Resignation

Jill loved train travel and would rather spend time that way than waiting for a plane!  

His facebook updates kept making her swoon - she found many of them, posted in France, soooo romantic.  But then other babes would click the "like" button and Jill would chastise herself for the weird, distant obsession that actually seemed to be preventing her from some kind of REAL romantic attachment, argh.

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Jill was one for always trying to find the upside.  She enjoyed the fact that holiday celebration dates in her family were flexible, due to her father's Alzhiemers.  If business plans or boyfriend family conflicts made complications, they just celebrated in her family on another day.  Often Mondays a week or two later!  Convenient?

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Have I ever thanked you for being such a great coach and mentor me me?

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"Dear Boss,

Due to conflicting priorities at the moment and the ongoing tension I find the other instructor creating around my horse activities, I have decided to find alternative outlets.  I am certain this will alleviate any concerns about how your business is represented in the market for you as well…

It is my hope that I will still be welcome as a guest, especially your daughter's.

Thanks for letting me participate here for as long as I did,

Respectfully,

Jill.

"Do YOU have horses?" the lady in the tack shop booth at the Royal Winter Fair show asked Jill back.

"Not right now" she sighed. "I'm kinda here looking for someone else's horse to ride. and you know how THAT goes."

The vendor stared back at Jill with a completely blank look on her face, so she moved on...
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After being without an income for a long time, Jill had got at job at minimum wage and to $14/hr and then to $16hr in six short months.  But she never should have happily mentioned to the mechanic about getting her third raise in short order, because he went ahead and did $700 work on the car without checking with her first.  What about the plan to put it up on the hoist and TELL HER WHAT THEY WERE DEALING WITH? She had said she needed his advice in order to make important decisions.  In the past he had always provided an estimate and info to consider first.  This was a big bill at a time when she was considering pulling the $100 month insurance off the gas buzzer of a luxury car she couldn't afford to drive, in order to reduce her debt load and cash flow.  And here the mechanic threw in an oil change she didn't need without ever finding out about a few of the other car trouble issues she'd wanted him to look at fixing.

And while she on the phone with the mechanic getting this news, her boss walked off in front of her with her lunch, as well as his to eat.

But none of that was any excuse for forgetting to call her dad on his actual birthday.  Jill felt bad.

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"Are you riding?"" he asked, honouring her with his sort of foolish assumption about her role at the big exhibition.  She wrote in her journal later that she was back to having a crush on him...

She loved her friend's profile pic of the high top sneakers strewn on the sandy beach.  And felt asleep wondering, does driver position matter in the marking?