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Ever have a morning where you notice the milk has gone bad only after you've already poured the dry cereal in the bowl? Fortunately there's a Git'n'Go right up the street.

Ah well, at least I finally got a good night's sleep. Looking forward to work today.

Midday Update

Well, the morning deliveries went pretty well. They had me zooming all over town, mostly on the west side; the last delivery was to the far north of town. I whizzed around, listening first to Yes, The Ladder, then Daft Punk, Discovery. Went pretty well.

One of the interesting things about this job is that, on most non-weekend days, there are actually two separate "shifts"—QuikDine stops taking orders at 2:00 (though there will be deliveries after that as the orders that came in before 2:00 go out) and starts again at 5:00. So, on these days, I'll have an hour or two to spend on my own between shifts. Unfortunately, my apartment is halfway across town, which means it'd be pretty far to go back, as I'd just have to turn right around again when I got there. But on the other hand, the Library Center is just up the street. I think I'm going to be spending a lot of time here.

At the moment, I think this QuikDine job is surely the best minwage job in the whole world. I get to spend most of the time sitting on my backside, in air-conditioned or heated comfort, listening to the radio blasting my favorite tunes from CD...sweet. Now, if only I could find a higher-paying job on a more permanent basis.

I've released a couple of BookCrossing books today—if "released" is the right word. I dropped them in the book sale donation bins at the local library. That way, they'll go to a good home, and also earn the library a little money. And perhaps whoever buys them will make an entry.

About twenty minutes 'til I need to head back to work. I'll check back in later.

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Well, this is funny. The web-blocker that my library uses will let me read LJ entries, and write LJ entries, but not read or write comments to those entries. That's insane.

Notes from the end of the day

Just a few words before I go to bed.

Made $30 in tips today. Not bad for a Thursday. I'm starting to realize that the other day, where I made $31 from just two lunch deliveries, was a bit of a fluke. Oh well. I still made a bit over minimum, and I got more than half of the money I made at the end of the shift.

Spent about $6 of that money on the way home, stopping at Krispy Kreme. For the first time, I actually parked and went inside. It was amazing...definitely slick marketing there, the way they have all the merchandise, the people handing out pamphlets, and—most of all—the doughnut assembly line there behind glass for people to watch. (I overheard one person saying to his companion, "I could just watch this all day.") Though some of my friends don't particularly like Krispy Kreme doughnuts, I thought they were at least decent—and the "gimmick value" of eating them piping hot was also worth experiencing at least once. I have two doughnuts left over for breakfast tomorrow.

Though this is a great job, it's going to be heck on my recreation time. I'm working a "split shift," essentially, at least on the weekdays—getting two or so hours of leisure time at the middle of the day, instead of at the end where I can enjoy it more. As it is, I'm going to have to go to bed in a few minutes just so I can be up in time to go to work and do it all again.

Still...I've just done my first full honest day's labor since I got sacked from Kmart. And that feels good to sleep on. Hope my insomnia doesn't come back again.