Monday rolled around and I was pretty nervous about not having a job. I called the best lead I had, the place I was waiting th hear from and never got ahold of HR. I got a good lead from a Barista at Starbucks and hurried over to where she said. I was pretty much hired on the spot and simply had to take a drug test. I knew passing the drug test was not going to be an issue so it was a matter of waiting for the results.

Tuesday the original place I had been waiting on calls me...

So I lost my job a week ago, during what is easily the worst economy of my lifetime. There was a report on the news today that unemployment is at an all time high. That means more competition for jobs. Just a few days ago a large company shut down all their restaurants without notice. I'm not in that field, but again more competition for jobs.

Maybe I am too optimistic, but I expected to have a job by now. I hit the ground running and put in applications and submitted my resume...

Saturday afternoon I went to Heights Park for one last time. I took a lot of photos, looked around, and even climbed inside the rocket slide. Yes, me a grown woman climbed in that thing. I knew the equipment was going to be removed this week, and the city of Richardson wasted no time. First thing this morning they started work. Seeing the old slide all wrapped in yellow caution tape was sad. I was one of the last people to play on it

If only that slide could talk. Three...