I'm pretty lucky to have a job this summer, and one that I really like to boot. Of course, some days are harder than others...
Rental season is in full swing right now, and each day it gets busier and busier as the parents are realizing "Crap, band starts next week and my kid doesn't have an instrument yet!" They never come into the store by themselves, either. Every hour there is a flood of at least ten different families demanding instruments, books, reeds (always six of them, never five or a full box) and everything else that they'll need for beginning band. Hidden among them are two or three poor people that just came in for a piano book or a guitar pick. During this madness there are at least twelve phone calls from different people asking if we rent instruments, what our address is, and if we'll clean their flute for them by next week.
Then, for ten peaceful minutes, the mob disappears, giving us a chance to brace ourselves for the next flood of customers.
In part II I'll discuss the three different types of parents and the two varieties of children that come into the store regularly. For now, I'm exhausted.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
Starting anew
Hello, blogger. It's been a while.
For anyone who happens to read this, you probably know by now that I'm about to start my freshman year at UC Davis, and as such I thought that now would be as good a time as any to get a fresh start. This morning I started by phasing out my old middle school email address and replacing it with my significantly less embarrassing Gmail account. While doing that, I figured I should go ahead and officially abandon my LiveJournal account like I've been planning for a while now. It had a good run, but the time has come to move on.
RIP LiveJournal
April 2005 - August 2009
I guess that's all to say for now, other than the fact that sitting around waiting for my mouth to heal after wisdom tooth surgery is really boring. If I never see a cup of Jello again in my life it will be too soon.
Hopefully in the future I'll update this with actual news...
For anyone who happens to read this, you probably know by now that I'm about to start my freshman year at UC Davis, and as such I thought that now would be as good a time as any to get a fresh start. This morning I started by phasing out my old middle school email address and replacing it with my significantly less embarrassing Gmail account. While doing that, I figured I should go ahead and officially abandon my LiveJournal account like I've been planning for a while now. It had a good run, but the time has come to move on.
RIP LiveJournal
April 2005 - August 2009
I guess that's all to say for now, other than the fact that sitting around waiting for my mouth to heal after wisdom tooth surgery is really boring. If I never see a cup of Jello again in my life it will be too soon.
Hopefully in the future I'll update this with actual news...
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