So, my new job has been okay. I’m more than a little sad that I’m back to working in a coffee shop, but there are no pastry jobs in the area, and the one that I did see an ad for (baker for 9th St bakery) pays even less than my coffee shop job and requires way more work! So, um, I might need to start reevaluating what I want to do with my life.
But until then, this job is okay. Yesterday morning I had a funny interaction with one of the regulars. He always comes in super early in the morning when I’m the only one working, and is real friendly, but I never thought anything of it. Yesterday we were discussing the holidays; I told him I don’t celebrate Christmas but that I’m excited to take a trip to Asheville to visit my sister-in-law. At some point after that he was all “So….does your…brother also live in Asheville?” My response, of course, was to say that I was going to visit my husband’s sister, to which his THEN response went something like “oh, sorry! I…uhh…early in the morning….mumble mumble….wasn’t thinking….right, uhh, see you later.”
Ha ha! Now, I have to say, it didn’t even occur to me that dude was trying to feel me out/hit on me till way later. It was 6.30 in the morning! But now I’m fairly confident that’s what was going on. The sad thing about it is that he is one of the VERY FEW attractive men I have seen around these parts since I moved here! How am I gonna get him to hit on me again without being gross about it? My four faithful readers, help me out. I think I might actually call Dan Savage to help me with my conundrum.
Moving on. My parents sent me a bunch of random stuff for Christmas. (Not a juicer, thank goodness.) Some of the randomness:
But the “greatest gift of all”:
WTF, parents? Seriously?
Just in case you have no idea what these lollipops are about, they are Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet. If you want to learn more about them, the wikipedia page on Zwarte Piet is actually pretty informative. Needless to say, it’s disappointing to me that my parents paid money for this, even if it’s an interesting cultural phenomenon (which hopefully will soon fade into obscurity.) Oh well. I don’t think they intended to offend, and now I get to take photos of them to post on the internet!
And lastly, I would just like to say that once your cat figures out how to get on top of the refrigerator, your life will immediately become 200% more annoying.
