On Thursday, many of the Disney Store North America employees were laid off, including myself. It was terribly sad to see so many of my talented friends let go. Disney re-purchased the Disney Stores back from Children’s Place, and only took 2/3 of the company. I am not sure what process they took to determine who got to stay and who was let go, but I don’t think they interviewed many of the people who got laid off. The truth is, I am somewhat relieved. I have been looking for work for a long time now, but haven’t found anything worth leaving my job for. Well, with my kick to the curb, I have no choice but to find something better! Wish me luck! I have a good feeling about it. I think I’ll find something I like. I just hope I find the good pay to go along with it! Still, I am sad to leave the Disney brand. I love the characters and the art so much. I would have loved to work for the Disney company. Oh well… such is life.
Since I didn’t have my purple pass with me to turn in on Thursday, John & I took Friday to go down to Disneyland; but first, I had an interview with a staffing agency… that was fast, eh?! Penny had sent me an email about a job her dad had sent to her. It wasn’t a job I wanted, but while I was logged in, I checked HotJobs for other opportunities and found one that sounded good; so, I applied, called the staffing agency to see if they got my application, and then ended up going in to see them almost immediately. The interview went very well. They hope to be able to get me an interview with their client later in the week.
After that, John & I got on the road. We spend most of the evening at California Adventure. It was a lot of fun! We came home in time to head to Elysia’s for a party! It was a lot of fun! Great people, great drinks, s’mores! 🙂
On Saturday, I woke up earlier to meet up with Pamela, my photo partner. She & I did some strategizing about our business for a few hours. At 4:30pm, I headed back to Glendale; and, John, Josef & I left to get some food. Sadly, John got a ticket making an illegal u-turn to get me to Quizno’s faster. Sucks! We then went down to Disneyland and met up with Ryan. We spend most of the evening on the Magic Kingdom side, but I did get to see the Electrical Parade at C.A. After leaving the park, we went to Denny’s for a late night dinner, leaving there around 2:30am. Man, I was so tired that I slept sitting up in the car while John drove us home. I never do that! I must have been truly exhausted!
On Sunday, John & I went to the Ren Faire for a few hours. We met up with Ricki & Erik and watched the Poxy Boggards on the Adult Stage before wandering the Faire for goods and fun. We ended up leaving rather quickly though as the heat was truly unbearable. We had a late lunch at Mimi’s Cafe, then went to H&M to look for a suit for my interview. I found a great suit there!! It’s a black pin-stripe suit with a deep yellow shirt to wear underneath. Later Sunday night, John & I went to Sardo’s to meet up with our friend Adam and some of his friends. I sang Toad the Wet Sprocket’s Whatever I Fear (big surprise!) and John & I sang Moby & Gwen’s Southside together. I had a few good drinks, and enjoyed watching everyone else sing. The woman who was helping me at H&M was there! Haha. She sang a Toadies song. Nice! She totally recognized me and came over to say hi. We left around 12:15am to head home to go to sleep.
Today, I woke up with John at 9am and started my day. I had errands to run, Microsoft tests to take, laundry to do, cleaning to take care of and photos to edit. I got a lot done! Later on, John & I are going grocery shopping.
Penny arrives tomorrow!!! I am picking her up at Burbank airport at noon. I am so excited!