1 April 2004 Thursday
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Yea OfficeTeam! I’ve got a job!
Second step: accomplished.
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Fortunately, I’ll be paid weekly at a higher rate, so by my figures, I will be able to pay back Step One, the rental loans.
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I’m really jazzed about this A+ class I just found out about! I walked up there last night and it’s an even better deal than I thought.
The registration is paltry. They have a full lab there w/ PC carcasses ready to go. They even do Network + prep, at least a little.
But best of all, its a walk-in situation, the hours are totally flexible... who knows, an extra source of nickels by the end of this year...
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Almost didn't find the school. I'd misplaced the Mapquest printout of its location, but although it's close by my room, its in the middle of a warren of streets. Eventually I just started walking... no luck.
On realizing I must have overshot the location, I thought about turning back, but then I saw to my east that the cross street went over a small rise and into a kind of urban valley, sort of a post-industrial cousin of gentler regions I remember in San Franciso. What the hey, I thought. Blammo.
Right there: Belmont Street. Just follow it... to the Belmont school. Very impressive, Watson. :>
Everyone there was super-helpful and informative. Good times.