TheBanyanTree: not really shaping up to be a good one

[SumerBlond at aol.com]

So far today...well, it hasn't exactly been what I would call stellar.

Like the old dog that I am, I got up at 5:30 a.m......just like an unemployed 
working woman would do when she can't let go of the past.

Anyway, I had to take this tutorial on EXCEL for an employment agency that I 
talked to yesterday.

 I had scored pretty well on the other programs....but only got a 65 on 
EXCEL.  So, she suggested that I take a little online training and then retake the 
test.

Bright and early at 6:00 this morning I sat down to the computer with my cup 
of coffee and began my training. It ended up I didn't like this type of 
training worth shit.  You can't ask any questions...just follow the directions and 
it's all too ...oh, I don't know...I just didn't think it was very helpful.

Then I had to retake the test.....I think it may be possible that I scored 
lower this time....I don't know yet, but I wouldn't be surprised.

Now, the next part of my morning I am suffering "buyer's regret" over.  You 
see, I love pirates. I know it's silly for a 48 year old woman to love 
pirates....but I do.

Heavy sigh......on Ebay someone was selling this really cool pirate statue 
lamp....in copper and brass.  Damn thing doesn't even work...needs rewired and a 
shade.  It didn't matter....it was a PIRATE LAMP....it needed to come to my 
house.

Oh yeah, I bid on that sucker....here I am ...unemployed and selling stuff of 
ebay myself to help make up the difference between my unemployment check and 
my old paycheck and I blew 50 bucks of my hard earned money on a broken down 
pirate lamp......that I was lusting after. 

 My Lord I am weak. 

 (I can't wait till it arrives....by then I'll be over this whole guilt and 
elation thing I'm going through)

Soooo, I'm feeling both ways about the broken pirate lamp when I decide I 
should make some oatmeal....it is freezing in this house and I needed to warm up. 


 That's when I stepped in it....an ice cold slimy puked up hairball from one 
of the cats....just about as big as a damn rat.  It was one of those moments 
that made me shudder all over...then hop over to the washing machine to grab a 
dirty towel to wipe my foot.

Amazingly....being the woman of fortitude that I am....this did not deter me 
from making the oatmeal.

I'm at the stove making the oatmeal when the mailwoman arrives.  She has a 
letter for me that has an application I've been waiting for.  I had great hopes 
this job might work out. It was for an assistant director of food for a 
retreat campground.

Now, I'm not a regular church going individual myself...but I didn't think 
this would be a problem...but it is.  Under the job description is 

#6: Is willing to forgo personal rights for the common good of others and the 
organization with a servant attitude. 

Nope...can't sign away personal rights....might volunteer on an individual 
basis to give up some rights of mine to help out..but I can't just sign off on 
them altogether...that sentence could mean almost anything.

It's not just sentence #6 either....there are more sentences that I can't 
agree with.  

I'm bummed.....and 50 bucks lighter in the wallet.  <sigh>

deb