Will I be cherry picked?

Riley had to head into school early again for his Asian cultures class, so I thought I would be a good girlfriend and walk with him to school. Well, plus I had to do a little bit of catching up on my Facebook and emails. Sometimes it seems we get sucked into the computer, but it is our only mode of communication! We stayed on the computer right up until 9:45, which was 15 minutes before our classes started. We left the computer lab and had a nice stroll across campus together before we had to split ways. Man, sometimes I miss that boy when he leaves! We both sat through our classes and were ready for lunch and  ‘eager’ to eat our PB and J’s. I think by the time we get back to America PB and J’s will not be on our menu for a while! As we met up and searched for a place to sit, a piece of grass with a little bit of shade caught our eyes. We sat down and I was in the shade while Riley was in the sunny part. He was sunburnt from Maroubra Beach last Sunday, so his legs were on fire and turned even redder. Riley thinks I set him up making him sit in the sun, but he will never know if I did or not ;) We finished up lunch and Riley had to head to his lab for his Asian cultures class. I on the other hand had to head back to the library to look up a couple directions and print my resume because I had landed my first interview in Australia! It was for a frozen yogurt place called Cherry Picks that was about a 20 minute walk from the apartment. I had the interview time set for 3 PM, but I wanted to get there early to make sure that I found the place and get a chance to try out the yogurt and experience beforehand. The walk to Oxford street where the shop was located was not hard at all since it is about halfway back to where Riley and I used to live during the hostel days – not something I want to be reminded of. I made it to the shopping centre where Cherry Picks was located rather quickly but in my uneasiness of trying to find the shop I actually passed right by it. Therefore it took me a while to realize that it was located right outside the shopping centre, not inside. Sydney has different shopping centres (malls), instead of having huge buildings that are separate structures, their malls here blend in very well with all the other buildings. You simply walk into a small door or ride a small escalator into a shopping centre and the whole mall is right before your eyes, never realizing that from the street. Anyways, once I found the shop I stepped inside to order some yogurt. I decided to go with a mini cup of chocolate yogurt with oreos and cookie pieces. At this shop the workers actually put on the toppings for you, unless you paid two extra dollars to get unlimited toppings. Seems like a good deal to me! I took the yogurt and stepped outside to find a bench. I was more than ready to enjoy my first frozen yogurt over here but after the first bite I was more than disappointed. It tasted nothing like I was expected! I think this company actually tries to make healthy yogurt which is just wrong! I scarfed down as much as I could, mainly eating the toppings and then had to regretfully get rid of the rest. That also meant that I had about 20 minutes to kill before the interview. I wisely spent my time people watching on this very busy street and before I knew it 2:55 had arrived. I made the short walk across the street to enter the shop for the second time. I met one of the owners right around 3:00 and handed her my resume. She asked if I wanted to introduce myself which is something I’m used to in interviews. However, after my little spill we just started a simple conversation about my past experience and what I would do in certain scenarios in the shop. With my experience at Coldstone Creamery I am used to dealing with customers and ice cream/yogurt products so I think she was impressed. I especially liked how laid back the interview was since we mainly just talked and had a couple of laughs. She asked me how America was and how I was adjusting, as well as where I wanted to travel and explore (she gave me a couple tips). She also didn’t seem too concerned that I would only be here til July which is what I was worried about. Before we departed our ways she told me that she would talk it over with the other manager and call me in for a trial run next week. I don’t know where that leaves me now, job or no job, but I’m willing to wait. With the whole rest of the afternoon to myself since Riley was in class I casually walked back to the apartment to change. I then headed back to the library to do research for our Spring Break plans. Riley was actually presenting in his tutorial class for Anthropology. At first he thought he was going to have to do the presentation himself since his girl partner hadn't arrived, even though the class had already started. He had to actually ask the tutorial leader to wait a couple of minutes for his partner to arrive before they started. Five minutes later they started their presentation on cattle by handing their board games that they had created with various questions about cattle in the shape of games like Candy Land. His partner had actually gone out and gotten animal pieces and dyes for everyone to play the game with. Like average college students, the classmates hadn’t done the required reading but they were actually excited about the game and started flipping through their readings to find the answers to their questions on the board. Riley walked around the classroom to answer any questions that people had and he actually said it felt nice to act like a teacher, looking over the students’ shoulders to check on their progress. I think I’m rubbing off on him! After the game was over they conducted a mini discussion to review the material that was covered in the reading. The tutorial teacher asked for a copy of the board game so that she could show it to the Anthropology teacher, so I assured Riley that he would get a good grade on that project! Since Riley’s tutorial was from 5-6 PM I had told him that I would go grocery shopping and prepare dinner in the meantime. We had agreed during breakfast that we could have a simple meal of spaghetti so it wasn’t too hard at all. I actually finished making it right as Riley came back from his class. We chatted about our day and after dinner decided to head back to the library to do some more internet surfing about Spring Break as well as jobs for Riley.