| Wednesday, August 9th, 2006 |
| 4:13 pm |
Long Day
Today has been a very long day and it's only just a little after 4. This new class schedule that gives me 16 hour days is kicking my butt, and it's only Wednesday. Much resist urge to close office door and take a nap on my keyboard wrist cushion. Perhalps it's time to hit the soda machine for a pick me up. Eyelids getting soo heavy. Current Mood:  sleepy |
| Monday, August 7th, 2006 |
| 2:00 pm |
Termites?
Random lady called me this morning on the phone. The odd call went something like this: Me: Hello, United Van Lines. Lady:(little old lady voice) Yes can you come take care of my termites, again. Me: Umm I think you may have the wrong number this is United Van Lines, the moving company... Lady:(pauses confused) well this is the number I always call. Can you come take care of my termites. Me: Well maam we're a moving company not an exterminator.... Lady: (pauses then responds annoyed) ok, well can you "move" my termites then? Me: Umm, thats not really what we do you may want to try calling another company. Lady: Well can you reccomend another moving company to take care of my termite problem? Me: Sure. (gave her the number to one of my friend who works for an exterminator company, wished her luck and hung up). Afterwards I turned to my co-workers and said,"I think it's going to be one of those days"....having overheared the whole call, he proceeded to laugh his head off. I do not look forward to getting really old. |
| 11:14 am |
Design on a Dime
Well my weekend of zooming around on Canyon Lake was tragically postponed due to last minute classroom design emergencies. Nathan got roped into heavy lifting for other teachers all last week and his classroom which was in desperate need of paint, repair and bookcases had to be completed over the weekend. Armed with a can of spray paint and an Ikea card I felt equal to the task. The school itself is slated for demolition next summer, when they have the new campus built, so it was really a bit of work to have the falling apart portable looking clean and professional. He was sick a lot last year because of bad ceiling leak repair and a rusty air conditioner. But after a lot of scraping and painting and cleaning I think he will be breathing a lot better this year. The room canme out amazing. I wish I had taken a before and after picture, it was that CooL! |
| Friday, August 4th, 2006 |
| 4:00 pm |
Zooooom!
Rented Jet Ski's to go play on the lake tomorrow. Yes, we have lakes in the desert (who knew!). Eek so excited. Why won't this work day end already. Current Mood:  ecstatic |
| 9:48 am |
Uge
Started my American Government class last night. It was engaging and interesting. My professor has a real passion for the subject and a knack for asking "critcal thinking" type questions. The word that drove me nuts all night was Uge! Being a born and raised Jersey boy he has no ability to pronouce the letter H, and since his favorite word is Huge, I had to listen to "Uge" all night long. Probably should not have bugged me as much as it did but I was going to lose it by the end of the night. The other thing that makes it hard is he is not ashamed to admit that he loves the sound of his own voice. Since his is pretty amusing and interesting it's tolerable but the H thing teeters on making me bonkers. Especially when we start talking about the Uge impact the American Constitution Ad on Istory. Current Mood:  indescribable |
| Thursday, August 3rd, 2006 |
| 9:48 am |
New found sense of night pounce
The big ball of grey fur known as the Prince of my household, or more simply as the cat, has developed a lovely new trait. He waits until the clock has turned past 3am and then he decides it's time to go pounce on his people. I would like to think that maybe there was just a spider or something that got near the bed and he was warning me for my own safety. But two nights in a row seems a little unlikely. He is quite the little hunter of the house because I've hardly ever even seen any kind of bug in my house except for the occasional one caught between the window and the screen. The only reason I even notice those is the cat is glued to the window trying to hiss it to death. It's quite the amusing sight. As for the 3am pounce attacks I am hoping this is a phase. Current Mood:  awake |
| Monday, July 31st, 2006 |
| 4:38 pm |
For those who were wondering
Every once in a while I remember there is this thing called a live journal and you post in it and stuff and people who want to know what you've been up to can read a little chapter. But it helps if you write one every once in a while. So, sorry about that. Phoenix is an amazing place. Desert culture and lifestyle is unlike anything I've ever known. I have been here a year and I feel like it's been a hundred years. I live in a beautiful and growing Smallville like town south of Phoenix called Maricopa. The town used to be part of the Gila River Indian reservation and much of the surrounding areas are still reservation territory. I drive to work every day along a beautiful mountain ridgeline that still makes me tear a little when the sunsets are amazing. Some blessed nights if you are watching with a keen eye you will see hundreds of wild horses running along the roadside. It is one of the most breathtaking sites I've ever seen in my whole life. It makes you feel so small and yet so powerful. The natives call the mountains the sleeping gods and they truly are. My house is a beautiful 3 bdrm home near town and after much waiting and much planting, I finally finished my back yard. We have a beautiful blue tiled pool and lovely purple trees. I planted a baby lemon tree, but it's still to young to fruit. I joined the board for the Public Library which is still a small town country building about the size of a portable. But we are working to expand and grow it as the town to grows. I am teaching drama class for the parks and rec. for kids who want to be a part of it. The rest of my time is spent either at work or school. I am working and doing well with United Van Lines. I get to desgin a lot of our marketing and ad campaigns and I help the sales staff stay organized and focused. It is a lot of fun and I get to be a part of so many things important to the company. It's a good way to spend a day for the most part. In the evenings I am finishing my degree at University of Phoenix and ASU (go Sundevils!). By this time next year I should be mostly finished with my bachelors degree and getting to start into so of my studies for my masters. Speaking of which I better get back to my homework. Love & Light to All!! Blessings. |
| Thursday, June 23rd, 2005 |
| 10:01 am |
Shift
Tuesday September 28th, 2004. This is the date of my last post and sometime shortly before is the date I fell off the planet for most. When I sit here now or like I did last night at a bar with Scott, all I can think is "what the hell happened." I somehow lost connection with everyone and everything and everytime I tried to re-connect I found myself running scared. For the last several months of Kyle and I's marriage I lost most of my grip on reality. I was drinking to much becoming more paranoid and jealous and crazy by the day. Lying and fighting with the people I loved the most. Basically I fucked my life royally. When Kyle and I went our separate ways I struggled to figure out why I wasn't strong enough to make it work. But the truth was it wasn't meant to work, but I was so blinded by made up dreams of how I thought I wanted my life to be that I couldn't see anything real. And the problem with living like that is not much will knock you out of it except a massive dramatic sudden shift. Followed by a dazed what the fuck happened. I got my shift but I feel I've lost almost everyone I loved in the tidal wave of awkwardness that followed. Maybe this was how it was supposed to be. I don't know. Maybe I just wasn't strong enough to deal with it all correctly. I don't know. What I do know is that I'm moving to Phoenix on Monday for good and I wish I could say good-bye to so many people. But I can't say good-bye because I still don't know how to say I'm sorry. |
| Tuesday, September 28th, 2004 |
| 11:21 pm |
I probably should be sleeping
Well It's 11:30pm and I have to be at work by 7am tomorrow. So what am I doing you ask? Making cookies and playing X-box of course. Next batch up in 5 mins......mmmmmm my house smells soo good right now!!!! Back to blowing up animated polygons. Current Mood:  Amused and a bit nuts |
| 5:05 pm |
Quickie
Taking a quick break between work school. Been a real flurry of a day. Must breathe...in..out....in...out...OK back to school. So I'm off. Have a great day all. Current Mood:  busy |
| Monday, September 20th, 2004 |
| 7:46 am |
Scorpion
You know it's going to be a dreadful Monday when you find yourself driving home at 6am in a long wool coat and a pair of socks. All I can say is, if someone offers you a drink with a flower floating in it, called a scorpion.....BEWARE! You've been warned. Oh and Holy Goddess it's cold this morning!!! Also discovered new famous last words: "Whats a Doctor Funk?" ....Just don't drink it and everything will be OK. That is of course unless you like the taste of black licorice and death. Current Mood: drained |
| Sunday, September 12th, 2004 |
| 12:20 pm |
Farewell Childrens Department
As the wheel of massive change continues it's tread across my face I find that am now being shifted out of my department into a new one at work. Unfortunatly not into a manager slot, but there is still hope for that. I not totally sure how I feel about this as I have advantages and drawbacks to either locations. I am, getting a bit tired of so much change in my life though. I hardly feel recognizable to the person I was a year ago. Which again is good and bad. I have alway been a firm beliver that everything happens for a reason but some times when so much happens at once I have a hard time figuring out those reasons. This year has been quite a roller coaster. Due to such I have decided that the ceremony side of Samhain this year I am doing in private. If there are those who would like to join me for something small I might be OK with that. However I am also toying with the idea of going down to Mexico and celebrating the day of the dead down there. A lot a factors to determine yet on either option. Well off to work now. Going to be wierd not to be in kids. |
| Friday, September 3rd, 2004 |
| 3:12 pm |
Oh BABY
Having just bottled and sampled my completed Sangria, all I can say is DAMN I'M GOOD! It is so hard to go to work right now when all I wanna do is kick back a bottle and get shitfaced on Sangria. So sweet so yummy and potent to boot. Crap this being a grown stuff really sucks some-times. Well off to work. Got five bottles of this stuff chilling in the fridge, anybody wanna Party at midnight????? |
| Thursday, September 2nd, 2004 |
| 2:19 pm |
Ucky sick week
I came down with ucky strep on Sunday and have had little or no voice all week. Had to endure working from 8am-5pm on Tuesday and then have class that night from 530pm-10pm(during all of which I was running and fever and shivering). Came home from that day took my antibiotics, 2 tylynol PMs and pondered suicide til I fell asleep. Glad to say though as I have slugged through the last couple days, I am feeling much better. In fact I now have to fruit an alcohol contents to make some rather yummy HOMEMADE SANGRIA!!!!!! Yarr Baby! Should be a nice thing to enjoy after the Scottish games on Sat. Off to create alcoholic yumminess! |
| Sunday, August 22nd, 2004 |
| 9:53 pm |
Unfit for Consumerism
Ok so many may or may not have heard about a book that a small publisher released almost a month ahead of schedule, called Unfit for Command. It is a anti-Kerry book about his days in Vietnam. Now this doesn't concern me terribly. I don't care about political books except that they sell well and make my sales numbers good. However because this book is so scandalous and because the publisher wasn't ready to fill the demand they've had for the book, we only recieved 4 copies. We ordered hundreds but so far the publisher is totally unable to fill our order. The media and certian Jackasses such as Michael Savage then began to tell the public that Barnes & Noble was boycotting the book and to go in and harrass us about it. THERE IS NEVER A BOOK WE BOYCOTT. WE CARRY EVERYTHING FROM DR. SUESS TO THE MEIN KAMPF. If one more republican asshole comes in and verbally abuses me (a min. wage bookseller who has no control over stock counts) I'm going to scream. In the last week I have been threatened, insulted, and verbally bashed by these folks. Never in my life have I experienced such a diluted situation. They accuse us of hiding the book or lying to them about it. We've handed them copies of the publishers own press release and they throw it in our faces claiming it to be company propaganda. One woman even told me," well I was just at Borders and they had hundreds of them." When she walked away, I called Borders, as I used to work there, and spoke to my friend who told me they hadn't had any copies in days. When the woman walked past I politely asked if she'd like me to call Borders for her and have them put one on hold for her. She abruptly barked "NO," at me and quickly scurried away. People need to stop listening to there little politcal guru's and use there brain. Why would Barnes & Noble intentionally kiss off millions of dollars we could make selling this book, if we could get the f-ker in. Use your brain people, and stop treating innocent booksellers like crap, you jerks........ |
| Friday, August 20th, 2004 |
| 1:50 pm |
reconnected
Haven't had internet for a short while so I've been very much cut off from the world. Kyle has decided his life path at this point is better taken without me and we are dissolving our marriage. I have been through a thousand different emotions about this but in the end I've had to reach a place of understanding about all this and I hope this is for the best. I am sure many are not very surprised at this but if you could keep the "I knew it's" from happening in front of me I'd appreciate it. Don't mean to make such a snuffy remark it's just happened a few times recently and it really hurts. It's been very hard to allow what is happening between me and Kyle not make me feel like I'm reliving my mothers life in my own. But we are very different people living very different lives and making very different mistakes. There is a big difference between one failed relationship and 6. So enough on that. Kyle has moved on and I am too. The memory of our loving times live on peacefully in our memories and that is where they shall stay. Neither of us blame the other and thats as it should be. On a different note, I was able to get enough money together to buy Snoopy's Honda. It's a good little car and we've bonded quite well. I start school again next week. I anticipate that it will be a challege but I and hoping I will be equal to the task. I interviewed for a promotion at work. So far no news but I'll post if I hear anything. I have spent a lot of time recently unpacking-resettling and praying. The powers that be have been very agressive with me lately and I am weary from it. My one release with friends has been my Thurday night RPG which I tearfully bid farewell last night because my class overlaps. It will be hard and I will miss them, but with any luck James will start up his game again soon and I'll be able to play with that group again. I miss my friends but I've felt so out of place because of everything happening with Kyle. We have many friends now mutual and I feel like the tension between us makes our friends uncomfortable being around us. I would never ask people to choose sides. I guess I'm just scared people will pick his. I mean after all my own parents did. Everything is just so confusing. I guess it's the kind of thing only time will heal. In the meantime I guess it's back to work. Current Mood:  weirdCurrent Music: city of angels soundtrack |
| Tuesday, July 27th, 2004 |
| 12:14 pm |
AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Damnit damnit damnit damnit damnit damnit!!!!!! Transmission on my truck went bye bye. Mo**8thr Fu*&%^&& Piece of S#*%. AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! More when I stop blugeoning my head on hood!!! |
| Monday, July 26th, 2004 |
| 2:57 pm |
HUGE THANKS
HUGE THANKS to Snoopy and Marcus and Kyle for helping me move yesterday. I couldn't have done it without you guys. Your terrific and I Love You!!!! Oh and Grats to Kailara on her terrific entertainment center buy. It's soo beautiful, and smells perdy TOO! |
| 2:43 pm |
Slept
After completing most of phase two yesterday, I went to the store and bought some odds and ends for my new place. Set up my alter, unpacked a lot of my books, and pictures and such. Made my bed with new sheets once they were washed and dryed, and nestled into the most restful sleep I can ever remember. Today I got up late had a shower and a great lunch. All in all I feel refreshed. I just wish I didn't have to go to work now. Oh well at least I got some sleep finally, on something besides a couch. |
| Saturday, July 24th, 2004 |
| 11:49 pm |
UGH Tired!
Well phase one of my relocation operation has been completed. I've successfully gotten rid of a lot of my stuff. Sold almost all of my furniture that was to big to store or just too cumbersome to move. Special thanks to Sami for being a huge help and keeping my brain functioning. Also thanks to Butterfly Diva, Andy, and Jeebs for dropping by and partaking of some goodies. I love giving free stuff to my friends when I have it to give. Speaking of free stuff thats up for grabs, I still have a futon mattress and rolling garment rack for the taking. Tomorrow I move into phase two, which is to move what is left of my stuff to my new room. Anyone wanting to drop by and help, we will be starting around noon. Off to go fall over and die now, in preparation for phase two. Current Mood: tired |
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