so last week...

i started getting what ross calls "PFO" letters from jobs. Please Fuck Off.
one of them was from that asst. chaplain position i really wanted.

i'm not terribly down about this. i kinda expected it.
i'm also getting really fucking stir-crazy despite the home improvement projects i've taken on.
so i am debating the different part-time positions i could take at retail places just to get out of the house (and hopefully get a sweet discount somewhere to support at least one of my habits). we are getting to the place where we need the money as well, but i don't want to take on something i'm going to feel guilty for leaving. something only part-time because i want to be home to see my husband every night and because i still need to get resumes out and have time to interview. some of the things i am thinking about:

coffee shop (mostly because i've always wanted to learn to work an espresso machine.
michael's
joannes (there is a superjoanne's or whatever you call it here that has craft stuff as well as fabric)
home depot (but only if i can work in the garden section and i hear they start laying off in june)
half-price books (a used bookstore in the area - the most fun, but also the most dangerous)

any input? suggestions?

a funny stolen from sunmother

A lady bought a new Lexus. It cost a bundle. Two days later, she
brought
it back, complaining that the radio was not working. "Madam", said the
sales manager, "the audio system in this car is completely automatic.
All you need to do is tell it what you want to listen to, and you will
hear exactly that!" She drives out, somewhat amazed and a little
confused.
She looked at the radio and said "Nelson." The radio responded,

"Ricky or Willie?" Soon, she was speeding down the highway to the
sounds

of "On the road again." The lady was astounded. If she wanted
Beethoven,

that's what she got. If she wanted Nat King Cole, she got it. Suddenly,
at a traffic light, her light turned green and she pulled out. Off to
her right, out of the corner of her eye, she saw a small sports utility
vehicle speeding toward her. She swerved and narrowly missed a terrible
collision.

"Asshole", she muttered. And, from the radio............

"Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the United States....."