Buckaroo's job fair in Lafayette netted him a few opportunities. I don't think he's all that interested. Instead, he's exploring a different life-path that I'm not at liberty to write about.
Today Buck left around 7:30 this morning for the courthouse in New Boston. He had been called for jury duty. I took one look at him and knew, dressed in his collared shirt, slacks and nicer shoes, he had a good chance of serving. As of the time I'm writing this, we haven't heard from him. I'm guessing there were a few attorneys who thought he looked credible.
Oh wait! As if the Universe knew I was writing this post, Buck just called. He didn't sit on a jury, but was excited to find out he got paid anyway.
In addition to all of that, Buck is helping with the current election. He is on the set-up/tear-down team, which means he and his team come in the day before the election, bring the election equipment to the judges at the voting sites. On election night, one judge (me) will be waiting at the voting site for Buck and his team to arrive with the U-haul and retrieve the equipment.*
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Polly had a "working interview" today for a new job. Allegedly, this is a second interview.
Last week, the employment agency she's been working with, called her and asked her to interview for receptionist/social media position. The employment agency, whose policy is to not divulge their clients until the interviewee (Polly) comes to meet, did not tell Polly who she'd be meeting with. What Polly found out when she arrived was that the employment agency was hiring and wanted Polly!
This morning she buzzed around the kitchen, nervous and thinking of all scenarios that could happen. She rehearsed answering the phones with different inflections in her voice, different scripts ("Good morning, this is Polly Sunshine, how can I help you?" "This is JobsRUS, Polly Sunshine speaking..."). It was adorable, but at the same time, I know how maddening this can be. I remember my early jobs and wanting to make a good impression.
I haven't heard from her yet, so I'm taking this as a good sign today is her first official day.
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The Overlords have a new hobby. Every morning around 4 a.m., they scurry to the laundry room door, asking me to let them play in the garage. Though they'd rather go outside--and let me tell you! They are great escape artists--the garage is a reasonable substitute. Usually they hang out in there for an hour or so, until I close the door and turn off the light. Five minutes later I can open the garage door and the two will come sashaying in, as if they weren't afraid of the dark. If they don't come, I send Luna in to round them up.
This new hobby beats their old hobby of running across Marty's and my sleeping faces while they play tag in our bedroom.
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Marty is still looking for a job. He apologized to me today for not finding anything "right away." I never expected him to find anything immediately. It's the fourth quarter of the year! He had two interviews with one company for a job I wasn't thrilled about anyway. And frankly, he wasn't as thrilled about them once he interviewed a second time. I told him to enjoy his time off, take up a hobby and spend time with his family.
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Today is the first day of early voting. I don't work until late next week, which is perfectly fine. I'm in no hurry to sit around 13 hours every day waiting for voters who haven't heard about this particular election. However, Deb the Queen of All Things Texarkana is working this week, so I'll probably go over and cast my vote.
For early voting, I'm a clerk, which is awesome! Slightly less money and no responsibility. My biggest pet-peeve is that I'm tasked with waiting with a judge for the tear-down team to arrive on Halloween and take away the ballot machine. For the actual election, I'm an "alternate judge" which means I have all the responsibility as the presiding judge and still have to wait for the tear-down team to arrive while the presiding judge high-tails it to the courthouse.
In addition to working next week, I'm doing the usual: writing, sewing, yoga/Pilates, walking with Leah once a week, Mini-Corona night this Friday and hanging out with Marty and the animals.
*At no time will the voting machines be out of custody of anyone in the voting process. And, by the time the set-up/tear-down team arrives at the voting locations the cast ballots most likely already be at the courthouse.
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