Joining the Ranks of the Gainfully Employed

So the census called me yesterday. Or rather, a man who worked for the census called me from Provo yesterday to ask me if I were really interested in becoming an enumerator. I answered in the affirmative. Now I'm an enumerator.

The work itself probably won't start until May, but in the meantime, I have training next Tuesday-Friday. I'm worried about the location. It could be in Vernal, Roosevelt, Duchesne, or Provo. And I have no way to get to any of those places. I hope everything works out and I can actually go.

Also, I start my free-lance writing next Monday. Hooray! It'll be awesome to pad my resume with an actual writing gig, even if it's a do-it-yourself website that I'll be working for. I just finished a book called "The Help" that I keep thinking of when I think of this newest job. The book takes place in the 60s where this wannabe white writer who lives in Mississippi got a job at her local newspaper, but the only position they would give to a woman was this cleaning column. Well, the girl had never cleaned because she lived on a working plantation, so she had to go around asking advice from black maids around town. There was a bunch of civil rights in the book, but I only think about the white girl, because I'm kind of cheating the same way she is. I don't know how to insulate an attic or make my own cleaning supplies. For every article I write, I have to actually research the answers first and then try not to plagiarize my words. It's gonna be fun.

Anyway, I am so grateful that these jobs came. Hopefully I'll be able to get another job here in Vernal to supplement my paycheck. Then I can save up and go back to school! Hooray! *sigh* I miss school. I tried to sign up for spring classes, but BYU requires immediate payment for independent study classes. Grr. A short-term loan would really go a long way in this case. But anyway.

And after training next week, there's Disneyland! Hooray!!!!! I LOVE DISNEYLAND!

But first work. :)