Man, That Is Very Good

When I didn't hear from the RCMP right away, I was expecting a letter within the next couple of weeks, thanking me for my interest and wishing me the best in my future endeavours. When the letter never came, I thought, geez, not even a PFO.

Today I got a phone call.

I'm hired.

Half-time position, pro rated from around $35,000, so basically 1/2 of what I made at the college. Flexible hours, leaves me room to find a supplemental job.

I am loopy, I feel so good about this right now. This is the one I wanted, the one I felt I had a real shot at.

Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers on that one.

Now, what else has been going on? Paper route is rolling along. Collecting is a bitch, but thankfully, most are paid in the office, so very few to try and shake down for their $7.40 every two weeks. Meeting all kinds of characters, likeable and not.

Remember our leather funriture? (Refresher- it was purchased under the false pretense that it was so durable, that trimmed cat claws wouldn't damage it, which we found out to be completely false. Also the wood underneath the armrests crunched and cracked every time you put weight on them.)

Well, we returned it, and waffled between getting more furniture or maybe just a couch and buying a new washer and dryer, since ours were in the nighbourhood of 30-40 years old, and occasionally sounding pretty bad during cycles, especially the washer. We opted for the furniture, thinking, we need something to sit on now, and why replace the appliances while they still work. We'll wait for them to conk out.

One conked out. The washer decided that one must go through much frustation and knob-wiggling (no, not that kind, though we were ready to try anything) in order to get the tub to drain after the wash cycle. So we got a new washer and dryer, and due to our basement being finished around the already sitting-there appliances, we almost had them dropped on the main floor, and I was wondering how much it was going to cost to convert our back porch into a main-floor laundry room.

Luckily, the delivery guys from the Brick here in the Hat were totally awesome at what they do, and they managed to get the new ones down our narrow stairs and into the laundry room, with no room to spare. The doorway was 27" wide, the appliances were the same. Barely squeaked through. The main floor laundry can wait a few years.

Life goes on..now we have to try to figure out what to do with our back yard.

posted by Unknown @ 10:01 AM