It’s time to get a job; it’s been past time to get a job but I’m just now getting around to it…with taking 5 classes this semester which takes up more time than people realize, it’s hard trying to work part time during the evenings and having enough time for class work to get done but I’ve been managing fairly well. After going to Michigan and realizing that is where I want to be, I also realized that I need money in order to move and thus I started job searching. Apparently, my cousin got a job at the Old Navy located in the mall about two weeks ago and she told me to send an application online in so I did so the other night – I’m still waiting to hear back from them but my cousin mentioned my name to the hiring manager at the store so maybe I’ll hear back later this week. I found an ad in the newspaper for a sales associate position at Ultratan, a local tanning salon and put my application in earlier this afternoon; not even an hour or so later, I received a phone call from the lady at one of the salons and setup an interview for 5pm tomorrow…I’m excited.

While, I never thought I’d apply to a tanning salon or any place similar, a job is a job and anything beats working fast food. I’ve never tanned because I’m afraid that I’ll be that one unlucky person that gets skin cancer from tanning and so I’ve never done it, although I’ve thought about it. Apparently according to Alan, most of the people who work at tanning salons are stupid and I can only assume he thinks this because most of the people (or at least a lot of the people I know that do) that tan are blonde ditsy girls, way to stereotype and generalize right? Shit, my aunt is far from being one of those people and she tans all the time especially when its the few months before summer starts. Needless to say, I was irritated – well not really irritated but kind of disappointed - with the way he responded to me telling him I had an interview, “you applied to a tanning salon?” in a kind of wtf tone of voice as if I shouldn’t even consider it or something; would have been nice to hear that’s great, good luck right away instead of “wtf…that’s cool”. Like I said previously, a job is a job and at least I’m trying to find one that I feel will pay pretty decent and work a little with my class schedule until the beginning of December when schoo lets out. Not to mention…the whole point of me doing this (besides needing money anyways) is to be able to save up money so that I can move there in a few months, and he wonders why I get down or feel negative about things when I try to stay positive :rolleyes: