WHAT A DAY!

Usually I don't like to make posts about things in my life that don't pertain to baking or food. I don't want to clog up my blog with entries about what happened this week on Nurse Jackie or about conversations Josh and I have about how the only thing certain is uncertainty. Usually, my life is pretty blasé. However, today is an unsual day. (I say "is" because the only thing I'm superstitious about is not tearing off the date on my page-a-day calendar until I've fallen asleep and woken up the next day. Today is today until it's tomorrow.)

Let's go back to this morning. I left for work in a hurry and forgot to grab my Oikos Greek yogurt (with honey on the bottom, yum). When I got to work, not only did I have no breakfast, the air conditioner was broken! It's Virginia! It's hot. It's humid. It's NOT cupcake-friendly weather. So we sold our cupcakes BOGO all day because customers had to wait while their cupcakes were being frosted-to-order. One positive thing so far, I got off work early which gave me plenty of time to come home and bake for "wing night." Back to the not-so-positives, on my way home, I got stuck at the drawbridge. As if that isn't bad enough already, when I went to turn my car back on, THE BATTERY WAS FREAKIN DEAD AS A DOORNAIL! I was sitting in the middle of the highway in my mom's tiny Cabrio (she was getting my car inspected for me, thanks momma!) waiting desperately for someone to stop and help. A very nice man driving a huge F-350 stopped, but he couldn't jump me because he couldn't turn his monster of a truck around on the highway. Finally, almost 10 minutes later, while cars are ZOOMING past me at 50+ mph, a guy from the department of transportation pulled up and pushed my dead car across the bridge so I could pull off of the highway. Then the nice man with the F-350 turned his truck around and gave me a jump. Both the VDOT guy and the F-350 guy were so nice! Thank goodness for both of them! So finally, I got back on the road and got home safely. Then, I went to use the bathroom and ALMOST dropped my phone in the toilet. That would've seriously been the straw that broke the camel's back...

I'd like to end this dreadful post on a positive note. I won Iron Cupcake:Earth last month, and one of the prizes is the book Hello, Cupcake! It came in the mail today, and I already have a copy of it. SO... I'm giving this one away! I haven't thought of what kind of contest I'm going to have. If you have any ideas or suggestions that would be nice. Otherwise, scroll down to where it says "Post A Comment" and tell me how sorry you are that my day sucked so bad! ;P

Rant!

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I had a job interview today in an "upscale" grocery store called The Market at Harbour Heights. Basically we have these local stores called Farm Fresh and this place is just a nicer one of those. Anyway, on my application it clearly says I'm applying for a job in the bakery department. I have a friend who works there and she said it was a fun job. So I go in for my interview at 2:30. She's supposed to meet me at a table near Starbucks (inside the grocery store). The woman doesn't even know I'm there! I wait until 3:00. Then I go back to customer service to find out where she is. She's in a meeting or something! Nice. Around 3:15 she meets me and interviews me. Half an hour later, I'm doing great in my interview, not nervous at all (which is so not me)... Then she wraps it up by saying "Well, we don't have any open positions in the bakery, but we can put you in Starbucks." WTF?? Why did I just spend an hour in a freezing cold grocery store answering cliche interview questions to get offered a job at Starbucks? I don't even like Starbucks. I get enjoyment out of a 90 cent cup of coffee at 7-11. Can you imagine how ticked off I was? Ugh... She could've at least told me they weren't hiring in the bakery department this morning when she called to schedule my interview.

I'm turning down the job. Feel free to chime in on the subject.