Day five is probably the best day I've had here so far, aside from a few technicalities. The morning went like this: Awaken at eight by the obnoxiously loud and disturbing sound of my alarm (I have a special alarm for people with hearing disabilities and it not only RUPTURES withing sound, but also has a bed shaker so it shakes and screams you awake)to drive my aunt to a doctor's appointment. I'm still getting used to driving in a different state, especially with other people in the car, so there were a few mishaps on the way. The thing about Oklahoma is that they're really obnoxious with their stop signs and service roads. They put stop signs randomly in the middle of roads, and service roads line basically every interstate. I could deal with this is I was using a gps, but when I'm taking verbal directions, trying to pay attention to many factors at once, it gets super confusing super fast. That, and my aunt yelled at me to run a yellow light and I started crying, but that isn't important. ANYWAYS, As she was getting checked up, I googled vintage shops and random things that are in the area, finding that there are a substantial amount of second hand stores in a two mile radius of my current position. I took addresses and vowed to go back to them at a later time.
After the appointment, we decided to go out to eat. She had been fasting since nine the night before, and we were both getting dizzy. Personally I'm not sure why I was so dizzy yesterday, but the symptoms persisted on and off the whole day. We went to chili's (for breakfast!) and ate wwaaayyyy too much. We went home eventually, and I started working on looking for a good cosmetology school that doesn't cost $15,000+ in a nearby area. I found a couple to ask for information from, and one that's only about five miles from my house that looks REALLY nice (tuition, license, and kit=$7,000!)
As I was rocking out to Indian music and googling things, I missed a phone call from my beloved Ska's Fifth Avenue off 5th. As soon as I got the voicemail asking for me to call them, I KNEW I had it. I called them back, and sure enough, they offered me the job! I'll mainly be the on call at first, which works for me because I'm going to be starting school this fall, but they also said that they think I have a lot of drive and promise and that they see me easily moving up in the company. I go in to sign paperwork on Wednesday, and orientation is July 16-17! I'm so happy that I'm going to get to do something so exciting and memorable on my birthday (July 16th). The best thing is the $.50 raise that I'm getting from my last job, and the fabulous opportunity to be the starting crew to a store that I know I'll love working at. My shoe collection is going to be so fabulous!!!
To close out the day, I danced excitedly around the house for a while, hung out with my aunt, and had cuddle time with Uggie, her super scaredy cat that is afraid of everyone. The story behind Uggie: My aunt likes to save lives (she IS an RN, after all), and when she found this poor baby, his head was a bloodied mess, half of his tail had been cut off, and he was cross-eyed from some kind of head trauma. They didn't think he was going to last, so they just called him Ugly Cat, which after he was healed changed to Ug or Uggie. He's still cross-eyed and half tailed, but aside from that he is an absolutely beautiful, black, fat, and loving cat. This cat is my new best friend here as I empathize with his life struggle and feel the need to smother him with love and affection. My cousin apparently just recently has been able to pet this cat, and on day Four I managed to get him to voluntarily jump up on the couch and lay with me. I guess it's just another way that I'M A WINNER!
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