trying to find a balance, trying to build a palace

Work has made me tired and my feet always hurt now thanks to my skates and so the past several weeks I have been adjusting. I no longer come home from work stressed to the max. I no longer have nightmares about sonic. I have found a balance with my work life and my actual life that I'm living. and life feels nice again. plus I'm making money! and Christmas is right around the corner. plus I'm saving all that I can for my... uhm...future. yes, that word is appropriate.

I know I said in a previous post that i wasn't going to complain about sonic, but i feel obligated to tell you that I never could know how much of a nightmare fast food really is if i didn't do it almost every day for the past month and a half. I've heard stories and been told that it's no good, but let me tell you something. it really is no good! plus I'm on skates. and anyone who knows me knows i have a hard time keeping my balance when I'm standing still on flat ground. i fall a lot at work. somehow i never drop food or drinks (anymore) but i frequently end up on my knees and they are black and blue half of the time.

I've been asking in my prayers at night for new opportunities. I think that prayer might have been answered just this Saturday. I was shopping for a gift for Christians mother at world Market (i LOVE that store) and i was talking to the check out man for a minute or two (i dropped the top of a glass teapot i was trying to buy and so we had to go back into the store and get one that was whole) and I don't even know what possessed me to ask the question but I asked "are you guys ever hiring?" and the guy said "yeah, actually we are, we just hired three people, and we're gonna be hiring for seasonal positions this next week probably" he proceeded to write on a sticky pad the web address where i could apply, then the name of the general manager and the number to reach her with and then told me the days I'd be able to get a hold of her. when I say that this question came out of nowhere i don't mean it was a strange question or anything, just that even though i love the store, the thought of applying there has never once crossed my mind. not even that day, not even really when i said it. it just kind of fell out of my mouth. and now, I've applied online and I'm waiting anxiously for Wednesday to roll around so Patty will be off of her vacation and will hopefully give me an interview and save me from fast food fiasco's evermore.