Fortune Cookie

A short while back I ate dinner with my boyfriend at a Chinese restaurant. When we received our fortune cookies at the end of the meal, mine said that the current month (June) would be my most profitable month this year. I don't normally take these little bits of paper very seriously, especially since so many fortune cookie fortunes say things like "you like Chinese food" instead of actually predicting any sort of future occurrence. And I believe shortly after reading that fortune I was 1) laid off, and 2) shelling out major bucks for a new car. Didn't seem very profitable to me at all.

But then I started to see things from a different perspective. It was in June that I sent out a handful of e-mails to local sports teams, requesting to be their national anthem singer. A few of the teams took me up on my offer, and I've now sung the National Anthem in Safeco Field and Key Arena. The Seattle Storm game that I sang at was also nationally televised, including my performance, so I would say that those were pretty profitable experiences.

Then I thought about my new car. I went down to Portland (in June) to buy it and got a screaming deal. In fact, it was so screaming that today when I transferred the title over to my name, I had to jump through several hoops to justify why I was able to get such a great car for such a low price. Apparently Washington State thinks I should have paid upwards of $3000.00 more for my car than I actually did, and wanted to make sure I wasn't cheating them out of any sales tax. So it looks like my car deal was pretty profitable, too!

Ah yes, and that brings me to my layoff. Well, after a bit of searching (in June) and one very successful interview, I am happy to say that I received a job offer and will be starting my new position on July 20th. And the salary and benefits far surpass what I am earning now. So definitely profitable.

I still don't really take Chinese fortune cookies too much to heart, but June was undoubtedly a profitable month for me, and perhaps will be my most profitable this year.

My boyfriend and I returned to that same Chinese restaurant two days ago and my fortune said that this winter will be a very happy one for me. I'll let you know how it turns out, but I have a good feeling things will be going my way.