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Tomorrow after work I’m headed down to Sulphur with my family for Sukkot. I only get to spend four out of the eight days with them, but that’s still better than nothing (or worse yet, backyard camping, which is like… being in denial that there’s something better to do).
It’s just us… no big hoopla, just a couple of tents and some Sukkot merriment. And whoever else drops by. I’m just happy I’ve got four days off work in which I can chill by the lake and write (only because taking my guitar would mean noise pollution… because I stink so far).
Anyhow, all that to say, I won’t be online for the next four/five days. See you all Tuesday!
Seriously, half of the blogs that I read all the time have rolled out a new layout within the last two weeks or so. I’ve been gumming around with ideas for about a month, but couldn’t get anything I really liked. I’d been playing around with a free theme (until it looked completely different, I might add!), but dealing with other people’s coding drives me absolutely batty. I like everything to be just so and this certainly wasn’t.
Today after work, I had inspiration, and here you go. Paisley. I guess that’s how I operate… I’ve got to just keep going from the minute I get the idea to start working, or I slack off and find something more interesting to do. I’ve still got some tweaking to do (don’t go in too deep, just yet, and seriously, why are you using IE anyway?), but I’m pretty happy with it this time around.
We’re getting a new district manager at work. I didn’t really have anything against the one we had already, but everyone who’s been there a while is really relieved. I don’t think it’ll make a huge difference in my day-to-day life.
My boss, however, is planning on asking the new DM if it’s possible to lift the “you can’t be in management until you’re 21″ rule. She had already asked the old DM, but got a no on that one, so she’s going to try again. I mean, I’ve got until February before I’m 21, but now I’m thinking that I would like that extra bit of time to figure out if I want the job or not.
First thoughts: yes! I am already doing most of the jobs that the shift manager would be doing (because we haven’t had one for ages), and I could definitely live with a three dollar raise. Absolutely!!
However, the schedule is going to be my problem. I’d only have to work a few more hours than I am now, which is not a problem, but I’d have to open every morning (which means the alarm goes off at four a.m.) and I’d be on a rotating schedule (which means I’d only get one out of three sabbaths off).
I think that management would be a great opportunity. I mean, they’ve been trying to put me in that position for almost a year now, so I know I can do the job. Opening every morning puts my sister in a bad place (because so many of our chores have to be done at night, and I’d have to go to bed extra early), and… well, not having a congregation and not doing too awful much in that respect, Sabbath is pretty special, and I don’t want to miss out on it every week.
Besides. Sabbath is a commandment. But the extra money is a huge step towards independence.
I’m not ready to make this decision yet, so I hope the new DM says “not until she’s 21.”
We’ve all seen the ladies who have either plucked out their eyebrows (for whatever insane reason) or had them fall out, only to paint them back on using some form of makeup.
Weird, but acceptable, I guess.
But here in Oklahoma, we not only do that during breakfast (in public, by the way), but we use a black sharpie. For those of you abroad, this is a bold, black permanent marker.
All I could do the entire time this woman was there today was stare at these eyebrows of hers. And try not to laugh. Oklahoma culture at its finest, no doubt.
Thanks to all of you who left me questions, and phooey on those of you who didn’t. Anyhow… here they are. Also, if you still want to leave me questions on the original post, I’ll be glad to answer them for you here.
Bobbi-Lee asked: What do you plan to be/do when you “grow up” (leave school etc) and why?
In a perfect world, I would love to travel, anywhere, just to learn the language and soak up the culture of each country. Maybe I’d be working on a novel, or maybe I’d be freelancing (web design, of course), or who knows? I’d love to go to Israel. Or Italy. Or Scotland. Or Germany…
In a realistic (yuck) world, I see myself in a little house with a big yard for my cat collection… working on that novel or freelancing or teaching or whatever the Lord would have me do.
And in the near-ish future… I’d just like to get into college and be able to stay there without completely going broke.