Stupid Peanuts

Well once again my allergy to peanuts has caused me to not be able to do something I want to do in life. And I am sick of it.

I had a job interview today at the local high school to work in the cafeteria (and was very excited at the prospect of this job because it would got me out of the house for 3 hrs a day, no weekends, no summers) but didn't get it because they use a ton of peanut butter there. (I knew this was a possibility but I was hoping they were peanut free as many places are now due to the severity of the allergy. No such luck). I did well in the interview, the guy really liked me but he said I would be coming in contact with quite a bit of PB every day and it made him uncomfortable to put me in harms way.

My allergy is so sever that I should not even be in the room with peanuts/peanut butter/peanut oil let alone touch it or smell it. So there's no way for me to be safe in that environment.

The man who interviewed me said that he would pass my name on and personally recommend me to the teacher's aide and custodial departments - So who knows, maybe I'll still be able to get a job in the school. But for today I am bummed.

My whole life I have been leaving parties, restaurants, church functions, and even drop out of culinary school (my dream) because of one STUPID allergy. And it's getting OLD, fast.

I just needed to vent about that.

At the end of the day I can't risk my life (or the life of my children's mother) for a part-time job. Period. But it still stinks.