I have been waiting for my brother to arrive all day. My brother lives on the other side of the country and today he's supposed to be arriving in my town for a short visit. I actually called off work so I could hang out with him but he never takes off when he's supposed to, or plans properly, or calls ahead, or is prepared for anything. He is very similar to me.
I wanted to do something nice for our mailman today. He actually had a pretty easy day weather wise, but I feel like the mailman, overall, is an unsung hero. Especially since the US postal service is being used less and less with the advent of the internet. I always feel super bad for mailmen and garbage men when it's one of those cold winter rain days. Also I didn't get our mailman or garbage man anything for Christmas the past few years and I feel like a dick about it.
I wrote a pretty generic message saying thanks and wishing him a belated "Happy Holidays" but that wasn't enough. I went out a bought him a bag of pretzel M&Ms and I set them both on the mailbox where he couldn't miss them. It was actually harder than I thought to find a snack. (Allergies, diets, picky eaters, etc.) I figured most people love a bag of M&Ms and I think the pretzel ones are the best. He took the note and the candy so I think he must have dug them.
There is another cool opportunity presenting itself job wise. A receptionist job at a place I work part time will be coming available sometime in the near future. I'm not sure exactly when. But it is a full time position with benefits and I am familiar with the company. I think I am getting some serious karma back from being nice. The person who currently has that job is someone that didn't have to tell me about the position at all but she did because she likes me and knows I am looking for a job. She even told her boss, my part time boss, that I was looking for work. She planted the seed for me without me even doing anything.
I don't have any idea what this job would pay, it very possibly could be crap, but I wouldn't mind working for crap pay to work at a company I eventually would like to move up in. It's a creative business involving music where my Bachelor's in Fine Arts might actually mean something! Hallelujah!
More karma returning to me. Yesterday I donated blood as my good deed for the day and they were having a prize drawing sponsored by a local restaurant and I won! Free lunch! Nice.
Money spent so far: $70.63
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