It was just another Wednesday. I fell asleep around 4am. When 12:30 rolled around I was still asleep, and comfortably so. Dreaming of people I hadn't seen since high school in a house I hadn't seen in 5 years. Dreams of the past, and things I will miss. Then the phone rings.
It's Ellen. She's been down in Southern California since Monday. Today she had a job interview with Toyota, the company she used to work for before she moved to Oregon. They had a testing job opening so she thought she'd try for while she's in the area. She arrived at 11am. The interview was done at 11:30. At 11:45 she was on her way back down to Orange County when her phone rang.
She got the job. Quick, simple, easy - she got a job. A great job too. One that pays 3 times what she was making in Oregon, with people she knows and feels comfortable around. Of course it's in Torrance, which sucks, but that one negative didn't stop her from taking the job on the spot. She starts on the 14th.
Now things start to change. Some of those changes I welcome, and I'm pretty excited about. Like moving out of this house. That may not happen for a month or two, but it will happen. There's money now. Money for moving, and car repairs, and gas. Money for computer parts, and new clothes, and dinners at nice restaurants. Money for tastes of freedom like trips to the coast, and trips to Southern California.
One phone call and the rest of the year looks completely different.
It's Ellen. She's been down in Southern California since Monday. Today she had a job interview with Toyota, the company she used to work for before she moved to Oregon. They had a testing job opening so she thought she'd try for while she's in the area. She arrived at 11am. The interview was done at 11:30. At 11:45 she was on her way back down to Orange County when her phone rang.
She got the job. Quick, simple, easy - she got a job. A great job too. One that pays 3 times what she was making in Oregon, with people she knows and feels comfortable around. Of course it's in Torrance, which sucks, but that one negative didn't stop her from taking the job on the spot. She starts on the 14th.
Now things start to change. Some of those changes I welcome, and I'm pretty excited about. Like moving out of this house. That may not happen for a month or two, but it will happen. There's money now. Money for moving, and car repairs, and gas. Money for computer parts, and new clothes, and dinners at nice restaurants. Money for tastes of freedom like trips to the coast, and trips to Southern California.
One phone call and the rest of the year looks completely different.
Interesting?