- Kyle- told me that I should look into being a dental hygienist. Someone else told me I should look into being a surgical technician. So many possibilities. I still wonder why I spent so much time and effort becoming a teacher when I won't or can't even get a job. I know not everyone uses their education in their job, but I really don't want to be a flagger for the rest of my life. I just wish I knew what I was supposed to do- wouldn't that be so much easier?? gosh. Then I wouldn't have to deal with riffraff.

And what would I write about then, right??