THE PRINCESS AND THE JOB

The saga of Princess Working Stiff last saw our heroine as she negotiated the wilds of a Wednesday after work crowd at the grocery story. In a not so princessessly way. Since then, she has:

• received an offer to make the temp job a full time permanent gig
• negotiated said offer into a permanent part-time, 20 to 24 hours a week gig
• agreed to work full time through the month of September to get the department caught up
• dropped into an exhausted stupor every night after preparing the evening repast for the prince
• realized that, overall, she really--truly--isn't a huge fan of people
• rediscovered the pleasures of driving the royal carriage. alone. with her favorite music