Extra Long Chili Cheese Dogs

I currently live in a hobbit hole house in a beautiful apartment complex surrounded by mountains. I live here with my partner, her good friend, "Octopussy," and her boy toy, "Hunter." My partner and I also have a shelter kitty named Cricket. Today was Hunter's 20th birthday and we celebrated by going to Sonic and getting extra long chili cheese dogs. ugh. I may die.

Being a Scanner

Nope, this isn't about RGIS. This is about my being interested in so many things. I'm currently reading a book called, "Refuse to Choose," and it's about how people with many fleeting interests aren't flawed, they're just wired to be renaissance people. This is why I have a hard time sticking with something. I'm not ADD or lazy. I'm just not interested after I've learned whatever it is I wanted to know. I want to be good at many things, not just one or two. I want to be a professional student and the world needs to stop telling me to focus and get a decent job. I can't picture myself doing anything for 20+ years. So, I'm going to try to follow my passions (however impulsive & temporary they may be) and write about them here. I'm going to own my adventures instead of feeling bad about not seeing things through. I have a notebook that I'm using to try and identify my interests and my reasons for thinking the way that I do. So, I may write about that from time to time in this blog since I can type a lot faster than I can write by hand.

Work

Since moving to Tucson, a lot of my time has been spent trying to find a job. I have some savings, but I'd like to not go in debt while I'm having adventures. I've been job hunting since July, but nothing came out of it until early September. I spent less than 2 weeks working for the City of Tucson doing early morning maintenance at Silverbell Golf Course. It was pretty fun and a very beautiful place to work, but I had to start work at 4am and use my partner's car because it was too far for me to bike. Everyday I came to work, my boss would look at me and say "Oh, you're still here?" So, I didn't feel too bad leaving. I would have stayed a bit longer, but I got another job that started early in the morning.

My partner and I both got hired at RGIS Inventory Specialists. It's kind of a sucky job where we have to count every piece of merchandise in the store, but we do get to wear LASERS, which is pretty bada$$. I'm super fast because I've worked for them about 5 years ago in Tallahassee and know what to expect. Hopefully I'll get promoted to the next pay level soon. I never want to be management, but it would be awesome to get paid more for scanning fast. Since RGIS is variable time and piecemeal, I did need another more stable job.

I finally got hired at a bookstore as a barista. It's only seasonal for now, but hopefully they'll like me and make me permanent after the holidays. I have orientation and cafe training this week, so we'll see how that goes. I'm super excited about the benefits. I can take out books on loan, take home promo books for free, and get a 33% discount on most everything in the store! I can also bike to work, which will be fun I think. So, I'm going to do the bookstore job mostly and RGIS on the side. I can't help but still be on the lookout for more jobs, even though I have enough for now. I'm just interested in so many things, but I'll explain more about that in another post.

My partner got a part-time AmeriCorps job teaching kids about water in the desert. I think that will be awesome! What would be even more awesome is if one of my roommates gets a job at Jamba Juice. Umm Yumm!!!

Adventure

I grew up in upstate NY, went to school in Tallahassee, FL and now decided to randomly move to Tucson, AZ just because I've never lived in the desert. This blog will contain stories from my travels, interesting things I've learned, life updates, and anything else I feel like writing about. Here we go!