I found out this evening that my sporadic part-time work schedule is going to come to an end in the new year. Starting January 2nd, I will be on a four day on, four day off, two pm to 10pm schedule. I could not have written a more ideal schedule for myself!!! It’ll be enough money to be to do renos and travel in my time off, and four day weekends will permit me to explore even the far flung corners of the Island.

I’m off tomorrow and Tuesday, so I’m going to go hand out resumes in the hopes of getting extra hours for the holiday season, but it sure seems that life will be a bit easier come the new year.

There hasn’t been much going on other than work. So long as I’m only working part-time, that’s all that’s going to be going on. I keep on applying for other work and working contacts for contracts, but nothing has panned out so far. I’m okay with the situation thus far in that I had braced myself for little travel and renovation until the new year, but something’s gotta give! I do have a nice blog pay cheque coming in at the end of December and that will be used for an excursion. Not sure yet what I’ll do, but I have until January to figure it out.

Work has settled into a routine; it’s definitely much, much, much better than the first couple of days would have left me to believe. I’ve been able to talk to the manager about my concerns and they have all been resolved.

I work a few four-hour mid-day shifts and a few eight-hour evening shifts, respecting my desire to never start before 10. Most of my shifts are alone. The manager used to stay on site while I worked, but he no longer does that, only returning at closing to lock up. He says I will be getting a key to the store and an alarm code tomorrow. Combine that with the inside key and safe code I received earlier this week and I’m now at the same level as the other employees.

As for the title of this post, that’s my title at the store. I call the manager the ‘President of All That.’ 😀

We rent/loan gold pans at Bonanza in Dawson and whenever I hand some out to customers I joke that I’d appreciate 10% of whatever they find. One day, a couple came in with a big grin holding a vial of water glittering with a pinch of gold dust. “That’s ten cents worth of gold!” they proudly exclaimed before dropping a penny on the counter with a big smirk.

Here at the gas station in Campbell River we sell lottery tickets. With some of the regulars I joke that they need to remember me should they win anything. Today, I was going about my business and opened a drawer to get the phone book. Inside, there was an envelope with my name written on it. Curious, I opened it up to find 10$ and a business card with “Good pick. I won $35. Here’s your $10” written on it!!! Needless to say, I emailed the guy to thank him for his completely unnecessary and much appreciated generosity.