Zombie Cucumber Apocalypse: the beginning

July 14th, 2011
Did not have to work today...
Bridget: 1  World: 0
This particular summer, summer 2011, will be one for the record books...it is the first I have spent back home since the summer of 2005. The first month or so since finals ended have been a blur. Upon returning to Bum city, I began working again at my teenage job at a local bakery. Sadly, this neat little place is hanging on by a thread due to the recession and a million other things which I will not talk about here. I may have been a bit too outspoken about the way things we being done on the business end (I tend to do this on occasion) as the boss asked me to leave.  It just so happens the boss is a good friend of mine and this little stint may have been the beginning to the end of our friendship.
So that leaves us near mid-June, and I am job-less, vehicle-less, and stranded in Bum City. For the next month or so, I ride into work in Springfield with my mom and spend 9am-4pm filling out numerous job apps. I get one interview the third week of June at a bridal shop. Although my references were splendid (a good friend of mine used to work there and was adored by the mgmt) I blew the interview with a very un-retail esque behavior. Interviewer: "So, how would we know, judging from your attitude at work, that you are motivated to make sales?" Me: "uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh x10, well, I would just want to make sure someone looked good in their wedding dress. " Interviewer: "So, you would discourage a sale if you thought the wedding dress that the bride was about to purchase did not look good on her?" Me: "uhh. Yeah, pretty much". Interviewer: "Thanks, we will give you a call."
The next couple weeks I literally spend within a 20ft radius of our house-working outside, reading, tanning, gardening, being bored shitless. Eventually I get a break-a friend of my mom's wants me to house sit for her, which ends up being a pretty stellar gig. She lives in a condo, but the most important thing is that her house is clean, her fridge is stocked, she has cable, and there is a pretty sweet bike trail. This was the week I mowed my first lawn and luckily did it without dismembering any body parts. However, pruning the rose bush was a different story. And Jesus whined about his crown of thorns-he has obviously never clipped a rose bush.
While house sitting I get another break-another friend of my mom's has more or less gotten a job interview for me. I ride my bike 4 mi, catch the bus for 30 minutes to my 2pm interview. Luckily I get the job, I am ecstatic and start Fri, July 8th, 6AM. My first day was amazing and I worked 5 consecutive, equally amazing days. Which brings us, without further adieu, to today; July 14th, 2011.
to be continued...