Looking for work

It was cold this morning--50+. We enjoyed the extra sleep. I went to the local Taco Bell at 10 to apply for a job while Evelyn made a pasta salad to take to the women’s club luncheon at Lake Junaluska. I spent more than an hour completing the application and a questionnaire of 80 questions. I really believe it to be a replica of the one I completed at Wal-Mart last summer. I returned home and took Evelyn to the luncheon. She joined the club and learned of its purpose of trying to keep things around the lake in better repair. They also give scholarships for college students. I went to the hotel and worked on the computer. Strangely, the power failed twice during the hour and a half. I didn’t know it would adversely affect the wireless but it did. We came home, rested and then walked the lake. Afterward we went to a nursery to buy a peony and some other flowers to plant. We also went to Lowe’s especially to see if they would cut the Venetian blinds Tom and Stacy gave us last year. We want to put them up in our bedroom. We came home for dinner and an evening of recording items for next year’s taxes. We received about 50 pieces of mail forwarded from Texas today. I don’t know what took it so long but there may be more coming. I called a friend we met in Texas that lives in Milwaukee during the summer and Nancy Springer, a friend from IN called us. She plans to come for a visit in October.
We got up and went to walk. I had to go for my interview at the local Taco Bell at 10. Since she was along, Evelyn waited in the car. I have to buy some special non slip shoes and black pants and spend two hours of orientation. I believe it will be indoctrination into the wonderful world of fast food. I think I will do it tomorrow. We spent some time going to look for a sweatshirt top that Evelyn left somewhere. We didn’t find it. We came home for lunch and prepared the pasta salad for the potluck tonight. I had to do the chopping of the veggies. We also planted the flowers we bought yesterday. I had to dig a hole in this concrete type earth that we have here. We nearly filled the hole with potting soil and hoped that the roots can fight their way through this soil that iw made of steel. We did not have to take Frances to church tonight because she thought she could get back to her home before dark. When we got home, we called Janice who told us of the death of Don’s brother Walt. She also told that they had nearly 5 inches of rain in their part of the Valley. We then called Emily to learn about Ursula’s brain tumor. She is having radiation but will have a review with her doctor on Thursday. Andrew may read A Tale of Two Cities with me so we can discuss it together. We may use e-mail so he can get more practice in writing.