marla makes a change

I started a post last Sunday, entitled "marla gets sacked" - but I decided against posting it. I've told the story a few times, and I'm through with telling it. So let the title be all you need to know. The reality is very complicated, a combination of who I am, who my bosses (well, ex-bosses) are, and the things that happen that are beyond our control but affect our emotions anyway. The owners of Epilogue seem to be having a hard time of it, at least right now, but I wasn't really in a position to help what needed to be helped. And I learned a few things about myself as well, and what happens when I get bored. How sad to be bored after three weeks of a job. It is good that I was fired, because I probably would not have had the courage to quit.

And today I got a new job. It will be at the Tutta Bella pizzeria, just above Whole Foods Market on Westlake, and I am excited beyond words to be working not only at a restaurant (and I've worked restaurants before, so I know what I'm getting into), but one committed to integrity and creating a community of good people around good food. It feels...new. It feels like I'm stepping into something that has a future, not something that is at best stagnant and at worst in the full throes of decay.

It is so nice to feel that your bosses are passionate about what they do, that they have a vision and are moving with it, and they expect you to know and share what that vision is. I think I've found some good people. In all of my soul-searching and job searching, that's been the very heart of what I've wanted.

More to come, I'm sure...