The thing about not getting the job?
Life don’t stop.
You don’t get no grace period.
No recovery time.
No “take a few days to process.”
You still gotta clock in.
Still gotta wipe.
Still gotta dodge drama like it’s part of the care plan.
I walked into Petals the next morning like nothing happened.
Same hall.
Same smells.
Same chaos waiting on me.
Miss Rose already sitting at the desk with her clipboard, not doing shit.
Jasmine in her car.
Keisha arguing with a call light.
Residents screaming like it’s karaoke night.
Same circus.
Same clowns.
And somehow…
I felt calm.
That scared me.
Because comfort be dangerous.
Comfort make you settle.
Comfort make you say “it ain’t that bad.”
Comfort make you forget you wanted more.
Mr. Allen looked at me and said,
“You look relaxed today.”
“I am,” I told him.
“That’s the problem.”
Petals was easy.
Too easy.
I knew the system.
I knew the residents.
I knew who to avoid and when.
I knew how to survive a full shift without losing my license or my mind.
But easy don’t grow you.
Easy just keep you tired in the same spot.
That interview didn’t humble me —
it checked me.
It showed me I still had work to do.
On me.
On my mouth.
On my patience.
On how I move when opportunity knock.
Petals wasn’t my forever.
But it was my for now.
And for now?
I was gonna survive.
Laugh.
Talk my shit.
And stack my coins as best I could — even if it wasn’t perfect.
Because one day?
I wasn’t gonna be “too much.”
I was gonna be exactly enough —
for the right place.
At the right time.
With the right people.
And until then?
Petals better tighten up, because Karen is in the building.
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