so, dh and I want a house (our neighbors are morons. usually they just talk loudly so you can hear thru the paper thin walls at 10pm when we’re trying to get to sleep. last night, get this - they were VACUUMING. at 10pm at night. when we were trying to sleep. the WHRRRing of the vacuum was bad enough. it was even better as it THUMPed into the wall a number of times - I’ll assume they were trying to get the edges. but really - could you not have vacuumed 30 min earlier? the landlords and whoever else works here are also morons. people like to park in our spot, and there’s no street parking. whenever we call them to get the car towed, they tell us they can’t do anything. what? hello? the policy is don’t park in someone’s spot or you’ll be towed - what do you mean you can’t get them towed?!).

this means that my life of bored unemployment needed to end. so I did the job hunt thing. which is very depressing when all the ads say they want someone with a Bachelor’s degree (I have an Associate’s) and 2-5+ years of experience. um, I just graduated - I don’t really have experience. but I can’t get any cuz all the jobs want someone with experience. vicious circle. evil. depressing. but I persisted. and I’ve actually had a few people show interest and set up interviews. yay! so Monday afternoon I had an interview (I also had one on Tuesday & today). Wednesday I got a call saying they wanted to hire me! woohoo!

so, about the job:
it’s for a law firm in downtown Minneapolis. said law firm is on the 51st floor of one of the mega-tall office buildings. which means fun ear-popping elevator rides every day. across the walkway is a Barnes & Noble’s, and there’s also lots of other shopping nearby (did I mention said tall building is in/on the Nicollet Mall?). hehe, guess where I’ll be after work… thank goodness there’s no yarn shops there (to my knowledge). and it’s a part-time position, which means I don’t have to completely give up my bored-stay-at-home-with-the-cat lifestyle.
bonus: the bus stops one block from my house and almost directly in front of work (bus fare x2 is about half of what parking was for the hour or so I was there for the interview. not to mention the gas savings). or if I want I can hike over to the MoA and take the train up and walk a few blocks to my building. always good to have a back-up option. ;-)

so after I got the call, I was so excited, I was actually dancing - I think it was a reel step… I start on Monday.

any other knitters working in that area? any knitting groups meeting around lunch there? I’d love to join you if the timing works out.

now, onto the next great adventure - buying clothes and shoes… (I HATE clothes shopping. and I also HATE shoe shopping. is there something wrong with me? I am so not stereotypical when it comes to shopping…). hmm… maybe I should knit my self something. a cardigan might be good…