The First and Last Days of the Year
First off: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I had meant to write one last entry in 2003, maybe citing all the important moments and things that were special to me... But I was in such a daze of doing quests in DAoC and watching the Sex and the City marathon on HBO that I was shocked when I saw people in my guild saying "Happy New Year EST!" I had trouble believing it was that time already. I totally missed watching the ball drop too. But oh well I guess.
I'm still half asleep, and not really up for writing an entry... but I guess I should get this written down now before something happens tomorrow that will ruin it.
I decided to follow up on a very vague add in the paper... Office work, no experience necessary, will train. When I called the number listed, I was shocked to find that it was a cell phone... I didn't leave a message when given the chance, and figured I should call again to make sure I had the number right before leaving contact information. Sure enough, I called the same number, and this time the owner of the phone answered. I'm sure I came off as one of those annoying people who will keep calling a number until someone picked up, and though I tried to sneak an apology into the conversation, he seemed to be a little rushed so I never really had the chance.
For some reason he wanted to continue the conversation on a "more stable" line (I think that's what he said) and he called me back from, I would guess, either his office or home phone. First thing I asked him was the job description, and I was delighted to hear things like "mailing advertisements," "boring," and "no phones." He told me that right now he was moreso seeing if I would be good for the job, and I would not be put on a payroll just yet (if that makes sense... think it was just code for "officially hiring" me) and that he'd be paying me 80$ day. I could have that in either daily or weekly checks, whichever I preferred. He said that at first, he'd need me to have a flexible schedule, and that that would include a few weekends to start. As long as "flexible" doesn't mean calling me on a day off and saying: "OMFG come in here now I need you omg everything is going to hell and you're the only one who can fix it get here or you're fired." I think I'd rather be fired than be called in.
The majority of the conversation was about giving me directions to get there. He asked me if I knew the area well, and I lied and said yes... only because my parents know it well, and that's basically the same thing. He said he still needed me to come in and fill out an application, and we arranged a time and date for that. I had told him I could come in tomorrow, but when he hung up the phone he said he would see me at Friday at 10AM. I had decided to go with that time instead of tomorrow, as he may have written down exactly what he said, even though he might have gotten the days mixed up. If he finds himself thinking I'm late today, hopefully he'll refer to whatever he wrote down and then not be upset.
When I go in tomorrow, my mother is going to come with me... just to help me with the directions, and just encase this guy is a creep. I don't know if I want her to come into the building with me... that might be a bit much. Especially considering he might not expect me to be 21 years old. I'm not going to be naive, I know that will be a factor against me... but oh well. I need to try on some of my mother's outfits so I can get a casual/professional look going, as my typical suite I wear to all this sort of stuff has a much more summery look to it, and would just look odd if I wore it in the middle of winter.
Anyway... I'm going to go eat shrimp, possibly go to the movie store (ehhhhhh... this was decided that we would go without asking me, when I could care less about renting movies today) and try on clothes for tomorrow.