Strange Day - 9/17/2001

Strange day today....

At McD's for lunch..... was filling up at the drinking fountain, minding my own business, mostly, when this little girl (she couldn't be more than 9, 10 tops) walks up...... in a fur coat.

FUR. In SEPTEMBER. It's still in the 90s here.

So, being the good zoo keeper I am, turn around, and ask her, jovially, "Hey, is that real?"

She just looks up (way up, heh) and sort've whimpers ".....no...."

And I simply smile, real big (you mean maliciously) and say "Good girl." And go on my merry way. C nearly spit her fries out laughing when I told her. I'll admit that was a little mean.

I find I'm becoming more fanatical as I grow older..... *chuckles*

But FUR in SEPTEMBER?!

Then at the library (had to go to gather some books as it's finals week and I guess I should get started on my paper due Thurseday that's on art as a political statement, focusing on the works of Salvador Dali and Francisco Goya).....

You know I really like going to the library. I'm one of the few students I knew that could be in and out of a library in 30 minutes having gathered 15 or so books that are all pertinent to my research. C reiterated that I should have gone into law...... and I'm still tempted, but one thing at a time. And hell, I'd never see her if I did......

Anyway, on our way out, there was a car on fire in the parking lot..... actually it was the guy's brakes, somehow, but that 44 oz for 49 cents Mr. Pimp SURE came in handy.

Then I get home, and find the job I interviewed for on Tuesday (in the sad state of affairs I was in) called back to offer me the job.

10 bucks an hour, starting, with overtime being time and a half (and some overtime will definitely be required in the first few weeks), full benefits after 9 months, in a growing company. I would be Asst. Editor for an Environmental Contract Company (and gee, my dad was a contract lawyer, and who should be going into law again?). And sure as hell less back-breaking than being a zoo keeper......

Sound sweet? Sure.... but it's FULL TIME.

I only work part time at the zoo, and still find I'm a little crunched for time when it comes to handling homework and finding time to spend with C. Not to mention leaving Wed open for Session.

Oh, and I will also be TRAPPED in a teeny tiny little office that, from the one I think I'd end up getting, will have NO WINDOWS. And we all know my desire to be put right back into an enclosed space. Interacting with all of TWO other people (and one of which I'd be taking over for as she'll be on mommy leave come December, hence the need for another person, so I'd be head editor for a while)...... and not the public.

C is also contacting someone down south for a job, but won't even know if it's open and she's a chance to interview until tomorrow morning. She stands potential for making double, starting out, of what I'd be making should I accept this job. And I have until tomorrow afternoon to decide. She may not even find out if she can get an interview until tomrrow.......

It could get us out and on our own within a month.... not to mention get Dixie back. But if she gets the offer down south? What do I do then.....