"Get the hell outta Dodge"

Hmm, I'm actually doing the opposite of that. I was planning on working at the mall as a retail clerk or something similar, but when I went in to apply, I totally felt like I was going to hate working there for only about 8 bucks an hour. I say if I'm going to move to some crappy town away from my friends and homeland, then I should make it worth my while. So I decided on Cargill.







Truth be told that Cargill is probably not a very desirable place to work, but I am most influenced in this decision by the money. I will be working at least 40 hours a week starting at $12.30 an hour until I get trained, then it will be upwards of $14.00 an hour. I also get an attractive bonus for having my father refer me to the company. Plus, since I am female, they are giving me one of the least strenuous jobs of cutting the fat and skin off of the "clod" meat. In other words, it is some of the lowest quality meat, most used by public schools to make their lasagna. I had my physical and drug test yesterday afternoon. I passed the physical so now I wait for the drug test and background check to go through. As soon as that happens, HR will be calling me to tell me when I start orientation. My guess is I will be starting on Monday since they didn't call me yet today and tomorrow is the end of the week.







It kind of bites that I am waiting for a phone call stuck in the apartment all day since the parents don't have any sort of answering machine and I no longer have a cell phone. I should have brought my land line phone from Emporia with me since it has an answering machine and I wouldn't feel so bad about missing the call.







I think I have probably eaten more meat in the last week than I have in the last couple of months. The parents have a crapload of meat since Daddy gets it at a reduced rate from Cargill. Plus, when I was living in Emporia, the closest thing to meat in my diet was beef flavored ramen noodles. Yeah, meat is expensive.







My mom lost my little brother's ID and he will be working at On-line Communications pretty soon, but he can't until he has an ID. Super. That means I get to spend all my spare time searching her apartment up and down for it. Hooray.







So I'm pretty sure that Cargill will pay for my schooling after a few months or something, so I'm going to see if I can take the nursing program. Yeah, you can be an RN in two years. Pretty rockin. I figure I can do that whilst going to school for a bachelor's degree, thus making lots of moolah while getting learned.







Oh yeah, two nanners died last week. First our dog Annie (or as we so affectionately called her, "Beest") which we had since I was in fifth grade or so. Also my poor kitty Peaches that we have had since I was about six years old. No bueno. It made me sad cause Peachy was an awesome kitty. Very snuggly. She would very happily become a fur accessory for you to carry around on your shoulders or arms. Akin to a parrot, actually. Accept she was draped rather than perched.

Yeah, she is quite the gorgeous kitty. I always think when I see this picture, "Just a couple of kittens." (A quote from The Office after Angela's cat Sprinkles dies).

So fare thee well, Giant Peach and One-eyed Annie. I'm sure you're happier now than you were ere while.










*Update*
A lady from Cargill just called me to say that I need to be at the plant at 7:45 tomorrow morning to start orientation. Awesome! I wasn't really expecting her to call at 9:45 pm, but it's all good. The sooner I start, the better. HOORAY!