Jul 28 2015
Future Girl
Oh, future dishes – I think I love you least of all.
The last time I got paid, I made the unpleasant discovery that I was overdrawn by $39. This made me realize two things: 1) Clearly, I shouldn’t have recklessly squandered $44 on gas that day; and B) I should get a summer job.
So I’m working at the jobette on Saturdays through Labor Day. Compared to the hours I work during the week (about 50), it seems like nothing to just do 6 hours. And it’s fun. I love talking to the visitors – last week, a young couple from Berkeley who are getting married here in the fall came in for visitor guides and maps to give their friends attending the wedding. I am always sentimental about brides, even though I don’t really believe in marriage, at least not for me. Go figure.
I also like feeling that I’m helping out my former colleagues, who often pop in to say hello while I’m there. It’s nice to know that I’ve left the place tidy and ready for them to start their work week on Monday.
But that only gives me one day off, and you know what that means. Chores and work preparations have to be packed in during the week somehow. So far, I have coped with this by putting out my work clothes for the next week on Wednesday or Thursday of the current week. I throw in a load of laundry when I get home from work. After work on Fridays, I invest a couple of hours making my lunches and dinners for the following week. This task is made much more pleasant by a glass or three of wine, which as Jacques Pepin so rightly said, inspires the cook.
The downside of this future food though is the present dishes, as you see above. That’s what it looked like when last Friday’s culinary marathon was complete. I left the dishes until Saturday morning. I don’t have to leave for the jobette until after 9 am, so I can sleep in until it’s light outside and still have time to get the house tidied up before I go.
Needless to say, Sundays are completely dedicated to sloth and hanging out with the kitties!
A YEAR AGO: File under Miscellaneous.
One Response to “Future Girl”
I get what you mean by working with visitors, my summer is spent gathering all kinds of stuff, cleaning and fixing and selling at the three or four garage sales I have every summer. Sure it’s fun to make extra bucks but meeting people is a reward I get from it all. Makes my summer very interesting. I also have a second passion as a Spiritualist, I get to counsel different people on many of life’s problem we all encounter and that’s even more rewarding. Of course I don’t charge people for this but the rewards are plentiful when I can answer some of their questions and help guide them. Don’t worry about the chores left over for the weekend Suzy, enjoying what you do is much more important.