Eventful Day

Had a eventful day yesterday, also profitable! ($60!)

A week ago dad mentioned about a catering service was gonna need some assistance of setting up for a wedding. Me, Mom, and Sis were offered this job, $20 an hour and were there for only 3 hours (that was the maximum). We moved and set up tables and chairs. Thankfully the tables were round so easy to move them. The chairs were white plastic like, very suitable for weddings. There was lots of discussions of where to place the tables and how many chairs per row for the wedding, ended up doing 8 chairs for 9 rows per side, with a total of 144 chairs (and over 300 guests confirmed there were coming so... it was going to be a mix of sitting and standing for the wedding). Had to measure distances between each row of chairs. The middle aisle had to be at least 55 inches wide, managed to get down to 59 inches and the chairs were 17 inches wide (side to side). So yeah some math was done, along with measuring tape. Worked out just fine in the end.

Some of the chairs were broken--cushions would come out basically--and mom placed them so they wouldn't be used... somehow one snuck back in.

In the end, was fun. Got paid $60, so did mom and sis, before we were done since the one who was paying had to leave early. We got everything all done though. I feel proud of myself. Plus was REALLY nice to get out and do SOMETHING for money.

Mom did ask "So gonna start job searching?" I didn't reply... couldn't really answer that. I may in the future, but I still need to find myself before I do that, otherwise I'm just gonna overwhelm myself with questions and doubts of if I'm able to do this or that. It's still too soon for me.

After that took a rest at home then went church to help setup for this monthly (usually) jazz service. Had a few issues with the monitor, but I believe that was on dad's fault as the piano wasn't plugged in properly. I barely changed anything on my end.

Went to get gas (was threateningly low) in a unfamiliar gas station. Getting back on the highway was not easy and a bit scary. Had to make a U-turn (not sure if it was a legal u-turn) to get on the path to the on-ramp. I'll stick to my usual route to and from church.

During my rest at home, mom wanted me to get a few things (three) from two stores. Butter and Milk from Price Chopper and Bread from the bread store. She gave me some money for it. I never really shopped by myself before so this was a good experience for me. Didn't really need a chopper card either since they weren't on sale or anything. However finding the bread was a bit confusing. Mom wrote down 1lb 8oz and all I was seeing was 1lb 4oz. Same name and everything as she indicated, but the net weight was really throwing me off. Till I looked to another aisle of bread that had 1lb 8oz. When I got home I pointed this out to mom of my little hassle of the bread. She was a little surprised by it. Gave her the recent for the gas (used the credit card) and for the bread. Didn't get a recent for the milk and butter since the cashier was a bit busy with something. Plus only used cash so... whatever, right?

At the end of the day... I felt very proud of myself. Got paid, new experience, and also sore legs and feet. All worth it honestly as I have been very bored for the last few months. Eventful and profitable... and painful too.