Yes,
desperate times.... desperate measures!
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Remember the old adage, "It's not what you know.... but who you know."...?  Well, guess what? It still flies, even in the 21st century......
Case in point: Moi. With no apparent skills (but my personable charm, of course...) or resume or any experience, I have just landed a pretty nice job.
As you all might know, Starbucks was killing me and I spent ( Read more... )

I thought being a barista would be fun. It looks very creative. The art of making a Starbucks espresso drink! (I am an intolerable romantic, I admit. ). From the other side of the counter, one cannot tell that the friendly barista has been on her feet for 7 hours without a break. We are as stoic as Beagles. It looks like fun, it really does and ( Read more... )

Today was a better day. Still fighting demons, I decided to rest a few minutes. I got into to bed at around 10am (yes, no Star-buxing today....) and was expecting to fall into my usual self-pity depressed state but instead.... I instinctively started doing the Yoga breathing I had learned (what seems to me) in another life, long, long ago.  A deep ( Read more... )

Yes, in our Carolina tradition, the whole Triangle area is waiting, holding their breath and hording milk and bread for the mighty.... flake! The newscasts since dawn speak of noting else! And yet..... I see nothink! No-think!

Oh well, I have a day off from serving coffee at Starbucks and am happy to be home and kind-of-sort-of painting. I woke up ( Read more... )

I for one, am very grateful to Easy Board and all of you for about 6 years of engaging reparte , insanity and hilarity online. I have learned so much from you all and I know that if it were not for my experiences with you all and the Lovely Alan Rickman, my life would not be half as colorful and so full of possibilities!

But this is not the end. We ( Read more... )

Ugg, I don't know..... I think I am happy working at Starbucks... is it too demeaning? But what is an appropriate job for a middle age woman anyway? One who has no skills......? I go through Craigslist Classified and I have NO qualifications! I'm not beating myself up, don't worry. It's just that I am only good at building up MY world, my business ( Read more... )

Well, this is about Nadia gaining about 30 pounds since summer. She was a chubby kid( ages 10 - 12), through no fault of her own. I saw her suffer and cry in dressing rooms. Then.... when she turned 13, she grew a few inches and thinned out beautifully.  Then, onto high school and she began to put on a few pounds.... not too bad but since I know ( Read more... )

I'm back!

I have missed you all terribly. Escape is almost dead and Facebook is pretty superficial.....

All is well. Gabe just returned from a semester in Spain, Student Abroad Program, Ari is skipping college (!) and working for a landscaper and Nadia is at school, 11th grade.   We both work for Starbucks! I, full time, naturally. Ron lost his job ( Read more... )