Here come the brides

A week from today I will be driving to South Carolina to watch one of my best friends get married. Three weeks from tomorrow I will be driving to Indiana for the same reason. Different friend, naturally. Because of the impending involvement in weddings that will result in a slight loss of best friendedness, I have been thinking. Thinking about how almost everyone I know is in a somewhat serious relationship, how they're all going to go off and get married and things will be lost in the process. Inside jokes will be forgotten, keeping in contact will lose importance and slowly but surely they'll all drift away. I won't always have roommates, I won't always live here in this apartment, someday I'll be by myself in some studio apartment trying to pay the bills and juggle 2 or 3 jobs or something ridiculous like that, while still maintaining hopes and dreams and college loans. This is the very beginning of the biggest and hardest transition. To be honest, leaving home was never super hard, going to college was nothing to me, no big change. Graduating was just a day, it made no great impact on me. Working at the Grand Canyon was a challenge, but only temporary, and moving to Chicago felt perfectly natural. Even the first few weddings didn't change much for me (although I'm sure it's very different for them). But when October rolls around.....

And thank you for riding the CTA!

Alright people, in case you don't already know, I got a job! I'll be working at Macy's in the women's accessories department. Our dress code is all black, and since I didn't have any black clothes, I had to pick some up. But that is not the best part of the story. The best part is how it all happened. I had an interview, but I had to go in early to fill out the second portion to the application, so Schmikes and I took an early trip into town to do just that. After that was done (it only took 15 minutes of the hour they said it would take) we had some extra time and we had noticed there was a piano gallery in the lower level so we went to check it out. After a 10-15 minute conversation with the man working there, Schmikes had connections to teach piano lessons with them! We went back up and I went into the LONGEST and LARGEST group interview I've ever had to sit through. There were probably about 50 people there, and we all had to stand, introduce ourselves and talk for a minute or two about our experience and availability for the job openings. After all that was done (took two hours) we had a short break and then came back in to the same room. The lady in charge came to the front of the room and started calling out names to move to another room. Roughly 15 of us got called over, and the rest were dismissed. Us lucky 15 had more individual interviews and got jobs right there on the spot! Unfortunately we had two weeks until training, so I have still been bored and broke. Later though, Schmikes did some emailing with the guy from the piano gallery and now she has a job too!!!! Just in time, I'll say, cause the rent is due soon! Hopefully I can get promoted and eventually get away from retail and into starting a gallery of my own. That would be the ideal, but for now, hey! We have jobs!

Job searching

Well I've managed to get all my crap into our apartment, and the unpacking process will take a while but hey, I don't even have a bed yet, so you can't blame me for that. I also need a job so I can get put on the lease (yeah technically I DON'T live here yet) and pay for everything else in my life, plus food if I can manage that. I have been job searching all week. It's making me crazy. Luckily I have an interview at Macy's on Monday... wish me luck.

Crazy Stuff

It has all been very busy. I came home on a Wednesday, got my sister Friday, went to a bridal shower Saturday and a wedding Monday, came back home Tuesday, and now it is Friday and I'm leaving tomorrow morning to move to CHICAGO. Good grief.