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Day 4.5 Agony
May. 29th, 2009 06:54 pmSHE thought it was pay day, so SHE came in right on time. But it's not. Pay day is technically the last day of the month - which is Sunday - so we get paid on Monday. SHE quickly got caught up with what we're doing.
Most of the missing parts from yesterday showed up today.
The guys were working in a different area, so it was just me and HER in my space. Which actually wasn't so bad, because she managed to talk about other things and I managed to give her some tips on how to build some of the stuff and how we had organized it.
But...
My right hand and wrist and arm are in total agony, even with my brace on. Even using the electric drill doesn't help since just putting weight on my wrist makes it hurt really really bad - and even drilling requires applying pressure to push the screw into the wood. SHE has tendinitis so at least SHE could sympathize.
I sit on the floor working on my lap when I can, like a little child playing with Duplo pieces. I thought of life and fragility, and whether I should just quit this. SRSLY.
Pushing myself towards entirely losing the use of my hands for $12 an hour isn't sisu, it's stubbornness. And it's totally not worth it.
Fortunately my boss came in today and he said he'd look into some modified duties for me, like taking out garbage, instead of building. I told him that I really wanted to stay with this job, but I just can't do this building stuff and heavy lifting anymore.
(As much as I'd like to be at home during the day so I can communicate with my Finnish friends, it'd be incredibly hard for me to call home to say that I quit my job. I don't want to be seen as that kind of quitter. Also this is an odd time to try to find summer jobs because I'll end up being stuck with high school kids. Ugh.)
I suggested also doing merchandising and assembling racking. Despite racking pieces being quite heavy, they can generally be carried around in carts. I just hope he doesn't have me clean up the racking storage area. That would suck, because racking pieces in bulk become really heavy.
Most of the missing parts from yesterday showed up today.
The guys were working in a different area, so it was just me and HER in my space. Which actually wasn't so bad, because she managed to talk about other things and I managed to give her some tips on how to build some of the stuff and how we had organized it.
But...
My right hand and wrist and arm are in total agony, even with my brace on. Even using the electric drill doesn't help since just putting weight on my wrist makes it hurt really really bad - and even drilling requires applying pressure to push the screw into the wood. SHE has tendinitis so at least SHE could sympathize.
I sit on the floor working on my lap when I can, like a little child playing with Duplo pieces. I thought of life and fragility, and whether I should just quit this. SRSLY.
Pushing myself towards entirely losing the use of my hands for $12 an hour isn't sisu, it's stubbornness. And it's totally not worth it.
Fortunately my boss came in today and he said he'd look into some modified duties for me, like taking out garbage, instead of building. I told him that I really wanted to stay with this job, but I just can't do this building stuff and heavy lifting anymore.
(As much as I'd like to be at home during the day so I can communicate with my Finnish friends, it'd be incredibly hard for me to call home to say that I quit my job. I don't want to be seen as that kind of quitter. Also this is an odd time to try to find summer jobs because I'll end up being stuck with high school kids. Ugh.)
I suggested also doing merchandising and assembling racking. Despite racking pieces being quite heavy, they can generally be carried around in carts. I just hope he doesn't have me clean up the racking storage area. That would suck, because racking pieces in bulk become really heavy.
