a replacement job

So out goes the gap and in comes the swimming. Coaching makes me happier. Sometimes you take a job because it pays well and at other times you take a job because it looks better on the resume and sometimes you take a job because its something you really want to do and it makes you happy- and that is what this one is all about. I really do love being a pool deck as a coach - someone for the kids to look up to- teaching them something that I love. And with this maybe I will get some wahoos out there and swimming with me. The pay by the hour is better than Gap but the hours are less. It still gives me the flexibility to teach swim lessons on Tue & Thur and the possible weekend days too. But I am already out at Lee on Wednesdays for pilates so now i get to be out there for 2 reasons. Ok that is if I get up early enough on Tuesday and long on to the site and get into the class for the next set which starts in Jan.

Thanksgiving is tomorrow. I cant believe that another year has come and gone - this time last year i was making paper turkeys and waiting till 6 pm on wednesday night to leave school and start the needed break - Can it really be time again to get up before the sun does and go shopping after a night of to much food and drinks. I am thankful that I am lucky enough to keep landing all of these part time jobs that are keeping me afloat... I am thankful that my sisters are all coming to visit but know at the same time it will make my life crazy for a few days.. Caroline offered me her BIG ass car to drive if i need one while they are here - so I will wait and see what happens once they get here.

So I am posting this later than I thought I was going to...This morning like most after thanksgiving I got up before the sun did - TARGET here we come - it was not that crazy in there at 6 am - got some birthday and a few christmas gifts out of the way. So it was a good day shopping. J and A went to Walmart at 5 am and said that it was down right crazy in there and it was a good thing that I was not there because I would have left due to all of the people. for some reason we then ventured into Curcit city and after about 15 min I had to leave due to the crowds - it was wild in there. the shopping day ended around 11 and was followed up by thanksgiving left overs and a good nap... Happy Holidays - get to shopping and dealing with families...

10 year is enough

So after 10 years of being a GAP girl I am turning in my name tag and taking the 10 year watch and walking out of the store right before another holiday season. I HATE the new store manager- she is very negative and 2 faced - and i just dont enjoy going in anymore. In fact i have started to hate saturday nights knowing that I should be calling in to see if I am working on sunday or not. Beth the bitch told me that for me to stay that I would have to work on weekend night - now I might just be down right crazy or she is because the last time I checked Sunday counts as a weekend - but not according to her - that for me to stay there that I have to work on a friday or saturday night and increase my hours if i wanted to stay. now that I am working 5 part time jobs I just dont have 20 hours in my week to give to a place that pays the least and only gives me watches every 5 years and to many clothes in my closet. I have had mixed feelings about it for a while and I wanted to wait for the 10 year watch - I do have to say that I like the new watch - even though it needs a link taken out. SO I am saying good bye to the discount - which might be hard in a way but then again there is not much in the store that I would buy if I did not have the discount - so for all of you who have taken advantage of the friends and family day cards in the past - you will just have to pay full price from now on or make new friends working in there.

Its not like they do markdowns like they did in the past but I know how it works that in time everything gets marked down if you wait - and are willing to look for it. And I did buy a big gift card that I can use to buy things in the coming months. Most of the time I think I buy things in there because of the discount and not any other reason.

So some of you might be asking what is going on with 5 jobs, well now that I gave up gap its 4, and since swim lessons are on hold till the end of Jan that takes it to 3, which will soon be 2 after the next fused glass class. but those 2 will rebound - and I am going to go talk to a year round swim program tomorrow about coaching for them 2 days a week. hopefully I will be back on the pool deck sooner rather than later. Even more so since Dina called me today to see if I could go in and coach for her today - but I had to go to the Gap so I could not do - but from now on I will have my sundays for the first time in 10 years to do what I want and not have to think about it a week in advanced...my i will go to the galleries and see new shows, or hang out in the markets or i might just sit on the sofa and watch tv, play on the computer and talk on the phone.

so I will have to watch the money during the holidays - I did get a flight home - it was cheaper to stay for a week so I am going home for 7 days. I might really be crazy in the end - but even more so when all 4 if the sisters come to DC for some holiday shopping and some wine tasting in early December. Yes all 4 of them are coming to stay with me for the weekend. We will be on the go for most of it and I am going to try my best NOT to have to go to tysons while they are here but I dont think i will get that lucky. so here is to the 5 of us in DC- watch out here come the rowlands...