at last?

Last night, Aaron and I went to hang out with Nathan and Natalie because Nathan's birthday is coming up, and he had a little party with all his friends. Natalie and I got to talking, and she asked how the job hunt was going. I told her it was looking dismal, and she told me about this place called Von Maur that was hiring seasonal employees to get ready for the holidays, and that they pay $11.00 per hour to start off. She also had an application for the store with her, and said that I could have it if I wanted. She wasn't going to use it herself, and knew that I might like to apply.

So I filled out the application this morning, and Aaron and I went off to do our Saturday ritual; lunch, kitties, and picking up his car from downtown. Along with all that, we stopped at the mall where the Von Maur is and dropped off the application. They asked if I had time to speak to a manager, so I did, and I now have an interview set up for this Monday the 15th.

I'm really hoping that I get the job. Not because I think I will like it, but because of the obvious. We're broke as hell. Von Maur is a super fancy store like JC Penney or Macys, only higher end. In the mall this one is in, there are two floors to the store, a piano player on the main floor, and it looks pretty nice. Things are expensive and high quality, but basically, it'd be like working at a Penneys store. No big deal, I can handle that.

So thanks to Natalie I have that to look forward to on Monday. I also have an interview set up the next Monday, the 22nd, at Famous Footwear. It's closer to home, but I doubt pays near as much. Also, I put in the application on Tuesday, the manager looked at it on Wednesday, but I never heard from her. So I called on Friday, and she said that she wanted to set up an interview, but that it would have to wait until the 22nd because she was going on vacation. Why couldn't she have called earlier, then? Who knows.

My birthday is coming up on Tuesday the 16th. The big two five for me. Woooo! Maybe my car insurance rates will go down now. I'll give 'em a call. Plus, Jill is coming over next weekend to visit, and Brandon and Austin are coming over the weekend after that to visit, AND we're going to a Halloween party. Sounds like a good time to me!