a blustery sort of day

it wasn't really blustery, but as i cannot think of an adjective that accurately describes how today was... blustery it is. i have been made to feel strangely appreciated and popular, and even competent, by a series of odd events. i think i like it. it started when our "sparkle kids" came in to work. they are a group of developmentally disabled people who work one morning a week in my store - they do all the little things we would never get around to that make the store sparkle (dusting, polishing the furniture, etc.) there are three of them, and i like them. they all work hard and do their best, and take pride in what they are doing. i haven't seen them for a couple of months because i've been closing. well, they are now trying to recruit me to be a job coach for their organization (not just the kids either, their current job coach is in on it). so i told them i'd look into it. i like the kids who come to my store, but i don't know if i'd like being the one who walks around with them to make sure they don't miss a spot while sweeping. i was also potentially recruited by one of our frequent customers - he designs and builds ridiculously expensive custom furnishings and such for the wealthy and famous, and he seems to think i could be a decent assistant: assembling stuff, schmoozing with rich folks, etc. he also offered to pay me more than what i make at my store, and i imagine the hours would be fairly regular, and in the daytime. the catch? althouh he knows i'm not available, he's kind of "into" me, which, although i can handle it when he's a customer, would definitely either annoy or creep me out over time. i'm wondering just how much money it would take to compensate for something like that. and if such a job would be worth losing the potential i have to "grow with" my company (they like to promote from within). i'm sort of conflicted, especially since today just happened to be the day that two (yep, two) of our "hard to get through to" employees reached out to bond with me. a subtle victory, but a victory nonetheless... and i am considering abandoning them... sigh. moral and employment dilemmas aside, my baked french fries have just finished becomming baked, so i'm off.