I got a phone call and a seasonal job

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Maybe two months ago, while Anne was watching something that did not interest me, I came across an ad for seasonal jobs at Barnes & Noble book stores. On a whim, I applied, then forgot about it. I got a call the other day from the local store asking me to interview. I had to ask who was calling after he identified himself since I had no real recollection of it. But, I went in the next day and talked with the manager. It turned out that he was from Santa Ana, CA where I went to high school and had grown up working in the grocery business, as I did. The store is ten minutes from my house. After passing a background check, I am hired and will go to an orientation tomorrow. I told him, though, that I can't start until next week, since I have committed to dog sitting through Friday for my daughter's Chihuahua (again) while she attends a business conference in Las Vegas. She will be down with the dog today and fly from here tomorrow. After I left the Wild Birds store in May, the only work I expected to do was some acting, but this will help pay for our trip to the quilting conference in San Antonio next April. The pay is well over minimum too. The job will last until maybe the middle of January.