I might have to give bell peppers another shot. I don’t like them raw, but when I have them cooked in something like the black bean soup I just made for lunch I don’t get the aftertaste I don’t like. I’ve made black bean soup before without it and it tasted lacking, and now I think I know why. I also threw in a couple of coriander seeds since I've
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Just finished up my first day at the new part time job at a bookstore and so far enjoying it. The day flew by and my feet hurt, but I suspect that's since my last job was a desk job where I was sitting down 90% of the day. I'll get used to it
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So things are staring to look up on my end. Staring a part-time job at a bookstore on Wednesday, and though it doesn't pay much it's something. Helps that the cost of living her is way lower than in Boston so my dollars go further
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And the final act of the emotional roller coaster today was stepping out to get some milk and on the way back realizing I either lost or left my keys inside. Eventually someone was leaving the building so I managed to get into the hallway and since I did take my phone with me I phoned maintenance guy and he showed up to let me in
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Short of something unexpected happening I think I'm now on track to getting a new apartment. I'll be paying the rent but I am getting help for the first/last/security since my tax refund was supposed to help with that until my car broke down. I submitted the application materials a few minutes ago so now it's just the waiting game
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So today at work started with cramps and the power going out in the entire office for about an hour. We still could work off our laptops' batteries but pretty much as everyone was running around likes chickens with their heads cut off I just plugged into my laptop and kept at what I'd been doing from the start that took me off the phones anyhow.
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So much for my plan to reorganize our lunches while my boss is away so I wouldn’t leave any of the new people completely alone on the phones, since we only had three people today since one is sick and the other is in Mexico for some reason
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So the other day I had someone call in whose card had been stolen, and then it turns out that the credit card that was used to reload it was also stolen, so naturally we cancelled out the card
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