Balancing work with school.

               Balancing work and school is a juggling act and frankly is a challenge at times.

I work part time at Raley’s in Manteca and working and having school can get hectic sometimes. I worked nearly every day over the summer and it was relatively easy because I had nothing to do but to work. Now, however I have daily homework, essays due these days, projects due those days. It just begins to get hectic and can be hard to manage. The first two weeks of school was a tough transition. I would get off school at 1:45, drive the 45 minutes to get home change and go to my 3 to 11:30pm shift. That was no fun. Let’s just say those were long nights. I also had some shifts overlap with school and I had to trade shifts with someone. And finding someone to trade shifts is not the easiest thing in the world. However, as the days progressed I was able to plan ahead and do homework ahead of time so I didn’t have to stay up that late at night. also my employer began to give me a more constant and more reasonable weekly schedule. Before it was random every week. Now I work Saturday and Sunday and Thursdays. Other than that I can focus on my school work and study where I need to and when I need to. It is so nice to have an employer that works with your schedule. Because they are so willing to work I am able to get my work done on time and completed.