you guys give up or are you thirsty for more?

is it sad that two of my absolute favorite holiday movies are home alone and home alone 2? i will ponder as i watch the latter right now.

so i didn’t get exactly what i was hoping to get with the job situation, but i was offered some regular part time weekly shifts. still pretty exciting considering the nothing i had going on. the pay is not bad at all and i worked last thursday and friday, and have four full days next week. after that i will work monday and friday in tampa and, if they need me, in any of the regional centers tuesday through thursday. it’s great experience and the interviewer seemed to really like me. she told me that when something full time opens up, i will be the first choice.

the center in clearwater is ten minutes away from clayton’s house. is that a good excuse to stay over or what?

my only concerns are: the gas to get to clearwater or bradenton 3 days a week, having to be in clearwater or bradenton by 6am, and not being eligible for benefits. i’ll have to get some tips from nicole and josh who both had to open at starbucks at ungodly hours in the morning.

it finally feels like things are moving, like i’m not just waiting or standing still.

on that note, clayton and i were walking around the mall last week and he suggested we go look at rings. we sort of played this game a couple of months ago, but that time we just walked awkwardly through a jewelry store trying not to make eye contact with the salespeople. not really knowing which rings we were supposed to be looking at, we spent most of our time giggling by the watches. but this time, we went straight to the rings and i even tried one on. and then clayton asked, “don’t they have things to tell you what size you are?” and so i got sized. now any time we start bickering, i like to say, “remember that time i tried on a ring?”