It's hot in here
It hit 100+ here in the DFW area yesterday. Can you believe it? It's only the middle of April. We are 2 months ahead of schedule for egg-frying-on-the-sidewalk-hot! It's supposed to cool off to the 70's tomorrow, we'll see.

Win, Place or Show
Some of you know that I have been working at a temp job which will end at April 28. Will I have already started another job. I am working weekends at the new job until the scoring job is up, then full-time at the horse races. Yes, folks you heard me, the races. My old boss from the bank called me last week. She is managing the money room out there and she had a job just waiting for me. Right now I am learning several jobs. Saturday night I was in the money room, counting money. Sunday (yeah, I worked on Easter) I was quasi-training to be a dealer. I learned a lot about the races that day. I had never been to a horse track until this past week.

What's a dealer, you may want to know. Well, the tellers take the bets from the gamblers and the dealers act as bankers for the tellers. So if they need more $, I give it to them. Simple as that. I would be responsible for getting the money to and from the money room. Now, don't worry, this is a seasonal job. It ends in October, just in time for me to go to certification classes. How about them apples?

Ok, that's enough for now. Gotta eat something. Missing all of y'all who are far away. Hope y'all had a great Easter. He is Risen!

For Sarah Jane
Sarah says I need to freakin' blog; although, she is a member of Bad Bloggers Anonomyous herself. Maybe she can be my sponsor since she seems to be blogging again. This one's for you, my dear. Honestly, I have very little time on the computer nowadays and limit that time to emails.

J-O-B
I do have a temp job scoring 7th grade writing TAKS tests. It's the state test given to students. I thought only ESL students had trouble with to, two and too or even better, still, steel and steal. In case you didn't know, these words are interchangable with each other. Example: I couldn't get the bunny to sit steel. I get up every morning at 5:15 (yes, that is correct...not a typo) so I can catch the 6:34 commuter train into Dallas. I do this so I can be at work before 8. I get home around 6:15 each evening which leaves me only a few precious hours before I have to start all over again. It's getting old and I am having a hard time staying awake to read the 150 or so papers that I score each day. I hope I can last to the end of the project; the money is decent.

One of my old bosses called me a few days ago to offer me a seasonal job at the horse tracks close to my house. It starts soon and runs through October. I'm pretty sure I will take it.

I really like taking the train, it's the only place I feel completely normal. The only thing I don't like about it is everyone is speaking in English, loudly. I try to sit by the Spanish speakers so I feel a little more at home.

Ok...I gotta run eat sushi. Will blog more later, promise. Oh and my sister got engaged last weekend! Yea!