Funny how often my emails to people make better journal entries than my actual journal entries...
This is part of a back and forth email conversation between my brother Aaron and I.
Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:47 AM
Aaron:
It's a Clarence Thomas quote, never mind! haha
nice stance there. it's way easier to judge and let judge i think.
sorry to hear about the Pet Store. are they going out of business? surprised they lasted this long to be honest or any other store in that shopping center somehow.
at least you have built a nice little resume for yourself and will surely have good references from them. make sure you get their contact information and ask them if it is ok.
there are plenty of pet stores or other places to work i'd imagine with your resume/references.
what about a vet? or is that sad?
thinking about school at all?
you and kev really talking marriage? crazy kids!!!
-AA
Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:13 AM
Me:
Yeah, the owner of the pet shop said that if he can't "turn things around" within the next 90 days he's going to consider it a lost cause and sell the store... So sad. I feel really bad for my manager Lori who's worked there for like 23 years and the only other experience she has before that is places like Longs and Taco Bell... so shitty. I don't know what she's going to do. When the owner "let me go," he was very, very sorry and expressed in great depth how great of an employee I am and how much our customers love me, how good my PR is, how knowledgeable I am, etc. and of course that he would give me a great reference, that I have a lot of value as an employee in general and shouldn't have trouble finding another job and so on. He didn't give me any notice... he didn't even let me work that day that he told me. I just showed up to work and he told me right away. So I left. He gave me $100 to help me get by. Shrug... I don't want to work at another pet shop because I am totally loyal to that one and being in the line of work for as long as I had, I know all of the pet shops in town and what they're about and I wouldn't want to work for any of them for various reasons, loyalty aside.
I *could* work at a vet... but yeah, it might be pretty sad. I don't know that I wouldn't really dislike certain things about it. Especially having to sell people really expensive Hill's Science Diet prescription pet foods that are filled with really unhealthy ingredients. Almost all vets participate in that. But I don't know. I am definitely leaning toward retail... maybe a small clothing store or even a small beauty supply store where I can share my experience and knowledge of hair products. Mom offered me a bit of hours at LifeChronicles to help me get by which is cool. Of course I'm taking her up on it. We're going to meet up tomorrow to get started on that. Other than that, I'm sort of just taking it easy this week. I'll get busy looking for another job next week. I'm in a total funk at the moment that's surely, largely related to losing a job I had for almost three years that I really loved and was really comfortable in. Regardless of what other possible reasons, I'm just feeling really shitty, drained and kind of upset so far this week. Things have been SO good all year that I guess when things even start to go kind of wrong, I've almost forgotten how to get back up onto my feet again. Luckily, I've got Kevin with me pretty much constantly provided he's not at work and he's so nice and understanding and attentive to my needs... reassuring me that I won't starve with him around, etc. Being his usual adorable, comforting, funny, easy-going self. He is a world of helpfulness and happiness for me.
I would love to go to school and it still constantly lingers in some part of my mind as something I can't see myself not needing to do sometime hopefully soon to get going in a real direction I really want to go in even just at least with a real, successful future career. It costs money, though, and I still need to learn to drive. Sheesh... I'm really hoping that driving will happen very soon. I'm taking baby steps. I have glasses again and that's a good start!
I've been THINKING marriage in regard to Kevin since I first started dating him. I didn't really start hinting at it or mentioning anything of the sort until some months went by... we've had casual conversations about how we view marriage, our preferences and beliefs including in reference to having a family and rearing children... Over time, I've hinted more and more at my desire to marry him and, well, he didn't run away in terror which is good. Hahaha. Only recently have we had any serious, in-depth talks about it and it sounds like a pretty likely thing for the future... I don't know how near-future it might be but I would be surprised if it wasn't inevitable. No matter what, we are both smart and careful people... so we agreed that we would not commit to marrying each other before having at least a whole year under the belt of our relationship. We have a lot more talking to do about things in general... and we've made some progress in that department slowly over time even though we simply joke and play seemingly 95% of the time we're together.
(...Some bits of specific, confidential information...)
I'm feeling things out slowly and carefully. I'm still snapping out of my eight year marijuana funk as it is, anyway. Heh! As time goes on, my mind is more and more clear which is great. I just wish it'd pick up the pace, of course.
Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:47 AM
Aaron:
It's a Clarence Thomas quote, never mind! haha
nice stance there. it's way easier to judge and let judge i think.
sorry to hear about the Pet Store. are they going out of business? surprised they lasted this long to be honest or any other store in that shopping center somehow.
at least you have built a nice little resume for yourself and will surely have good references from them. make sure you get their contact information and ask them if it is ok.
there are plenty of pet stores or other places to work i'd imagine with your resume/references.
what about a vet? or is that sad?
thinking about school at all?
you and kev really talking marriage? crazy kids!!!
-AA
Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:13 AM
Me:
Yeah, the owner of the pet shop said that if he can't "turn things around" within the next 90 days he's going to consider it a lost cause and sell the store... So sad. I feel really bad for my manager Lori who's worked there for like 23 years and the only other experience she has before that is places like Longs and Taco Bell... so shitty. I don't know what she's going to do. When the owner "let me go," he was very, very sorry and expressed in great depth how great of an employee I am and how much our customers love me, how good my PR is, how knowledgeable I am, etc. and of course that he would give me a great reference, that I have a lot of value as an employee in general and shouldn't have trouble finding another job and so on. He didn't give me any notice... he didn't even let me work that day that he told me. I just showed up to work and he told me right away. So I left. He gave me $100 to help me get by. Shrug... I don't want to work at another pet shop because I am totally loyal to that one and being in the line of work for as long as I had, I know all of the pet shops in town and what they're about and I wouldn't want to work for any of them for various reasons, loyalty aside.
I *could* work at a vet... but yeah, it might be pretty sad. I don't know that I wouldn't really dislike certain things about it. Especially having to sell people really expensive Hill's Science Diet prescription pet foods that are filled with really unhealthy ingredients. Almost all vets participate in that. But I don't know. I am definitely leaning toward retail... maybe a small clothing store or even a small beauty supply store where I can share my experience and knowledge of hair products. Mom offered me a bit of hours at LifeChronicles to help me get by which is cool. Of course I'm taking her up on it. We're going to meet up tomorrow to get started on that. Other than that, I'm sort of just taking it easy this week. I'll get busy looking for another job next week. I'm in a total funk at the moment that's surely, largely related to losing a job I had for almost three years that I really loved and was really comfortable in. Regardless of what other possible reasons, I'm just feeling really shitty, drained and kind of upset so far this week. Things have been SO good all year that I guess when things even start to go kind of wrong, I've almost forgotten how to get back up onto my feet again. Luckily, I've got Kevin with me pretty much constantly provided he's not at work and he's so nice and understanding and attentive to my needs... reassuring me that I won't starve with him around, etc. Being his usual adorable, comforting, funny, easy-going self. He is a world of helpfulness and happiness for me.
I would love to go to school and it still constantly lingers in some part of my mind as something I can't see myself not needing to do sometime hopefully soon to get going in a real direction I really want to go in even just at least with a real, successful future career. It costs money, though, and I still need to learn to drive. Sheesh... I'm really hoping that driving will happen very soon. I'm taking baby steps. I have glasses again and that's a good start!
I've been THINKING marriage in regard to Kevin since I first started dating him. I didn't really start hinting at it or mentioning anything of the sort until some months went by... we've had casual conversations about how we view marriage, our preferences and beliefs including in reference to having a family and rearing children... Over time, I've hinted more and more at my desire to marry him and, well, he didn't run away in terror which is good. Hahaha. Only recently have we had any serious, in-depth talks about it and it sounds like a pretty likely thing for the future... I don't know how near-future it might be but I would be surprised if it wasn't inevitable. No matter what, we are both smart and careful people... so we agreed that we would not commit to marrying each other before having at least a whole year under the belt of our relationship. We have a lot more talking to do about things in general... and we've made some progress in that department slowly over time even though we simply joke and play seemingly 95% of the time we're together.
(...Some bits of specific, confidential information...)
I'm feeling things out slowly and carefully. I'm still snapping out of my eight year marijuana funk as it is, anyway. Heh! As time goes on, my mind is more and more clear which is great. I just wish it'd pick up the pace, of course.