  Went to Yum bakery today, but before that, had a bout of nervous stomach; almost didn't make it. In the end, though, I preservered, and happily went I to make hermit cookies and whoopie pies.
They are a bakery that does bread, granola, cookies, muffins, and spreads of the nutty variety. Not sure about cakes, but didn't see any. Boss guy is nice, high strung, but nice, and not an idiot, which is a bonus. A negative, however is that he just may think I tumbled off the tuna truck. He tried pop quizzing me with multipication tables. I spazzed, and didn't even get one right. (He even asked me what four times twelve was, and I stuttered a lot. ) I explained that I used to have panic attacks during math tests, I think he was pretty understanding, but it was baffling even to myself how much my brain didn't want to work for me.
4 times twelve. I fricken said twenty-four. The other folks in there were really nice, and they all are people who read, which I've never experienced in a workplace before. Back home, people would look at you like you sprouted an extra arm on your forehead if you carried a book around, let alone carried a book around whilst you were at work. The guys were reading "Dr Zhivago", and "The Lord of the Rings". The fellow that was reading the latter turned out to be a big geek, too, he's all about the nerdy, fun things in life.
I didn't mess anything up, and I was fast at what I was doing. It seems, overall, to be a good, quiet place to work. That's pretty much the extent of my excitement for today, 36 bucks richer, and the Boss guy will let me know either way if I got the job in a few days. Upon meeting boss guy, I'd have to say that him being a bitter bitter man was not entirely correct, but I do not think i was too far off; he seems like a guy who's been profoundly disappointed, and although is mainly content, is probably prone to self pity and freak-outism.
If I get the job, he'll be certainly an interesting person to observe. That's it for me. Not overly interesting, I know, but hey, there is that curse to think of. I'm just peachy with a side of keen on not being interesting. 
