"Come and Sit Here Awhile Ere You Leave Us..."

[psalm_onethirtyone]

Mama said to us last night, Why are you girls doing so much baking? Is this some kind of pre-Lenten binge?

And I said, No, these are individual expressions of joy.

And that's true.

The car--it can be fixed. The man said he could put it up to inspection standard, he said obviously it won't look very good, in fact it's likely to look wretched, but it'll pass inspection and we can go on driving it--a godsend, I'm truly telling you. And I'm quitting my job, giving my two weeks' notice on Thursday. I am so tired of feeling filthy from touching other people's money all day, just to sell them cigarettes and lottery tickets, just to inflate a corporate conglomerate that's been driving local gas stations and convenience stores out of business since it came. And I'm done--that's all, I'm done. So I'm quitting. And so's Mama quitting--she just submitted her resume half a dozen places that are closer to home (it's a seventy-five mile round trip for her to go to work these days).

Mama's not paying me back my savings that she had to borrow to finish paying for the house, but she's going to use the money that she would pay me back to fix the car, so that's perfectly fine. It makes good sense. And I can go to the library party in a few weeks, which I think will be really nice, and I'm making a hedgehog cake on Friday to celebrate--it's just a good thing.

I can bicycle down to the Oriental store every day if I want; I asked them if they needed anybody to work there, but they said not until summer, they said, 'we'll keep you in mind', which I think actually means 'go away', but that's fine. There are lots of places in Newport I am going to try and look at.

And now, since ostensibly I'm here to work on my history exam while Daddy's busy in Duncannon, I'm going to do that. Be a good girl, Soujin!

But I wanted you to know that things are coming even now, and it's a good thing.

Comments

[mhari.livejournal.com]

*hearts with many hearts*

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

*twice as much, so there*

[theatre-angel.livejournal.com]

I think she must be so proud to have a daughter like you.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

I think you make me feel like such a wonderful person I'm proud of myself.

[ewein2412]

I am so, so glad to hear you sounding upbeat in the face of many trials!

xx

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

It's the Percy. He's my role model. ♥

[tomecatti.livejournal.com]

Fixable problems are very good things, especially big ones like cars!

Mad respect to you for quitting a job you feel bad for having ^_^

"we'll keep you in mind" can mean anything from "we really want you to come back" to "we're being polite, but if no one better comes along we'll take you." It's very hard to tell which area of the spectrum any particular instance of it is in. I'd wager you tend towards the better end, if there were bets to be placed.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

I knowwww. Guh.

Well, I'm tired of it, that's all. I think when I'm unhappy going I shouldn't do it any more. And, unlike the last job I had that made me utterly miserable, I'm not going to pretend I need to stick it out because I owe something to my managers (cripes, that job was evil, and I should have stopped the second she started shouting at me, but I kept saying, no, I said I'd work the whole summer and I am).

I think it means go away in this instance. XD Which is okay, as there are lots of other places I want to look.

[bewareofitalics]

*snuggles* Hurrah for good things!

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

^__^

[erinpuff]

*loves on* I'm so glad the car can be fixed, and that you're going to stop Working For The Man, and that things are working out in ways that make sense. :)

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

I absolutely love you. You are the perfect expression of my muddled thoughts, and I love you. ♥ Thank you.

[tiamatschild.livejournal.com]

*swings you around!* I'm glad, darling. I'm glad.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

♥! I love you, Nanni.

[little-lady-d.livejournal.com]

here's to good things -- and to individual expressions of joy -- <3

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

♥

[tinyammmy]

Thank goodness for your car! *hugs* And yay getting out of a job you don't like. *loves on*

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

*loveslovesloves*

I know! I'm so relieved that it's going to be okay. And I'm relieved about the job, too, really.

[snowyofthenight.livejournal.com]

♥

And yay for quitting! >>

And! I got your package in the mail. :D So maybe I'll finally stop being lazy and silly and actually get to the freaking post office to send you yours. Which is significantly less exciting. Except those chocolate covered pretzels are, like, my mother's favorite food, so they may well vanish before I get any.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

♥!!!

^___^

YAYYYYY. Oh, whatever, time is not exactly of the essence, O Snowy. Also, they're made right here in Lancaster (which is not exactly right here, but, hey, go local business!). ^___^ And I can send you more if those disappear before you get them. XD

[eremon-lass.livejournal.com]

A) I solemly swear that someday I shall come to vistit you, armed with my mother's many cookie recipies and more movies that we shall know what to do with.

B) I feel a dreadful need to send you mail. Is the address still the same, and is there anything particular you'd like me to send?

C) Love. That is all.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

3826 Oriental Road
Liverpool, PA
17045

[josiana.livejournal.com]

&hearts &hears &hearts

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

*loves!*

[perculious.livejournal.com]

Mmkay so. About that mix I made you.

I have it, but, well, I don't know if you know this, but I am horrible at mailing things. I never, ever remember. For example, the last mix I made you, after you sent me that ever-so-satisfying letter telling me what you thought, I wrote you a follow-up letter making little recommendations based on what you liked and didn't like. But I never sent it. And that was just a letter. This is a CD.

The other thing is that I've found a way to convert m4a files to mp3. Now, I could just convert your mix, upload it to sendspace and link you to it, and you would get it really soon, like today or tomorrow. Then you could maybe burn it yourself if you were so inclined. Or, if you love getting snail mail - and it IS awesome to get - you could choose to wait for me to remember to send it, which might take God knows how long. Your choice. :)

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

WELL. Um. I love snail mail; I massively do. Would that be okay? I ask especially because I have no idea when I'll have a computer again, so I don't know how feasible it would be for me to download OR burn it, both of which of course I'd want to do. So--would smailing it be okay?