I have been working at a movie theater for the past 13 years. I started when my YD was still at home. I had been babysitting a friend's daughter and she had started school. We needed the money so I got a part time job there for nights and weekends. It worked for us because Hubby watched the kids. I didn't have to pay anyone and I didn't want a stranger watching my kids. When YD started school, I transitioned from nights to days. But I still had to work weekends and holidays. The movie theater is open 365 days a year. We have only been closed on 1 day since I started, Super Storm Sandy and that was because the state mandated it. We are open every holiday, every snow storm, everyday. When I took the job, I knew that. I signed paperwork saying I would work weekends and holidays, that I had a reliable car and could get there in any weather. 13 years is a long time. I have seen many changes there over the years, some good, mostly bad. There are only 7 people in the theater...
Today we are thankful that we can go and visit our soon to be new to us home as a plumber is going out there to fix a leaking pipe under the house at the owners expense. The real estate is giving the plumber the keys and while the plumber is there we can get a quote on other work that needs to be done like realigning the gutters and plumbing the 3 tanks together for more water at no cost to us.
ReplyDeleteSewingcreations15 (Lorna)
Thank you Mcoia and we did have a great day :).
ReplyDeleteTurns out the 3 tanks are plumbed together underground and only a plumber could tell us that through the maze of pipework there. The gutter realigning cannot be done but we will do a work around and put in extra downpipes to run into the tanks also for new water to allow for the lack of fall in the gutters and subsequent water pooling.
We did more planning on what to do first when we move in while we were there.
Sewingcreations15 (Lorna)
Lorna,
DeleteYou got me to thinking about water with your remarks. I don't really have to conserver water very much around here, as I live in a very rainy part of the state of Oregon, USA. But, last summer, we had a water shortage in our city since the lake where it comes from had an algae bloom and the water was not good for a time. We had to fill jugs from a truck the National Guard brought in, buy water, or take jugs to my sister's house. I'll bet you are amazing at water conservation. Hopefully, it will all get fixed so you have plenty to use, and plenty for your garden.
Speaking of that, it's spring there, isn't it? Can you get a garden growing at the new place, or is it getting too hot as summer is approaching? Hopefully--garden!