I spent all day long going through applications getting ready for my second round of interviews tomorrow. I organized, I culled, I called...
When I arrived home I checked the mailbox to see if there was any mail for me but it was empty. I looked to see if Ray had put any mail I might have received in my room, but nothing. I microwaved three brats for my dinner and I remembered that I had forgotten to return a phone call from one of my old KB Toy's Managers. So I call Linda and am chatting away about her life since KB Toy's bankruptcy and I carry my brats and huge glass of ice water into the living room. She is telling me about her medical issues when I notice a FedEx mailing envelope sitting on the coffee table. It's addressed to me. Linda's Crone's Disease is getting worse and I am talking to her about that as I open the zip strip and remove a slim little envelope from the mailer. I stare at the envelope and my forebrain does not register what it is yet. I fold one edge and then another as I remove the edges along a perforated line. My eyes betray me as it finally registers what I am holding. I'm listening to Linda in my left ear, holding my very first paycheck in my right hand, and bawling like a baby all at the same time.
Things sneak up on you...
Losing your job
Getting a divorce
It makes you doubt yourself a little
When things go right
it just feels so good...
No comments:
Post a Comment