Mishaps and other haps

I found an article on Dane101 this morning about Sucre, the new downtown patisserie I was raving about a month or so ago.

I was surprised to learn that they are in the spot that used to belong to McDonald’s. I had totally forgotten there used to be a McDonald’s on the Square and it hasn’t been gone more than … a year or two, I think.

When the commercial geography changes, it all looks totally different to me anyway. My last trip to Tallahassee, a city where I lived for five years, made this clear. Change a few roads, throw up some new businesses, and I am totally lost.

The Gibassier mentioned in the article are the anise yeast sweet bread/pastries that I thought were very possibly more appealing than the sweeter, richer desserts. There might very well be citrus in there, too– I thought so.

We have plans to go back sometime soon. I can’t wait for those Farmers’ Market Saturdays this summer.

Michael’s last day of work was Friday.  He is officially on the job market, although he’s taking the next month to visit some friends and generally have some much-needed vacation time.  The company was sold, so nothing could be done about the job loss.  He has a pretty good severance package.

Our roommate will also be looking for a job soon, so it will be an interesting time in the (potentially) 1/3-employed household.

It seems like most of my friends are on the job hunt in one way or another.  I guess that is typical for the late-twenties population as a whole.  Maybe we should be saying a mantra for the older generations to retire.  Too bad the incentives for saving money in our culture are so subtle.   Companies are laying employees off, older adults don’t have the money to feel safe retiring … making for a dissatisfying job market at the moment.

Hopefully things will set themselves right between now and summer.  There’s a lot of straightening-out that needs to be done and I really hope the stars align for everybody.  I just want to settle down, get married, and not really worry about anything else.