Oh, the Drama!

Summer is almost over and I'm happy about that. Until it starts snowing. Then I'll realize I didn't spend enough time outside during the summer.

Most of my summer has been spent dealing with gallbladder issues. Thank goodness I've pretty much recovered from surgery. Still a bit tired, but I'm feeling better than I did before surgery and immediatley after. That surgery hurt way more than my nose surgery. I wasn't expecting that much pain. Thank goodness for ibuprofen!

Last week I got a letter in the mail from Davis County. I'm not sure how many people applied for the Children's Librarian job, but I came in 15th of all the applicants. That's not bad considering I've never worked at a library. Of course, having to have a bachelor's degree to even apply probably whittled down the field quite a bit.

Everyone had to take a test on "current general library knowlegdge." How do you study for a test like that? I spent 3 days memorizing the entire Dewey Decimal system. Guess how many Dewey Decimal questions were on the test? None. The upside? I bet I can find books in the library faster than most people now. In any case, I think I did pretty well on the test. The first question was: "The current governor of Utah is ______________________." I would have been embarrassed if I hadn't known that one!

I've decided I'm going to spend the next 2 months learning MS Office, then I'm going to apply for administrative assistant jobs. Or any other job that I'm qualified for, pays enough, has benefits and sounds fun. I don't want another boring job I dread going to. Two months from now, Meagan's wedding will be over and done with and I will have worked for Lorry while she's helping her daughter with her new baby - the baby is due the last part of September. I feel like I owe it to Lorry to work for her since she worked for me while I had my surgery and recovered.

Now I'm just trying to figure out how and when to break the news to Joe and Lorry that I'm leaving. I think I'll try the very valid angle that I need decent health insurance I can afford. My current job has no benefits.

Once I've settled into my fun, new job and gotten Cameron off on his mission, I'm going to start taking web design classes. I've wanted to be a web designer for the last 10 years now and I've found a place I can learn the skills I need for a reasonable price of $1800 dollars - less if I work for SLCC or someplace that will help pay for education.

Several years ago I went to an orientation for a web design school in Sugarhouse called PC Training West. They wanted $40,000 for 2 years. There was no way I could afford that. They're out of business now. Big surprise.

More drama? On August 6th, the Primary was in charge of our Ward's Summer Pool Party. Someone told me she could get some stuff for the party at a great price. I said "OK" and didn't think much of it until I priced the same items at CostCo. We could have saved $100! Ack! Luckily the items didn't make us go over budget. Now this person is not talking to me - even though she got paid the total amount she asked.

So, I've learned my lesson. Next time I'm in charge of a party, I'm buying EVERYTHING at CostCo. I'll have everyone on the committee figure out what we need, I'll go to CostCo and have them figure out the total price, then I'll have the Bishopric (or whoever) make a check out for the total amount. Way - less - Drama!

Even more drama? Apparently about $700 has come up missing from the change machine and vending machines over the last couple of weeks at Meagan's work. Meagan's one of 3 managers that has the keys, so all 3 managers are under investigation. If they don't figure out which of the 3 it is, all 3 get fired.

The good thing about this? They don't really suspect Meagan. The even better thing? Meagan got a job at Harland Clarke. She'll get paid better and I'm sure they'll treat her way better. Thank goodness!

I think that's enough drama for now. My next projects are helping Meagan find a good car in her price range and helping Cameron find a job.