On Monday I will be returning to work, but hopefully this time it won't be so hellish. I'll be working in the high-powered, glamorous world of medical billing and insurance. I suspect it's going to be so boring I will find myself fantasizing about algorithms most afternoons, but it's a good company to work for and Mon through Fri hours sure beats 60 plus hours in restaurant management.
Besides, there were less savory alternatives. I actually interviewed for a management position with Titlemax. I know, I know-- but the salary was decent enough that I was okay with repo-ing Grandma'a car if I had to. Besides, how could you not be excited about a company who used midgets in their commercials? I even had a game plan on how to motivate the staff-- maybe a chart like Megan's old potty chart, except with tiny teardrops instead of stars. Perhaps a bumper sticker that said "I Make People Cry", as opposed to the bumper sticker for my last gig, "I Make People Have Heart Attacks." I was this close to wearing my Darth Vader costume to the interview. It's probably just as well that I didn't though-- I was disappointed when I saw that they didn't have the filmy bullet-proof partitions on the desks. There went the Pope in the Parade fantasies.
When I started this blog, I was struggling to get a decent job. And don't get me wrong, I'm looking forward to it. Left to my own devices too long I regress to overgrown facial hair and stained t-shirts. But I felt like I was just getting the wheels to start turning with my art. I got a website together (sort of-- it is still a work in progress) and I had some promising prospects. But the universe can't wait forever for me to "explore my dreams" and I'm not exempt from the reality of bills any more than the rest of you. So time to do the responsible thing. Hopefully I can still carve out a little time to be creative. I may have to give up a reality show or two. I guess we all have to make sacrifices.
Actually, I might still get a "I Make People Cry" bumper sticker made. One with hearts and rainbows.
