I had forgotten what working was like. I mean I’d been working in France for about a year only 12 hours a week, then I worked here – but never more than 30 hours a week, and then Geneva, but my work didn’t really feel like work, and I didn’t work quite 40 hours a week (a full time job in Geneva is 37 hours a week). Now I have a job where I am working 39 hours a week – plus the 1/2 hour drive to get there. So that means I have 9 hour work days, which start at 6 am. (and I’m still working almost 10 hours a week for the WCC doing this awesome project!) Needless to say, I am much more tired than before and I’m feeling the stress of having a job and working and all that stuff. Yet, it is hard to feel bad for very long when it is so beautiful outside!
Monthly Archives: March 2010
After all the craziness
I had two friends in town visiting for SXSW. It was an intense festival. We did not have any sort of tickets, but just decided to see as much free music as possible and get as many free drinks/food as possible. In addition to the free boat ride, we went to many other events! On Thursday we saw Cocoon, this really amazing French Band. We saw them at the “France Rocks Austin” party. This party started at 12 noon and included free cheese and crackers, champagne, and beer. Oh and free burritos. The three bands we saw were pretty good. Then on Friday we went to a house party where we saw Seryn. They were so great! We bought their album (it’s a demo, but I’m still super excited about it!) They also had free beer and free vodka at this party.
It started as a rainy day….
Monday night the rain started. Tuesday it continued to poor. I was keeping my hopes alive that the rain would stop before 5:30 that afternoon. There is nothing as refreshing as listening to the rain fall (drop drop drop, pitter patter) on the deck of my coffee shop. I love working on rainy mornings, when you can only tell that the sun is risen because the clouds are slightly less gray than they were ten minutes ago and you can begin to make out the sign of the restaurant across the street.
health reform in the US
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update on the job thing
I always do the “right” thing. I am going to quit my job in just a few minutes today. Last week I was offered two jobs. In my bright wisdom I decided to try and to do both. This is not working, even though I have not yet even started one of them. I start there on Friday.
Job (s?)
So on Thursday, the day after my 26th birthday, I got offered a job. I took it, of course. I went in, signed the paper work. “you start Friday”. Then Thursday night, just before my birthday party, I got a phone call, “we want you to work for us”. A different place. A coffee shop.
Texas..
I live in Texas. This may not come as a shock to most of you, however sometimes I find myself shocked that I live here.
race and racism
I read this article in the New York Times yesterday. It is about how anti-choice advocates are trying to convince African Americans to be more active in the anti-choice movement. They are saying that legalized abortion is just a big conspiracy, like eugenics, to rid the United States of black people.