over the shoulder

how i laugh! how i chuckle to read old blogs and see where i am now.

i quit my job.

i quit my job at the retail store i had been working in since july. and contary to what i have said before, i found a job very easily. so easily, it makes me think that i was meant to leave that miserable job and move on. i was wandering around the town center across from university when i stumbled upon this children's bookshop tucked into a corner of an office building. i went inside, did my usual perusal of titles and authors and decided that i liked the place. i asked for an application right then and they gave one to me--hesitantly, of course, since i'm sure they have financial problems as a privately owned shop. but i got to talking with the women at the register (who turned out to be the owner). we had a good conversation about books, my major, and my current job, and by the time i left the store, she voiced the opinion that she thought i was very mature for my age. i was interviewed a week later and got the job on the spot. as i look back, i was sure i got the job that first day when i impressed her with my maturity. so i told my manager i was quiting and my last day at that "fine" establisment was last friday. i am free.

i bought myself an mp3 player.

This makes me laugh most of all. i didn't get an ipod as i had wanted to in one of my august blogs. during christmas when i bought my dad's gift at best buy, they signed me up for a free trial of eight issues of entertainment weekly. the second issue i recieved had an advertisement that caught my eye. a brand called CREATIVE had just come out with their newest toy: the zenmicro player, a dashing combination or organizer/planner and mp3 player. it was smaller than the ipod mini, had 5 GBs instead of 4, came in better colors than the ipod mini, and cost the same amount. i was sold. after doing my research, i checked the local electronic stores by my house, but only good guys and comp usa knew what i was looking for. it was a fairly recent product. so, yesterday, i went to good guys and bought a black one. i was hyper with glee. that day--yesterday--i spent the $300 dollars on the mp3 player with warranty, $28 at the bookstore i am soon going to be working in, and another $24 at comp usa where i bought a new color ink cartridge for our printer. which means i'll be a hermit for at least a month to recover. but i still laugh.

the only thing dampening my mood are the midterms scheduled for next week. but i'll survive. there is so much to look forward to.