i love being back in the burg. i love having friends to call(although i wish laura wasn't so busy ahem). and i love my ever expanding derby team:) halloween is almost here :D shane and i have plans to be the monarch and dr. girlfriend. and btw he thoroughly amused me by counting halloweens to figure out how long we had been at eagles nest.. he said "two halloweens so three years" lol. and jen and i are taking a very adventurous road trip to dallas next week to meet drew barrymore who is touring for the whip it movie. we will only be gone 2 days but i am so excited! i'm going to get her to sign my old jersey and my e.t. glass lol. soooo yay!
i quit c'est la vie. tomorrow will be my last day. it just wasn't what i thought it would be.
i dont know what to do.
so i got hired at cest la vie. the owner seems really nice, and they're a lot busier then i thought they would be. im going to be working there mornings and olive garden at night. it was very relaxed and all the customers seemed happy to be there, where as at olive garden people are rushed and angry all the time.. i will be running the front counter most of the time but janouch promised to teach me pastry :) he also makes beautiful cakes that are so not my style but still awesome so im very excited. yay :)
tara's cakes is not hiring, the pastry garden is not hiring. cest la vie is hiring someone to make pastries and sometimes cakes..they will let me know in two weeks..he was very french his name was nannoosh.. home bake and candy shops manager will be in tuesday and weds. from 4-5..so i will go talk to her. jody's manager will be back from vacation on the 10th and they will probly be hiring in september. tara's cakes is relocating and said i should check back after their relocation to see if they're busier..all hope is not lost..i will make his happen..i guess worst case scenario i can offer myself as a free intern ..andthen they'll need me have to pay me! lol
so today i pounded the pavement on the road to cake decorating. i printed out my pics at walmart bc i thought it would be cheaper than kinkos--not so! but the lady waiting behind me was very impressed with my cakes and asked for my phone number so i could do cakes for her..that was cool..and gave me the confidence to proceed to every bakery in hattiesburg looking for a job. AND NO ONE'S MANAGER WAS IN! but i got applications and found out when they would be in so hopefully soon i can get on with one and sharpen ma cake skillz. i also stopped in to try the sandwiches at tbone's coffee shop and they were AMAZING! i think this may be my new favorite eatery. of course they were playing great music and the atmosphere was super chillaxed. now i'm going to take a quick nap before work. later gators! ps- tomorrow i'm going to try to catch one of the managers at the pastry garden and i have two more bakeries to go to..also i went in cirque du sweet day to see if they sold cakes and they do not. they only do cupcakes..which i hope are delicious bc they're not that pretty..and their lobby was massive which made their selection of sweets seem tiny..i'm not being mean i'm just letting you know..go a try a cupcake i'm sure they're awesome:) ttyl!
this morning thundercleese shit in the floor(he was sick), i cleaned it up and took him outside where i stepped in leftover dog shit, one of my friendly acquaintances killed himself..i am good friends with several of his good friends..and it's a hard time for everyone.. then t.c. shit in the house again..then my tire blew out..its completely flat and rubbery and cannot be aired up..i just got two new tires a week ago..i needed 4..but couldnt afford it..still can't. ...SIGH.. i need to go to bed. tomorrow should be better..
today we packed all the cabinets in the kitchen, cleaned and emptied my bathroom, and got rid of at least a laundry load of clothes. now i need to pack the dirty dishes and the utensil drawer, the remainder of the closet and the bedroom....and i think that's it. i wish we had one of those PODS so we could see where we really are..im sure there's something im not thinking of. see you in one week!
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im so excited to be coming back. you have no idea how many nights i sat here crying on the inside..or the outside..bc i couldnt call you over to come and hang out. i missed you :)
hattiesburg it is. see you two weeks.
so let me take you back to the beginning..( a very good place to start..what movie is that from?) shane got a job and we moved to memphis. the job was good and i really liked this olive garden..but then we realized..hey we dont have any friends to share this delicious barb-e q with.. we'd rather have good friends than good barb-e q..as time went by we became more and more miserable and memphis became more and more trashy ghetto dangerous miserable. i became very sad..which made shane very sad. so shane decided to do something about it! and he applied for a few jobs in hattiesburg.. on the day of jennifer's rehearsal before her wedding shane interviewed for a job at an architure firm in the burg. yesterday we found out he got the job..with a slight pay cut..
i cried tears of joy because i am so ready to be in hattiesburg again. today he told his bosses about it and they said..wait! dont quit! you can work from home or open an office for us in saucier...and since the company he works for now is an older, larger, more stable company..i think he is going to stay with them..and now we dont know if we will be in saucier or hattiesburg...but i'll let you know as soon as i find out :) either way we will be closer and therefor happier.
i cried tears of joy because i am so ready to be in hattiesburg again. today he told his bosses about it and they said..wait! dont quit! you can work from home or open an office for us in saucier...and since the company he works for now is an older, larger, more stable company..i think he is going to stay with them..and now we dont know if we will be in saucier or hattiesburg...but i'll let you know as soon as i find out :) either way we will be closer and therefor happier.
i am becoming lame and bitchy and i'm pretty sure its bc all my friends are 4.5 hours away. fuck this shit man.
so after i graduated from usm i tried sincerely to get a job in interior design lowering my standards from an architecture firm all the way to home depot. i got rejection letters from memphis to the coast and had plenty of time to think about what i really want to do with my life while working at olive garden. ultimately i would like to own my own bakery/coffee shop/event planning business. and i've put a lot of thought into how to do this from going back to school for an mba to working my way up in a bakery then opening my own using the knowledge ive gained. i've decided that i would like to become a manager at olive garden bc it will provide me with the funds i will need to save the money to start this business and teach me useful things about running a business and managing employees. today my gm called a meeting with me and 3 other certified trainers (note that we have about 15 certified trainers). he let us know that he has a passion for creating leaders and wants to build a legacy for our olive garden around producing great leaders. he let us know that he will be conducting bimonthly seminars for those of us committed to the idea that centers around olive gardens principals and inspiring our teammates to be the best. i will be learning the seminars, teaching the seminars, and shadowing our management staff. i have a real opportunity to move into management, and so begins the execution of my next 5 year plan..
also i think i should tell you, i dont feel like i am wasting my degree bc it taught me to pay attention to detail, to set and achieve goals for myself, to manage my time efficiently, and to maintain a professional attitude. which would have been much harder to learn with out pushing myself through that hell.
also i think i should tell you, i dont feel like i am wasting my degree bc it taught me to pay attention to detail, to set and achieve goals for myself, to manage my time efficiently, and to maintain a professional attitude. which would have been much harder to learn with out pushing myself through that hell.
does anyone know what i should do? i think i lost my how to succeed in life manual..don't they give those out when you are born??
