Summer plans (part 3)

Actually, hours after I made my last post, I got a call back from the restaurant Amelio's. I have sorta mixed feelings about that. I never really wanted to apply to the restaurant, but Nithum and Sulin kinda convinced me to. And I sorta have an uneasy feeling about this place.

Anyway, the guy told me that I would be starting out on Tuesday (ie, tomorrow). Great, right? A few things. He didn't mention money and I forgot to ask, so I don'T actually know how much the job pays. If it's min wage (which for waiters is $7,75) that would be more than fine... but what if its like $2 or less.... it's really not much of a stretch since the people at Shrimp King only paid $2/hr, and I've heard stories of sketchy restaurant owners in MOntreal. The other problem is that he's starting me on a split shift, which if you don't know is like (for example) 11-3, then 6-10 (or something similar). If that's just one day, or even just once a week, it might not be so bad- but for every day?? Eeesh... talk about having no summer- but at least the money might be good?

As for the job itself... while it doesn't exactly inspire me, and is definitely not what I was hoping for (I wouldve preferred like data entry or something), I have waited tables before, and I already know the ups and downs. Even at the sleepy old shrimp king, I averaged $12/hr in cash (of which $10 was tips) and that's at a restaraunt where complete meals started at $6,95 and the doors closed at 9pm (or 10 on Fri/Sat). But Shrimp King was a small town, family, neighbourhood type restaurant, and this place is.... well, I guess we'll just have to see.

So to sum up my ramblings, if they pay min wage, and will ease up on the split shifts, I'll have no problem working there for the rest of the summer... if I really like it, maybe I'll work during the school year (like I did back in hs)... and it will definitely help my money problems. If it falls through, I have one last job prospect (with a Montreal-based subsidiary of my grandfather's company: NAI- a commercial real estate company).

If that should also fail, I will accept my fate..... I decided that it really wouldn't be the end of the world. After all, I'm not starving, and there's definitely room to cut things out in my budget. Also, my dad just decided for the first time ever to start sending me money.... which, to clarify, is actually from my stepmother (loooong story- and I really shouldn't get into it). My backup plan is still to chill for the rest of June (probably go back to NJ), take a course in July, and spend maybe 1-2 weeks volunteering in Louisiana. Actually, I think I might try to do that either way. It's a part of the US I've never seen before and one that, for some inexplicable reason, seems abundantly more interesting than the rest of the country.

So that's where I stand now- I'll prob try to update on Wednesday when I know more re: the restaurant. It'S funny.... doing these updates on my life reminds me of when I used to blog last summer.... which was sooo much more interesting than this summer. But I guess I have the rest of my life to do interesting things... I just gotta get through uni first.