Monday, June 02, 2003

"Money, get away
Get a good job with more pay
And you're OK"
- Pink Floyd, "Money"

I may not have a job with good pay... but at least it's a job.

I'm working the next three weeks at Foley's, a department store here in Houston. For those not familiar with Foley's, it's owned by the May Company, which also owns Lord & Taylor and Robinsons-May. I'm not getting paid a lot per hour; however, they're giving me about 30 hours per week. That's pretty good, especially if you figure that I barely worked 20 hours a week at Express last year. I still need another job, but at least I'll have a little bit of cash.

One strange thing happened today. When I walked up to the front door, I noticed this well-dressed girl talking on a cell phone. I thought she looked nice, but nothing else crossed my mind. We ended up walking downstairs together, and I introduced myself. Her eyes got really big, and she said, "My name is Laila... didn't you used to go to Ascension?" Then I realized this was a girl who was in my first and second grade class! How strange... and random! It was fun catching up with her. She went to AWTY for the rest of elementary/middle/high school, and now she's at the University of Texas. Very cool.