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...Next Thing You Know, a Couple of Weeks Have Passed.

Sunday we had some family and a friend over for a Work Day in the garage. The garage has been a huge mess, over-stuffed with stuff, for far too long.

So we pulled everything most of it all out of the garage and spread it all out, sortof into semi-organized zones. We got the walls and floor swept (it needed it).

Thanks to Freecycle, we had gotten some free gondola shelving. Those got assembled along an entire wall (20 feet long, 8 feet tall). Lots more organizing space. There was another shelf system we'd gotten, but it needs to go against the wall that'll get built for Amy's workshop. That's another Work Day all by itself.

Tiring and frustrating, but very needed. Now the known garage sale stuff is all in one spot. We can find (most) things if we need to. Things are (mostly) grouped with like things. Boxes are off the floor, and backed safely away from walls (a few boxes had gotten nasty where they had been up against the concrete foundation and had gotten damp. We might also have the biggest garbage pile we've ever had at the end of the driveway. Naturally, the recycle pile is bigger than the garbage pile. Today is garbage day. I'm hoping the garbage and recycling trucks take it all.

In other news...

Things have been a little slow at work. There have been a couple of units sold that they've been waiting to determine accurate costs on before paying me, so between deals still being finalized and finished deals waiting to be paid on there are seven all stacked up for me. Some of those I'll get paid on this afternoon, some next week, and a couple the week after that. I need to get some more deals in that pile and keep it going... :-)

I have started looking for a "regular" job. Something 9-5/8-5 Monday-Friday. Something with consistent, predictable pay. Something with about half the commute, letting me get home a good hour and a half sooner each day. Something with benefits. I have applied to a few things, and have an agency working a couple more for me. Later this morning I'll call a couple more agencies--ones I've used with some success in the past.

Or maybe I'll sell cars. When I got hired at the dealership there was a training company that has a lifetime job placement service. I'll call them, too, but any kind of dealership job I'd probably need a signing bonus to make work. If it might be a couple of minimum-pay weeks at the beginning (and it's reasonable to assume that) then I'd have to be able to afford that. I can't right now.

So, we'll see.

Posted by fictionman at October 4, 2006 08:28 AM | TrackBack (0)