i'm employed; defying gravity!

so YES i'm employed! :)

i walked into brookstone and browsed all their random gadgets and now i find myself an employee there! i get to pester people while they browse and play w/ all the toys, then persuade them w/ my persuasion to buy things and then work cashier when they've been persuaded. :)

it's in the mall, so that makes me VERY happy. i get to work @ the mall! i signed a bunch of papers and then went to new your & company and got some classy blank pants and a button-up baby blue shirt as part of my uniform. *dazzling* i look super sophisticated; hopefully i'll get enough money to survive another year of college, plus buy the camera of my dreams! *sigh*

but it was fun; i went w/ my mom because i'm still working on my driver's license. can you believe i'm still w/o a license? it's so annoying to explain, believe me. we were strolling along and i said something that made my mom laugh and she actually gave me a shoulder hug and said, "i'm proud of you," which, for one, i didn't expect, and second, made me feel all grown up and proud of what i've accomplished. i've done so much and been through so much already, and between you and me, i can't wait to start classes again!

and breaking news! a couple weeks ago, i got FIVE letters from travis. that's right, the five letters or so that i've been waiting for since january. i know it sounds like so few letters for such a long time, but some of them were resent so that i would get them. i'll try to explain. there was an issue w/ my email, something about whoever emails travis' letters to me for some reason was tripped up by all my '_' in my email, so i made a new one w/o them for him to write to. i tried at first to make one w/ yahoo! (like my old one) but i thought it never went through, or worked. then i made one w/ msn.com and that worked. however, travis thought my email was yahoo! so all his letters went to this email i thought didn't work! but when i logged in, there they were! it wasn't how i thought it was! i just thought that it was something to do w/ our relationship, but it was all a matter of miscommunication! once he found out what REALLY happened, he was really really sorry, even though it wasn't 100% his fault. even though things are going well, i still miss him a lot and i don't know if i can tell him so.

hello my name is: unemployed

ha, so i'm still looking for jobs, and it sucks because it's taking way longer than i thought.

however, i DID have a job interview for Brookstone, a little gadget store in the mall, and a mini interview for Jo-Ann Fabrics. so i'm not completely hopeless, but on the edge of my seat waiting my phone to ring. both have said they'll call me soon (as in tommorrow-ish) about whether or not i'm hired and i really hope i am, because this is the closest i've gotten to being employed for--what?--three or so weeks now!

i also might have a s-WEET job lined up for me in orem, ut when i get back as a danish translator! amazing, right? all three of these jobs were "right place, right time" sort of jobs. i'm happy i've got some sort of lead, but i still hope and dream of working at the BYU bookstore *dreamy sigh*

oh. and i'm getting my wisdom teeth yanked out on the 28th and i don't know what to think about THAT. *shivers slightly* the doc said i might swell and bruise more than normal because of my whiteness, ugh. so i'm looking forward to trying to get a job, then asking for time off to get wisdom teeth out. yay...?

so that's that. i also have my hopes and dreams set on buying a new camera from best buy, the best camera i've seen (that isn't an awesome SLR camera that i want for $899) but i don't know if i should wait until i have a job or just buy the darn thing now. it'll take out a fair chunk, for the memory card, case (and a neck strap!!!) so i'll have to see...