One of the things I resent the most is being back on that emotional roller coaster you’re forced to ride while waiting for “the phone call.” My sister applied for a job last week that closed on Friday, the 12th. When she applied, she had to go through the agency the Unemployment office uses, becauseContinue reading “Diary of Madness day 2.5”
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Diary of Madness, Day 2
I’m furious. I got home last night to find my sister was having to fill out a form from the Unemployment office to explain why her rendition of events differs from her (now former) employer. Seems HE said she had been Fired! For the record – my sister was called into her supervisor’s office aContinue reading “Diary of Madness, Day 2”
Diary of Madness
If you’ve been around here a while, or know me in any way, you’ll recall that I live with my sister. We’ve been roomies for a long while now, and it’s not as unusual a situation as you might think. There are plenty of adult siblings who room together, among those who get along, ofContinue reading “Diary of Madness”
Hello darkness, my old friend
Every weekday morning, I’m up at 5:30, and leaving the house for work around 6:10 or so. Now that we’ve fallen back for daylight savings – or the end of daylight savings, or whatever that really is – it’s dark when I leave the house. My workday ends at 3:30, and already it’s getting dark.Continue reading “Hello darkness, my old friend”
Early Holiday Cheer
It’s that time of year again – the first of the Holiday Art Fairs. For the next two days, I’ll be sitting in a room full of artists, people-watching (one of my favorite hobbies) and selling my wares to shoppers while listening to the same Christmas CD played over and over and over and overContinue reading “Early Holiday Cheer”
It’s really the shit
Last month, my sister and I went together and — without selling either of our cars — bought a used SUV. It was really affordable, seeing as how we were splitting the payment and insurance right down the middle. We’d grown weary of constantly borrowing our mother’s Jeep whenever we purchased something large or oddlyContinue reading “It’s really the shit”
Tea, tea tea tea tea
So last weekend, I attended my first Northwest Tea Festival, a yearly tea convention/festival that has now become my favorite annual event. My only regret is that this was the third year, and I’d only just now learned of it ! For tea lovers, this was Nirvana – there were tastings, classes, vendors, and allContinue reading “Tea, tea tea tea tea”
My Peeps and Peepettes
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The “I have a headache so this is all you get” post
Damned inconvenient
So my week/weekend was spent productively – had every window in my house replaced, had the space between my garage and fence cleared, leveled and graveled over to create a parking pad for the new SUV, and installed a lovely little fence/gate at the corner of the garage to re-enclose the yard after having tornContinue reading “Damned inconvenient”
The Velvet Zebra 