Domestic Geek

Current mood: aggravated
The year 2004 is not going to leave me quietly, I'm afraid.

I was all excited at work today because there was no dough to do, so as soon as I cut the veggies I was going to be out of there to get Christmas shopping and decorating done today. *sigh* It was not to be. It was snowing when I got to work, so I started my dad's car (mine is still sitting in the lot where I left it a week and a half ago), got out to brush the snow off and realized I had accidentally locked the door just as I pushed it closed. DAMN! Of course I had locked the door at work and couldn't get back in and my keys were in the LOCKED RUNNING CAR! I went down to the cigarette store to use their phone. Dad didn't know anybody that could bring me the spare keys he has, Marcus' phone was apparently dead or off since he wasn't answering and all my phone numbers were in my cell phone in the LOCKED RUNNING CAR! Of course, being totally broke like I am, I couldn't call a locksmith. If the car hadn't been running, I would've walked to where Marcus worked and got his truck to go get the spares, but no--I couldn't leave the LOCKED RUNNING CAR!

When I left the cigarette store, butthole manager had showed at the workplace and was doing assisant manager's work for her (even though he is "off" all week, he's supposed to be with his kids today and yet he claims he is totally over her--um, sure he is). So, I go in and keep calling Marcus' work over and over and over until he finally answers. I explain what happened and he had the nerve to laugh at me. Butthead. I ask him for our friend Dave's cell number. He gives me some other David's number (which was freakishly similiar to our Dave's number). I call Marcus back to get the correct number and get poor Dave out of bed. He drove over to my dad's house, got the keys, then drove all the way over to where I work to rescue me. Then he took me to lunch at Great Scott's (good food!) and went shopping with me. *sniff* What a great friend. So, the poor car ran for about two hours before the keys came. At least it was nice and warm when I got in it. LOL

So, what else has 2004 got to throw at me in the 9 days it has left?

Current mood: frustrated
You want to know what's really frustrating? Changing out the light bulbs in a string to find out the problem wasn't the bulbs, it was the wires. I just blew 50 perfectly good bulbs. (At least they were perfectly good bulbs.) *sigh* Oh, well.

Current mood: confused
Why do people advertise that they need help and then don't hire you right away? I've been applying at places for over six weeks now, am I that bad? I know I'm over-educated for all of the posititons, but damn, I was looking for Christmas money, not a life-long career! What really irks me is that several of the places still have help wanted signs. Am I that big of a scumbag? Marcus tried to reassure me that the management at these places is probably imcompetent (like where I work) and he's probably right, but it still does wonders for my ego, y'know? I even applied at a scrapbooking store two weeks ago because I heard a thing on KOSI's job openings one morning. She called last week and said she'd set up interviews this week. Well, week's almost over and not a peep. Guess she doesn't need help that bad, huh? So much for finding a job for extra Christmas cash. Even if I found a job today, I doubt much that I would get a paycheck in time. *sigh* Oh, well. I tried.

So, now I'm going full time into the "real job" search. I've got ten weeks left of school and then I'm done. I'm concentrating my efforts on finding a job in the field. A friend of mine who has been interviewing extensively lately has been told my most of the companies that they're not actually hiring now, but will do so after the first of the year. Yay!!!! Since there are only 16 days left of this suck-ass year, I'm optimistic.

Speaking of school, I am definitely dropping out of the bachelor program. We made it official a couple of days ago. It was really refreshing for a school to hold my bests interests above their own. The only reason I really wanted to stay in school is to hide from the world and stay close to my friends. I'm just going to have to make the effort to not lose contact after I get out. So, after the winter break, just nine more weeks for me and I'm done.

Today is the day I'm going to decorate the tree we got last Saturday. How fun! I love getting all my cool ornaments out and reminiscing out how I acquired each one. So, I guess that means I better quit sitting here and get cracking!

I read an article yesterday about Jay Greenberg, a young man studying music at Julliard who a music prodigy being compared to the likes of Mozart. I would love to hear some of his compositions.

OK, the pictures from our Annual Tree Hunting Trip are up in the gallery. Just ignore the pictures of Marcus and Mike playing Call of Duty in the snow. I'll post a picture of the decorated tree just as soon as I get around to decorating it.