find a summer job

I have 3 prospects, and all 3 could (and should!) continue beyond the summer. I’m not sure exactly how this will all pan out, but I’ll have it figured out by this time tomorrow. 7 months ago

Went in today for an interview and was hired on the spot :)

Dana was lovely (if busy), and expressed appreciation for my people skills, resume, the good things my two employee friends had said, and the fact that I’m free all summer.

The work pays quite decently, and I’ll be doing things like making coffee, setting out baked goods (it is a bakery, after all), cleaning, locking up and opening, and generally selling things.

So very, very excited! Training (which is paid) starts tomorrow, 9 AM – 12 PM.

_{If anyone lives around the Seattle area, message me and perhaps I’ll sell you some pastries ;)}8 months ago

GRRR.

You know what really bothers me?
When a restaurant manager promises to call me for an interview and implies that I have a very good chance, and then never does, then tells me the position has been filled when I contact him again…grr. Made yesterday not fun for awhile, ick. I wish people were more comfortable just being honest about these kinds of things. I wouldn’t have spontaneously combusted if he’d said he didn’t need me. Bleh.

BUT ANYWAY.

The upside was, I heard Bob’s Bakery was hiring again and called my friend’s mother (who runs it along with Paul; the “new” Bob) Jill. She asked me to email her my resume, so I did and got my first interview (with her daughter Dana next Tuesday, since Jill is leaving for Haiti). How exciting! I don’t want to jinx anything, but I feel good about it. Two of my lovely friends work there and have nothing but good things to say about me, and Jill is a reliable sweetheart who knows me. If they have space…yes…

Oh, oh, and what’s that you say? Graduation in 5 days? Oh…no big deal…’cept it is… =) 8 months ago

So here are two related things I need to write about =)

Uno
I am under absolute intense pressure trying to finish high school and find work. I’d like to, you know, maintain and raise my grades while I still have time (three and a half weeks). Since I’m staying up past midnight on a daily basis right now and getting up at six, I declare a temporary break from 43T until I can get things under control. _{I mean, I might be here a little, but not so much at all}

So y’all who care what I have to say (I’m still surprised how many of you there are), don’t go away, I’ll be back =)

And now, dos:
After absolutely tons of hunting, I may finally have found work! I got blocked out of summer camp for this year because I’m leaving for college too early, so I’ve had to scramble for other work. I also live in a mini-mini-itty-bitty town that doesn’t have much stuff available to sort-of-unskilled-teenagers.

But.
I’ve applied to the VAC and may have substitute work =) I’m working on an app for Bakery Nouveau and best of all, I have an interview at the Hardware Store Restaurant! Eeek, so excited. I don’t want to jinx anything but I have such a good feeling about it. It’s a lovely little restaurant with such a nice atmosphere (and the clothes for servers are classy and all black), and I definitely impressed the manager when I came in and talked to him the other day.

He’s calling me in less than a week to set it up. I realllly hope I get this, or I might be babysitting all summer (sigh). 9 months ago