Worst Day Ever = Thursday May 15 2009

Last week I was working a temp job cleaning fire/smoke damaged apartments in a REALLY rough neighborhood right here in Columbia. You know a job site is rough when you pass two hookers and multiple drugs deals within a stretch of 3 miles. But anyways, there were 4 apartments. Two on the bottom floor and two on the top floor, and the one on the bottom was the one that caught fire. We cleaned the bottom apartment in a day and a half and I can tell you that the mess I cleaned had ZERO to do with the fire. That was a nasty nasty apartment. Mold, stains, dirty walls, dist about an inch thick, you name it. Luckily we only clean the walls and structure. The apartment on the top floor however was kept very nice by it's owners, but very badly damaged by the smoke. Every surface was covered in black, and the walls looked like something out of a horror movie. They were a dark grey with thick black lines running down. I just stood in the doorway and thought "I do not envy the people who are going to have to clean this...", until I realised that I was one of those people. lol But even though it was hard work, I really enjoyed it. At the end of the day I was covered in soot and my fingers ached but I felt like I accomplished something.

Anyways, onto my firstday at work and the worst day I've suffered in a LONG time.
I had just gottenoff work, which was 8 hours of cleaning in a 80-85degree apartment. I was happy toget off work. Me and the lady I was working with got into the workvan and she drove us back. But on the way back we got into a car accident.It wasn't anything major, but it was enough to scare me (she lain changed, and didn't see another carthere). After that I was just readyto gohome.
I had my mompick me up in my car becausemy mothers car was in the shop and I didn'tknow my way around that side of town. So we about half wayhome, going down the interstate at 70 mph, my car starts to smoke and shuts off. This scared thehell out of me.It was 5o'clock traffic andwe had to jump out on the drivers side which was the safest place to get out because it was right next to the concrete barrier. We got it cranked up and managed to driveto town and drop it off at Herndon Chevy.We knowsome technicians down there and they are great, so I really trust them to find out what is wrong. Andthe guy said he isgoing to go over every inchof the car to make sure nothing else goeswrong.
I was talking to a woman at my temp job and she saidshehad the same model car (except it was a 92) and shehad the exactsame thing happen to her.Her'swas a coil or something like that. Whatever the case, I just want my car back.I'msure the guywho sold it to us had no idea, so I don't blamehim.

Thereis one good thingthat happened that day though. Walgreenscalled and told me to come in for an interview.Sadly I thought I wouldn't be able to make itbecause I was working my tempjob thatsame day she wanted to interview me. But the woman I was working with over heard my conversation and told me she understood and she would tell her boss I was meeting her over at the apartmentswe werecleaning. That wayhe would never know I was 2 hours late. So I went to the interview and she saidoutofall the people she had been interviewing the last coupledaysI was the best and she wanted tohire me. So I got the job even though she wanted someone who could be full time (I'll be working full time until the fall). YAY!! About time. And the job is VERY similar toGameStop, so I don't think it'll take long to get into the groove of things.

Anyways, I hope everyone hashad a great weekend Sorry for the long blog.