I’ve been at work!

Wondering where I’ve been the past few days? 

I have been on a massive job hunt for the past 3 months. I live in a very rural area and have always had to drive to Roanoke, the nearest city, for work, which is a good 45 minute trip to and from. Needless to say, the gas was killing me and when I lost my job down there, I vowed I would try to find something up in the smaller city that I also live next to. Due to the economy and job market, I’ve been job hunting forever, it seems.  But isn’t it funny how things happen?  I got not one, but two jobs, last week!  Job #1, a waitress position (which I haven’t done in 20 some odd years, but thought I would enjoy again) is only Part-time, but with tips, is workable. Job #2 came about on my second day of training at Job #1.  I’ve been trying to get Job #2 for awhile, because its 2 miles from the house and they had advertised a month or so ago, but they ended up hiring someone.  Apparently that someone didn’t work out, because when I stopped in the other day they asked if I were still looking and I mentioned that I had just started the other, but I was interested ~ Full-time, stability, especially knowing that Job #1’s business would die down somewhat after the holidays. The unfortunate part, intially, was that they both were the same shift, so I would have to choose and I honestly wasn’t sure which was the best option. As with everything, there were pros and cons to each. Yesterday morning the Job #2 called and offered me the position, asking if I could start that evening, but I had to work at Job #1 for training day #3.

How excited I was when I called Job #1 to explain that I simply had to take Job #2 instead and they offered to work with me and let me work based around Job #2’s schedule!   Now I have twice what I need!  How cool!