New Beginnings...

Okay everyone, I am now an official employee of Aeropostale! I am the new assistant manager, and I start the job on August 13. YAY!!! I got an almost $2 raise out of it, too, which is awesome! Technically I'm a salaried employee, but if you do the math that's what it comes out to. Anyway, that's all for now!

Wonderful

I received my copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows yesterday at 3:00pm, and I began reading it at once. Including potty breaks and cigarettes, it took me 12 hours to read it. I cried, I admit, reading and experiencing the deaths and triumphs of the final story of the series. It was wonderful, just as I thought itwould be, and though I was excited to read it I am also left with an extreme sense of loss. For the end of such stories and adventures mean the real death of a much loved character. I must say that I won't spoil it for any of you. But I'll tell you that the spoilers on the internet were wrong, except the one I read about 6 major characters dying. That was correct. Now, I wonder if another series will ever top it as a major bestseller for children. I know for sure that when Brooklynn turns 11, I will most cetainly read them to her or let her read them on her own.

So I am sad, but delighted. I could not have foreseen a better ending. Curious? You'll have to read it.

This might be it!

Okay! I went to an interview at Aeropostale yesterday for an assistant manager position, and I was really nervous but apparently I did something right because the district manager has already invited me back to meet his boss, so maybe this is it! I might be getting a really cool job to get my start! And I know some of you are thinking 'retail?' but I am going to enjoy it!!!! I am so excited and hopeful that this could be the end to my four month long search for a starting point! This is a great opportunity for me and I am so excited... even though I haven't officially been hired yet! But I am thrilled to be hired for a position that actually ASKS for my degree in the field, which means the pay should be commiserate, yes? Gosh, I think I could just pee my pants I'm so happy!

Stress with a side of burnout

I haven't written much lately, sorry to all of my avid fans...lol. Nah, I've just been super busy, you know, doing stuff. At work its been stressful but I won't go into details here... at home Brooklynn has been sick and not eating well, she's cutting her 3 year molars early and we're paying the price! School has been entirely too much, since I'm in the middle of writing a 35 page (minimum!) research paper while taking another class where I was required to turn in an 8-12 page research paper as well as give a presentation and take a final (gotta do all of that tonight!) and in 9 days I'm taking a test for college credit hours on college algebra, which I'm trying to brush up on by myself with the help of a few study aids. Of course the money situation is dire... but only b/c all the things that were broken had to be fixed. I did go to Aeropostale to meet the store manager about a Asst. Manager position they have open, but I'll have to wait til next week and see if she calls me in for an interview with the district manager. On a happier note: Harry Potter comes out in 9 days!!!! I'll be posting a review of the book when I am finished reading it, which should be the same day it is released unless I'm extremely ill. So life is stressful and I'm a little burned out but I'm still truckin' along and rolling with the punches cuz what else can I do? At least I have something to look forward to. Ta ta for now, all of my friends who actually read my blogs. I am so sincerely happy that you think what I say is interesting!

Great Movie!

So upon recommendation I bought and watched the movie The Prestige, with Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale. It was an absolutely awesome movie that had my attention from beginning to end! Rivalry, backstabbing, obsessions, and magic tricks... what more do you need? I highly recommend that anyone who loves movies add it to your collection. I know I'll probably watch it at least a couple times more this weekend!

The dam broke

Okay. Many would say that things couldn't get any worse. And I'd say sure it can, b/c bad shit just keeps happening to me. I can't find a job. I nearly broke my foot. I am trying to graduate on time and keep my mind intact. My roof started leaking yesterday when it rained (its only three years old). And my boss and I got in a spat. And today my water heater broke. Not the hose. The whole fucking shabang is goddamn broken. And that's not the only thing that is broke. WE ARE BROKE. I have no money to spend to fix these problems. I have no more optimism to spout. I have no idea if i can mutter the words 'it won't always be this way'. I have muttered the words 'things are never going to get better'. I'm tired of trying, I'm tired of doing and never getting anywhere I'M JUST SO TIRED. I can't fight anymore. There is no fight left in me. I give up. If this is some sort of test for my spirit then I'm ready to fail. I give up. I'm the one who is broken now.