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First, I'd like to apologize for not making it to the Girls' Night Out and for not posting yesterday. A couple of days ago, I came down with a horrible cough/cold/case of the swine flu, and thus have been spending my nights hacking up a lung and gasping for air. (Thanks, asthma!) So last night I finally caved and took some cough syrup after dinner— and twenty minutes later, I was passed out on the couch. That's why I missed posting and talking last night!

But today, I come with glad tidings.

I got a JOB!!!

This afternoon, I went down to the OfficeTeam branch here in New York City to fill out some state tax forms. OfficeTeam was the temp agency I worked for in Ohio, so I knew I liked them, and I figured they might be able to get me some odd jobs until I found a permanent position. Eric, the branch manager there, told me he'd probably be calling me by next Wednesday with my first assignment.

So I get home, and then around 5 pm I get a call, and the number looks like the temp agency's number. So I answer, and it's Eric.

"Hi, Philosophy," he says. "It's not Wednesday."

"No," I answered nervously. "No, it's not."

"Are you in any way interested in a temp-to-perm job?"

Of course I was, and so tomorrow at nine, I begin my new job as an administrative assistant at a mid-town architectural firm. While I'm a temp I'll make $10/hour, but if/when they put me on salary (if they like me, that is), I'll make a salary "in the mid-30s," as Eric put it.

So Adam and I went out for Mexican food to celebrate, and now we're going to go to compline full of excitement and relief!

It's not, like, my ultimate dream job, but it's a good job, and it'll help me support us, and I won't have to work in food service or take a night shift.

So— huzzah for employment!!!