new job

well i almost made it, i was literally just 3 days away from not having had a job for 2 years. well, not really....my job for the last two years has been taking care of my amazing little miss since we moved to hawaii, but thats not really a job. thats more like love and life, but still sort of a job. just not a job that i got paid money for, i got paid in smiles, laughter, and love...which coming from her i would take any day over money.

so the back story is...i have a friend that i met in my classes at school. she was working for a restaurant in china town, but would be going home for the summer and they needed someone to replace her....so she thought of me. i had told her that i would probably be going home for part of the summer too, but if they needed someone in the mean time i would be happy to help out. well they decided that they really wanted someone who would be there the whole time and were going to keep looking, not a big deal to me. so of course the day after i book our tickets home, my friend tells me that they would like for me to come in for an interview. i explained that i had bought my tickets and if they still wanted to see me i was more than happy.

so i went in to meet with the pastry chef and she asked me to come the next day and see how it would go...kind of like an internship. so i was off to early the next morning to be at work by 6:30am....fun! it was busy but fun and a little nerve wrecking since its totally unlike any of the other jobs i have ever had. but i survived. i was told that they were still trying to look for someone else since the pastry chef would be on vacation one of the weeks i would also be gone, but that they would let me know...this was friday....on monday i got the call that they would like for me to come back in and train with my friend! awesome! luckily this was the week that barbara was here (and josh was home) so i was able to start work!

its funny how things just seem to fall into place. i wasnt really looking for a job, and it just kind of fell in my lap. i didint have to have it, so i wasnt too concerned if i didnt get it. if it was meant to happen it would....and it did. i also got lucky because i have such awesome friends! they have made it so much easier for me, i am able to leave little miss with them without having to worry about how shes doing or if she is being taken care of. both of my friends that keep her treat her as if she is one of her own. they love her, care for her and discipline her just like they do theirs, and knowing that they would do anything for her (and me) makes them the most amazing friends a girl could ever ask for! little miss and i are truly very lucky to have them in our lives...thanks so much tonya and ann!!!!

i have now been on the job for a few weeks, its getting easier as i keep learning new stuff and where everything goes. even getting up at 5:20 is getting easier, but it sure does make for some long days. my job mostly consists of making sandwiches and tapas type stuff to sever at the sister restaurant to where i work, because they only have a refrigerator case and can only heat stuff up in a toaster oven. but i have gotten to make a cake and cupcakes a few times so far, so thats fun! plus i get to watch (and taste) all of the creations my boss makes.....and then i get ideas for new things to try at home :) josh has enjoyed it so far :)

so this is how i happened upon a job, and went almost 2 full years without one.