Half way home.

Exactly two months from tonight I was sitting alone by the light of my laptop in my dark, lonely apartment. I’d like to say that time has just flown by, that would be somewhat of a lie. .Looking on the bright side though, I’m already half way done with the semester so I’ll be home in about the same amount of time I’ve been here.
In the past two months I have managed to spend too much money, eat and sleep too little, and spend too much time on public transportation, but somehow I’m still getting by. It was the overwhelming decline in my bank statement that finally gave me the motivation to find a job, or two. I have started lifeguarding and teaching swimming lessons at the local rec center last week and on Wednesday I start banquet serving at the Lion House at Temple Square.
There are serious perks to both jobs. Lifeguarding, I spend about 1/3 of the time actually working and the other 2/3 doing whatever I want. Oh, and did I mention I get to teach water aerobics too! Then at the Lion House I get to bring home delicious food and wear the most flattering prairie dress like apron you’ll ever see. It could only be better if I was allowed to wear an actual prairie dress with the flower print, but apparently they stopped doing that a few years ago. Bummer.
Other then more work experience I’m also gaining some life skill here. I’ve learned how to live off of one to two meals a day, I can now sleep on a bus full of dirty seats and sketchy people (yes, this is a life skill), and on top of it all, I still have a place to live. Hooray. Now, all I need is to learn how to keep our apartment clean to make it easier to pass our intense “white glove” cleaning tests we have coming up. I'll work on that...