well, i am gainfully employed. it's not the job i wanted (in fact, it's already one i'd turned down), but it is a job nonetheless. on the plus side, it will give me a full time position while still leaving a four day weekend. on the down side, i have to work thirteen hour days the other three. actually, that's fine by me. i won't say that i'm thrilled about the chance to sling java again, but i will admit to having missed the feeling of getting a good rhythym going on an espresso machine. the pay is better than most coffee jobs i've had, and the guy who owns the place understands that i'm not looking to work there forever, just until i get my footing for a job back in the booze biz.
rationalization aside, i need to be working. this nothing to do everyday but go to the park with jack while watching our money slowly dwindle is getting old.
21.7.07
12.7.07
more tennessee updates
siouxs! accepted the job with blount county schools, so all that remains is the paperwork and actually starting her job. i had two good interviews, but have already been turned down by one of the companies (and yet, the next guy up on the totem pole wants to meet with me, which i'm taking as a good sign). me staying in the booze biz seems like a strong possibility; the question is now how long before i'm actually working. thanks to year round schooling, siouxs! will be working before month's end, but i may not have much to do until then either.
i have been posting some great run times since i got here. i cannot fathom why.
it looks like we will be living in blount county, close to mom. we are waiting to hear from my stepgrandmother (not really, but for the sake of simplification) about renting a house from her. siouxs! likes the look of it, and i think it looks like they shot porn there in the seventies, so everybody wins. i'm cool with living in blount, but only if we're not so deep in that it takes forty-five minutes to get to knoxvegas.
mroe tanasi chronicles as they occur.
siouxs! accepted the job with blount county schools, so all that remains is the paperwork and actually starting her job. i had two good interviews, but have already been turned down by one of the companies (and yet, the next guy up on the totem pole wants to meet with me, which i'm taking as a good sign). me staying in the booze biz seems like a strong possibility; the question is now how long before i'm actually working. thanks to year round schooling, siouxs! will be working before month's end, but i may not have much to do until then either.
i have been posting some great run times since i got here. i cannot fathom why.
it looks like we will be living in blount county, close to mom. we are waiting to hear from my stepgrandmother (not really, but for the sake of simplification) about renting a house from her. siouxs! likes the look of it, and i think it looks like they shot porn there in the seventies, so everybody wins. i'm cool with living in blount, but only if we're not so deep in that it takes forty-five minutes to get to knoxvegas.
mroe tanasi chronicles as they occur.
7.7.07
first post post-move
we're living on the second floor of my grandmother's condo. it's nice that it's here and available for us, but it's been a rough week, and i think both siouxs! and i willd be better off in a place of our own. siouxs! has a pending job offer with the school district i would have been zoned for had i not gone to private school, and it's a pretty safe bet she's going to take it. the benefits are phenomenal, so that alone makes it a great choice, but also the fact that we'd be closer to my mom (and consequently, further from the rest of my family) makes it an attractive option. now, to find a place to live.
my job search is still going. i have a few promising leads, but as of this weekend, i'm expanding my search to more than just booze wholesalers. it seems like everyone in the business here stays on until death, so openings are rare. chalk one up to the good ol' boy network, of which i am not a part.
re-exploring knox vegas is eye-opening. we've seen million dollar houses, and we've seen thirty thousand dollar houses. there are kalamata olives in the grocery stores. there's at least two frisbee golf courses. there are neighborhoods i never knew existed, and vastly updated streets. my home town is all groweds-up.
more as i get around to it.
we're living on the second floor of my grandmother's condo. it's nice that it's here and available for us, but it's been a rough week, and i think both siouxs! and i willd be better off in a place of our own. siouxs! has a pending job offer with the school district i would have been zoned for had i not gone to private school, and it's a pretty safe bet she's going to take it. the benefits are phenomenal, so that alone makes it a great choice, but also the fact that we'd be closer to my mom (and consequently, further from the rest of my family) makes it an attractive option. now, to find a place to live.
my job search is still going. i have a few promising leads, but as of this weekend, i'm expanding my search to more than just booze wholesalers. it seems like everyone in the business here stays on until death, so openings are rare. chalk one up to the good ol' boy network, of which i am not a part.
re-exploring knox vegas is eye-opening. we've seen million dollar houses, and we've seen thirty thousand dollar houses. there are kalamata olives in the grocery stores. there's at least two frisbee golf courses. there are neighborhoods i never knew existed, and vastly updated streets. my home town is all groweds-up.
more as i get around to it.
