The Workers Are Going Home

I know I'm appreciated. I know there are some out there who recognize all that I do and give me credit. But some days I just feel so taken advantage of and underestimated.

I am doing a lot of work for Fall Collection. Every day that I'm not at Cath, I'm working on books. I take a little time on my 2 days off a week to run errands, clean my apartment, read or knit or watch a tiny little bit of TV. I really only go out Monday nights and Thursday nights. And somehow, I'm the one seen as JUST working 10-8 at the store and doing what with the rest of my time? Playing? Everyone else talks about how they're over-worked and never have any time off. I know I've blogged about it before and I know I complain about it, but I still feel like nobody really believes that I am working really hard here. And it's not that I want kudos or grovelling or anything- I just want to stop getting dismissed. I feel like I'm looked at as some completely arbitrary loafer in society who is completely incapable. And that I'm not contributing much beyond what's minimally necessary. And everyone complains about everything they're always doing. Well guess what- we're ALL doing that much. We're ALL working to exhaustion. We're ALL sacrificing fun and sleep and anything else that promotes a healthy lifestyle to all of these causes we believe in so strongly.

Whatever. I know I work hard and do quality work and fuckall if nobody else recognizes it.

They'll know it when I'm dead.