There's no school this week because of Spring Recess. A whole bunch of kids in my school went to Florida. Josh is away too, and his parents went to France. They go on airplanes more than anyone else I know.
I only got to work four hours today which sucks, so Alex and I went to Josh's, picked up suitcases we found, brought them home to fill with all our laundry, then hauled them back here to do washes. We also brought back all the leftovers we still have, to eat here. Tomorrow I get six and a half hours of work.
This morning I called Arnie, and when the woman who answered asked who was calling, I said, "Samantha, the one with the dreadful job he met at Josh's parents house," and when I got transferred to him, he said, "So, Samantha with the dreadful job, how are you?"
You guys were right. He said he wants to talk to me about a less dreadful job. Arnie asked if I could meet him this afternoon, but I told him I had to work at my dreadful job. So we are meeting tomorrow instead. When I asked what kind of job, he said he has a few different positions that might be open, but isn't sure which one would be the best fit. I have a feeling it's an office kind of job. You probably have to dress really nicely.
We gave almost all the clothes away. You can put anything you don't want in the hallway and by like the next morning someone else will have taken it. Even if you think it's total garbage, they scoop everything away. We used to have this little plastic chair from the dollar store for Alex and after a while it was broken, and couldn't be sat in. I put it in the hallway in front of the garbage chute and somebody took it within hours.
There were two dresses that are very pilled and way too wide but otherwise okay and Alex wants to keep them to wear to sleep. They are VERY ugly. One is bright orange with flowers and the other one is like a neon green with butterflies. They're horrible. Alex wants so badly to have dedicated pajamas for every night of the week and these fulfill two sevenths of her dream, so she can keep them. I just want to really stress how completely hideous these dresses are. Like I'd be embarrassed for Alex if she ever went out in public wearing them.
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summer interns aren't expected, as far as I know from my experience working with them in an office, to dress up, so maybe it'll work out ok...sounds promising, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you on it:)
Getting laundry done for free is wonderful isn't it, small victories.
I didn't get a chance to comment on the hand me downs, yes you can be a chooser, you don't have to take them, but I think you're willingness to take them, say thank you and then give them away is very gracious.
Hope the job works out! It's nice that he wants to look out for you, even though he was a bit tacky about it!
Also... I found this on facebook today... (I watch scholarships for my son). It may be too late for you to do for next year, but perhaps worth the effort if you haven't seen it before?
LIFE Lessons Scholarship Program - Deadline Friday, April 17th
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That sounds like an exciting possibility! I'm glad you called him.
I grew up going through bags of hand-me-downs. I agree with you that beggers can be choosers once the bag is in their home. Some of the clothes people think one might want are really bad. Glad you can just put it in the hall and have it disappear. ;-)
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