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Quite unexpectedly last Monday, I quit Wal-Mart. For the first time in my life, I quit a job without two weeks notice. Considering my lengthy career, I think that’s quite a statement! Yes, back in the olden days, I held quite a few jobs. Opps! Just remembered! There was one other job I quit without two weeks notice, but that was my Gigi job I only held for two or three days, so it doesn’t count. Although..it WAS quite an experience…

Anywho! When I went to work for Wal-Mart, I put the substituting job on hold for three weeks. They were very kind about it and I explained that after three weeks of training, etc, I should have a schedule that allowed me to still sub for two or three days a week. Feb 16th was the first day of my schedule not being “on hold” status.

So it’s Monday morning, Feb. 16th. I’m pet sitting for a friend and I’m schedule to be at WM at 12 so I go to her house at 7 a.m. On my way there, the substitute company calls. But because I’m in the backwoods, the cell phone signal is splotchy at best. They call three times. I tried to call my husband to ask him what I should do because I just KNOW they want me to substitute otherwise, why call me before school starts? Of course, when I reach him on the phone, he asks me to call back b/c I’m cutting out a lot. D’oh! The very reason I’m not answering the phone when the sub company calls!

So I get to my friends house, and I’m very distracted in my mind. Over and over, I’m reeling. I can’t go to work at WM and sub the same day, the schedule wouldn’t work. I hate WM. I don’t even know if I really like subbing. I have to help support the family, what about the erratic sub hours? If I quit I’ll be letting down the people at WM who are relying on me to work today. It was absolutely driving me nuts!

Meanwhile, my husband has gone to visit a parishioner in the hospital so I can’t get ahold of him to talk to him about my internal revolution going on. So it’s just me and God. So I’m at that point where I just want to give up control and want God to tell me point blank what I am suppose to do.

As I’m driving back home, it’s about 8 a.m. and the substitute company calls me again. And again. It clicks in my head that I would rather substitute 5 days a week than ever set foot in Wal-Mart again. So I race home and dash for the phone. The school needs someone in the office again, and they only want me! I’m overjoyed and race for the shower.

Then the realization sinks in. I can’t substitute and go to WM the same day. It’s either call in sick and take a wait and see approach, or just bite the bullet and quit. So I called, and spoke with personnel. I explained that I had a better offer and regretted I couldn’t give them notice but my new employer wanted me immediately. The hours and pay were better, etc. The girl in personnel was very nice and wrote a note for me to my supervisors explaining how I regretted not being able to give notice.

Then I went to school and lived the rest of the week happily every after.

To be continued…