Friday, September 16, 2005
The fourth, the fifth, the minor fall, the major lift
Among other things, including the punchline to a joke (or several jokes), "Black, White, and Read" also happens to be the name of the Stars Hollow local bookstore. Yes, that's a Gilmore Girls reference. I just happened to be talking to Jen, I think, about the season premiere when I wrote that entry, and that happened to be the thing that stuck enough for me to use it as a title. Even though, oddly enough, the bookstore wasn't mentioned once in the episode.See, I told you I'm a geek!
Well. Week one of full-day school is over... and I have to say that getting a 5-year-old out of the house by 7:30 is made much more difficult when his mother doesn't see getting to school on time as the biggest priority. The way the subways go, though, we're right on time if we leave at 7:30, but if we leave at 7:40, we're 1/2 hour late. In my books, not cool. At all. Even for kindergarten.
Unfortunately, I don't actually wake him up in the morning, so my influence extends to pushing him out the door as fast as I can once he's actually up. If it was up to me, I'd start waking him up 15 minutes earlier, and then we might actually stand a chance.
Am I too anal to be working with a 5-year-old here? I mean, I know I wasn't always the most punctual child. And mornings are definitely NOT my best time. If, however, I have to be up at 6 because of him, the least he can do is leave on time for my own sanity! Look at my petulance... aren't I something?
Maybe it comes from never being out of the house on time when I was a kid, but now I tend to be more punctual rather than less. And I know that, really, it doesn't affect me that much at all how late he is, and once we're out the door, I can do nothing to change it (except keep him from dawdling while we walk), but I still wish I could drag him out of bed just a little earlier!
Ah well. It's the weekend, which means that he'll be tearing out of bed at 6:00 anyways, leaving everyone to wonder why on earth that only happens 2 days a week! :o)
On the job front--I have training on Tuesday, and then I start on Wednesday. Right now, I'll probably be scheduled for 3 days a week--some combination of Mondays through Thursdays, I'm guessing. My Fridays are a little too short--I'm not quite available long enough because...
As of today, I'm officially a soccer mom. Minus the mom part. Lourenzo is in soccer on Friday afternoons, so I pick him up earlier and take him to that, instead of him having an activity at school, which I pick him up from later. It works well, though, and Alexandra is thrilled that I found a job so quickly. She's said from the beginning that she wants to know that I'll have something to occupy my non-Lourenzo time, so she was happy that this came so quickly.
Alexandra's mother came into town today, so there's another person with a vested interest in having "play with Lourenzo" time, which should be nice, especially while I'm in the first few days of a new job, learning all the unfamiliar stuff. Did I mention that I was hired on the spot solely because of my Quiznos experience? They're a little short-staffed in the cafe right now, and they saw that I have so much food-related (and supervisory) experience, so that (apparently) was all the credentials they needed! I don't even think they checked my references--if you got a phone call, please tell me, but I think they hired me quickly enough that they didn't bother with them.
Anyways, I finally got an "official" letter on "official" letterhead, so that means I can get a library card--it's about time! Until then... I think I've read all the novels I brought/bought, but I have numerous theatre books waiting to be read, so maybe I should get started on those, hey?
2 Comments:
Good morning. I guess you have been up since 6:00am (5:00 am, my time!) It is interesting how much later we want to sleep when we need to get up, but wake up easily when we could sleep in, even children do that. I would guess your mom is enjoying many of your "observations" about child rearing! What fun. Congrats on the job. I think they hired you because they could see how bright and eager you are!!!! Keep up the good work. I love you. Grandma
Enjoy the new library card, I am sure you will put it to good use! And congrats on the job [did I already tell you this???] I think Starbuck's is the perfect place for you to work and I am kind of jealous. Soon you will be able to make my grande non fat Tazo Chai!! Hehe. Hope everything keeps going well for you, soccer mom. :P
linds
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