When we decided to close the business I hit the job market like a typhoon. I solidified three jobs in a matter of two weeks. I had already made the connection with Martin at the University of Richmond. When I asked him for all the hours he could give me he seemed relieved. He has so much on his plate that he welcomed the help. The problem is that those hours didn't open up until the fall and i needed some scratch so I scoured craigslist and put out my feelers all around town.
It was June. I had the fall locked down so I was searching for some part time work to get me through. I figured that I could pick up a couple of shifts around town and keep the shifts in the fall. My classes wouldn't interfere, I was making desserts not cooking on the line. I could make desserts anytime, I didn't have to be there for "set shifts", right?
Kendra responded right away. I had already worked for her and she had mercy on me. She wanted to give up her baking shifts to concentrate on her new venture anyway. It was perfect timing. I would bake three nights a week making vegan desserts. Okay, perfect. In the meantime I had sent out 50 resumes to random craigslist postings.
The village cafe, The Cheesecake factory, SHONEY'S! This is who I was responding to. Finally I get an email from Russell from a new place on Lombardy. Mapquest was leading me right to Bogart's. Bogart's? When I pulled up to the place it was Bogart's, but not. I had no idea that Steve and Lannie were working on Balliceaux. This place was going to be a hot-spot. I was jazzed. I was promised a job and was thrilled! In this economy, my job search was over. What a relief. I could work at Ipanema three nights a week, Balliceaux three days, and fill in my other time teaching classes. What a joke. Everything came to a head in the second week of august when Balliceaux opened, Kendra is opening a new place, and the semester is just starting. Needless to say, I've been working all day and night for a month and something has to give. Oh yeah, Jon Piper's wedding happened to be right at the apex. HOLY MOLY Damn.
So this little story is to explain my lack of blogging. Long story short, I'm no longer home with Clare, but hustling as fast as I can to get home to Clare, and Whitney of course.