I was attacked
by a bumblebee yesterday.
Or was it the day before? It may have been - hell if I remember. Either way, that’s a thing that happened. Luckily I wasn’t stung by the poor bastard. It merely came buzzing into my ear - almost in the literal sense.
There haven’t been many times I’ve seen a bumblebee, let alone had so close an encounter with one. This was certainly the first time in several years, if not ever. And a thing as trivial as that inspired this whole rambling... Inspiration is the oddest thing.
On a completely different note, I finally had the luck of landing a summer job after two years of misfortune on that front. I’ve already spent a week at it, in fact. So far, my work here has mostly entailed varying sorts of yard work and cleaning. It may not be the most glorious job, but it’s something.
And my employer is an absolutely wonderful person. She doesn’t lose her temper easily, she takes good care of me, she has a great sense of humor. I’ve generally had good luck when it comes to employers - not one of them has had a single trait I could complain about. And I love seeing that streak of luck continuing.
It’s only a shame that this isn’t a salary job. But my employer did promise me a small payment, provided I do my job adequately. How small exactly, I have yet to find that out. On the other hand, though, I don’t so much care about money from this as I care about the experience it gives. And I expect not to be disappointed there.