For Shege Reasons: unecessary stress

My employers asked me to stay till the end of June before I get the part-time hours I requested 3 months ago. I know they are going to be short staffed because a few people are going to be away this summer and summer is their busiest season...and i know they are probably going to ask me to continue working weekends because 1 guy is going on vacation and my roomie just quit...but i refuse to sacrifice any more weekends from July 1st. As the saying goes: your lack of planning does not constitute my emergency.
I need to focus on what I want to do. In the meantime , i've had several job interviews, most of which were not the ideal job setting for me...maybe i'm too picky or maybe in my heart of hearts i am weary of working for anyone any more....i guess thats why i like the background performer jobs...because i decide what days i can work...unfortunately its not a consistent job and i can't live off that.

i went on a shoot with this hotshot producer/director-lady to see if i wanted to work for her. The guy who hooked me up was this kind swedish guy i met on my birthday..and he worked for the lady, but he wanted out and needed a replacement....i thought i'd check out a day on his job.....man! i thought i'd seen bad shoots but this was unique....the lady first of all was 45 minutes late...apparently it was a normal thing. She collected money from various stores (mostly east indian) and shot commercials for them every week or 2....they were quick and dirty commercials...just the lady talking with the owner of the shop about what was new and on sale and shots of their goods....but what was appalling to me, was how very little time and effort she wanted spent on the technical aspect of the shoot. We hardly ever used lights.... most of the shots were handheld.....it was just in and out....i mean when someone doles out 1500 bucks every 2 weeks for a commercial, you'd think she'd spend some time on making sure the shots were really good....she got pissed off if you suggested anything that would make the shot look better ..because it was going to take time and she didnt have time....we pretty much shot 5 commercials and 2 interviews in 2 hours! Anyways..i'd seen enough....i didnt mind even having to do that on one level..but her attitude and how much she paid was enough to turn me off the job offer....i felt i was taking a step back in my career if i got on board her team....and though i wanted to help out the swedish guy, i had to think about myself for a change.

On a side note: this swedish guy was instrumental in putting the group ABBA together, how cool is that?
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There is so much noise from the construction next to our apartment..oh, its brutal...you cant even hear yourself think throughout the day...i can only imagine what its doing to our ear drums....at first i thought i'd stick it out and see if the noise lessened over time, because the price we are paying at the moment is a good deal for the size and location, plus we get free cable which most apartments here dont offer.....but a foreman from the construction site said it was going to get noisier....so after considering my options, i think I'm going to move....so the search is on.