It is good to be back at my laptop this morning! I’m back from a trip to Ohio over Thanksgiving. I enjoyed seeing family, but this really
should be forever remembered as “the vacation that was not a vacation.” It is always impossible to see everyone you
want to see and there is absolutely NO chance of actually getting anything
remotely resembling rest on these types of trips. It did serve to remind me of the two biggest
reasons we left: depressed economic
conditions and the weather. I felt kind
of sad driving through my little hometown and the towns around it and seeing
just how bad things are in comparison to where we’re living now. And as for the weather, it really wasn’t half
bad for the first part of the week – sunshine and fair temps. If you’ve ever lived in Central and/or Northern Ohio , you know how unlikely it is to experience
either of these things in November. The
cold returned with a vengeance on our last day there. The morning we left it was 29 degrees (F) and
snowing. No thanks…
One thing I did determine on my vacation was that I was
going to quit my new job. Yes, I know it
sounds awful to work a week someplace and then quit, but you already know how
appallingly bored I was, and at this point in my life (ahem…let’s just say I’m
over 40, shall we?), I know what I’m good at and what I’m not so good at. Why waste time? My decision was confirmed when I went in
Monday morning after our return to find a slew of notes detailing a bunch of
stuff that needed to be done that didn’t really have anything to do with office
work, which is what was advertised and what I applied for. The most disturbing note was the one that
said, “There is a dead rat in unit #74.”
It proceeded to state that the person who cleaned it up (read: me)
absolutely MUST wear a face mask and rubber gloves because there was a previous
customer who nearly died from inhaling the fur of a poisoned rat. O_o Yeah…I don’t do non-poisoned rats, let alone
poisoned ones.
Again I say, NO THANKS.
So, I worked out the rest of the day and the people I worked
for were very gracious and Tuesday morning I breathed a huge sigh of relief
that I didn’t have to go back. I guess
I’ll figure out another way to pay for my yarn.
I have heard you can sell blood sometimes…
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Next post: “Christmas
Knitting Progress” OR “I Am NEVER Going To Get It All Done”
How goes your Christmas knitting?
its been fairly nice but cool since you left...supposed to be in the 50's this weekend and its sunny! not bad for ohio! sorry it had to snow on your last day here...glad you decided to quit that awful job though!
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