July 22nd I officially start my new job! I have to put in my 2-weeks notice with the preschool on Monday, my boss is either gonna cry or yell, so I need to prepare for both. I'm going to be the secretary of a small flying service. They run crop dusters and ground rigs, and stay pretty busy. I'll be dealing with the pilots and truck drivers, answering the phone, responding to the radio, doing payroll and all the accounting, writing receipts, filing maps, making appointments...I'm gonna be a busy bee! I'm excited about this, it just kind of fell in my lap. I've known the people that run the service for years-- I met them through church and used to babysit their children (who are now in 8th and 11th grade). After I graduated highschool, Mrs. offered me the job, but I was already employed...she offered it to me several times after that, but always right after I'd already committed to something else. So this was excellent timing. I ran into a friend of mine tonight, a friend I was very pissed off with for trying to screw me over on a car he found FOR ME. Anyway, he's decided to pull his head out of his butt and sell it to me for slightly over what we'd previously discussed. See, I offered him a generous amount, and he decided he could sell it to someone else for alot more. Well, he apologized and said he'd give it to me for $50 over what I offered, which is alot better than what he wanted to charge me. I said that's fine, but if I'm paying that extra money, then he's going to install the new battery he says it needs. He said that's fine, so next payday, I will have my very own hunk of junk ;) ! So, things are looking up. Gerd and I are possibly going to be friends. I'm not gonna push it, he knows I'm here and will talk when he wants to call me. Now don't worry, I'm not putting my life on hold, by any means. I'm going to do my thing and he'll do his, but hopefully some day things will line out and we'll be doing things together.