i'm finally done with all the tasks of the day. The list was long. i return to a regular schedule starting next week. This week i have two days of training, and also a shift with the Temp Agency. So i'm trying to get everything done that i can before the weekend.

i've got a job!

It's rather exciting, yet strange to contemplate having a regular schedule, having to be somewhere ON TIME, learning the "ropes." I haven't had a regular job in two years. I know that i really need this. It will be good for discipline. It will be good for my resume if i can stay there for two years or more. It will be good for Master's finances, considering i have a student loan debt that is twice what the principal was, and the monthly payment will probably be half my pay.

I didn't get the wage i wanted to start at this new job. However, if one shows initiative and works hard, one can "climb the corporate ladder." Oh yeah, did i mention i'm going to work for a COMPANY. Corporate America. Ok, it's a grocery store deli, and they actually have some of the product that i like (Boar's Head Meat and Cheeses). It's still, "Hey You're part of the TEAM now! Rah Rah!"

Oh boy.

But i am up to the task. And there will probably be enough give in my schedule to continue the stage hand work, and the Temp Agency. At the wage i'm starting at, we need the extra income.

Of course, now that i have this job, i received a phone call for an interview for another job that i really, really wanted. But it's 10 plus miles one way, and the starting wage is about the same. I can walk to my new job, always a plus for me.

On the M/s side of things. Master and i haven't been engaging in any "play" or sex for a while now. Life has been kind of draining. With the damaged ankle, and my mental processes, there just hasn't been the drive (on my part anyway). I've just come through the third summer of not having my niece around. Her birthday was yesterday. (Aug 15) And i needed to get through that.

We had the MasT meeting yesterday, and that went really well. It was Master's turn to lead the Topic. It was interesting to hear the Masters finally talk, and there came a point when, somehow, the conversation shifted to being about the slaves. We got it shifted back, but still, it was a struggle to keep it there. All in all a good discussion, with an interesting outcome. The group decided to give ourselves homework. The Masters are to ask their slaves any time they want something. Exercise their Ownership, their entitlement to their Masterhood. And we are to report back the next month. Master started today. I was actually much more compliant than i've been in the last few weeks. i'm too tired right now to pick apart why. I just was. I was getting cranky towards the evening, when i had five loads of laundry to wash, and dinner to finish, and thinking about what needs to be done tomorrow.

A friend of ours is going to let us borrow His boy while i'm adjusting to this work schedule. I must call photoboy and let him know that i need him to come over so i can show him around and what needs to be done. It's not big things, it's stupid things like the cat boxes, and vacuuming and the dishes, and dusting. Just that regular stuff so i don't feel so stressed.

And i feel stressed. Don't know why. Just so much happening so fast. I haven't had time to concentrate on the creative end of things. I need to finish the final edit of one of my books, get it, and copies of "Myth" printed up, and hit the Open Mics again, and sell more books. Now that i'll have a somewhat steady schedule, and steady income, i won't feel so bad spending $5 at the cafe, to make $20.

Today i spent the afternoon driving around looking for work shirts. i need long sleeve, white, collared, button downs. The long sleeves are required to cover up the tattoos on my forearms. After going to three stores, i finally found a couple shirts at our local Goodwill Thrift store. There's also a uniform store that sells Dickies for a reasonable price. Hopefully i'll be able to purchase a couple more next week, if Master lets me.

So, that's where my head is at right now. i'm very tired. Once again it is monsoon season, and we've been having storms the last couple days, which raises the humidity and brings down the temperature. The coolness i can dig, it's the humidity that drives me nuts. It's that time of year where two showers a day becomes a reality. I would have been in the swimming pool, but there was so much electricity in the air Master wouldn't let me go in the water.

Now, it is time to go crawl in bed so i can get up early tomorrow, get Master off to work, finish the chores, and go to Training.

Found out one of the gals i work with is kinky as well. I hope to chat with Her some, and maybe develop a bit of a relationship. We were both complimented by one of the main roadies for the tour. It felt good. I like doing this kind of work, it just won't get me benefits, and all that. So i trudge off to work a "regular" job.

Between the load-in and the load-out, i had recieved a phone call from Fry's. So i called Her back. She wanted me to come in and fill out paper work. Guess i passed the drug test ok...

She had changed her mind about where she would put me. I am going to go to work in the Deli (YAY!), so the worries about doing a job i didn't want to do are gone. She's really nice, and seems like a very approachable manager. I am scheduled for two days of training next week, and then i actually get to go onsite and do my job! So, i went and filled out buckets of paperwork, and got my training schedule. In the meantime, Master had gotten a ride home, because i was asked to go in at 4:30 p.m., however, Master did not have Her keys with Her. So, with Her gimp ankle, She was locked out of Her own house for approximately half an hour. I felt really bad about it. But what can you do? Hey, I have a JOB!!!!!!!!!