SG, I really really really hope you get the job!!! I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you. I didn't realize how lucky I was to have had the same employer (various jobs) that paid well for 30 yrs. And, now that I'm retired, I realize how fortunate I am to have a decent retirement too. Tho, working for the govt sure sucked at times. I've taken the security of it for granted and now realize not everyone is so fortunate.
As for the board bein' wonky......don't have a clue. I find myself more irritated with the "new" rules and all.
OMgosh!nail everything down SG! LOL isnt that like the earthquake capital of CA? lol maybe not but I feel I see it on the news and theres been a quake!
How exciting for you, if this comes about! My good friend C goes up to Paso all the time as her sis and D live there and she likes to hang out. She is always asking me to go along , just think if you move there I can hitch a ride w/ her and visit you!
So when do you suppose you will know?
again SG, I sure admire you, going back to school when ex left, it makes me proud to know ya!
GOOD GOOD GOOD LUCK!!
Be Happy for this Moment, This Moment is your Life
Hi Queenie! Thanks for the good wishes! Hi Karen! Yeah, I am not that thrilled about the location, but who knows? Happy Friday Friends!
Well, I had a pretty bad day yesterday. I just could NOT get motivated to tackle my growing "to do" list. I have a big class that needs to get planned. And some other work that needs to be done.
I have been telling myself that the procrastination that I have been doing is all part of my "process"...in other words, I am thinking deeply about the class, the issues, the pedagogy, etc. I am really honored to be teaching a graduate level class at a University. I want it to be a good use of my student's time. I want them to get as much out of it as I got out of it when I took it.
However, it has been SO HARD to just "get 'er done". Yesterday as I sat by my pond and looked around, I realized how many memories the house holds. Many of them are hard memories. It seems sometimes that when I am home I get paralyzed and overwhelmed.
Today marks the 2 week point for the ADs.
My friends don't see me as a depressed person. They see me as accomplished and social. And I am, when I am out and about. But when I am home it is a different story. I don't want external events to have such an influence on my internal reality! I started thinking that maybe a move might be what will kick me into action...a way to move into the next phase of "GAL"
I had my usual Thursday night dinner w/D'd girlfriends. We were discussing what makes a successful marriage. One of them is an engineer. She was asking us Socratic questions about what are the commonalities of good marriages. In my parents case, they adored each other and had shared goals and values. They both wanted the same things in life and worked together and with each other to build that common vision. We couldn't come up with any one definitive answer!
Well meetings today and some work needs to be done to get ready. It is only noon! Time to get going...
Best, SG
Survival Goddess "The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." -Alice Walker
Me too, me too! I'm thinking of you SG! I KNOW you. This is just a temporary bleep in the road of life. Back to class and you'll be on top of the world again!
Well I went to a workshop yesterday and learned a little bit about how to do Flash animation...which was fun. I need to practice a bit and see how to put it in a web page...maybe add interactivity...
At the workshop I overheard someone talking about how he went back to school after a divorce. He said, "It beat drinking myself to death...It was a lousy marriage anyway!"
I know we all have been in the place of grieving our marriages. But I wonder, really how much of it is worth grieving over? When I think back to much of the way things were w/ Ex and me, I just have to say I am glad it is over and I don't have to deal anymore.
Ex took the kids on a short trip this summer, and all I can think whenever I hear any stories of how the travel was planned and how it all went, is "boy! Am I glad I don't have to deal with that in my life anymore."
I actually talked to Ex on the phone about 2 weeks ago. There were a few things we needed to discuss. The business part of the convo went fine...then I asked about the trip he took w/ the kids. He was very negative about S, who had just been given 30 days to move out of his apt. right before they left for Iowa. Ex was saying how S should have hustled and found a place in the 3 weeks he had (when you take the trip out there were only 3 weeks left). I thought that S did a very reasonable thing by putting his stuff in storage and staying with his GF while he found a place to live.
I mentioned the convo w/ DD and she wisely said that S is much more negative with his dad and more positive w/ me. So we are seeing different sides of S. I would say this pattern is one that has been going on for much of S's life, really.
Anyway, it looks like S found a place of his own to live. So he has been at his GFs (and her roommates) for about a month. It was really nice to have that little bit of breathing room to deal with one of life's unexpected wrinkles. School started for him last week, so this is not a moment too soon!
While I really love summer, and the academic schedule that allows me to have a nice long summer vacation, it will be good to have school start up again. I think next summer I will schedule a few longer trips so that I don't have so many days in a row without something to do.
SG
Survival Goddess "The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." -Alice Walker
SG: I SO can relate! I know that I was just so stubborn and so much not wanting to "LOSE" that I lost sight of the fact that my M had tons of problems. More than most people I'm certain of that. But I was really in denial about it. I did not want to be divorced! But I also DO NOT WANT to be with him. No sir. Nada. No way! I am happier than ever at my freedom.
I'm glad your son has found a place to live. I knew it work out - it always does.
I'll be off to Iowa in a month as well. Girls w/e at a football game at U of Iowa. Friend is the Golden Girl so we go to watch her twirl baton.
PS: Got a history of my grandparent's life on the farm when my mom was little. And I never thought to tell you - my mom grew up on a fruit farm and they had 88 acres of peaches!
I hope you enjoy Iowa...It is a great place in so many ways. My Grandmother and Grandfather were both raised on Midwestern farms...In Wisconsin and Illinois, close to the Iowa border. They both grew up to be educators. My agriculture background is one that I am proud of!
Peaches are in season right now...Maybe next year my tree will have fruit. If it does I will freeze for smoothies all year.
SG
Survival Goddess "The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." -Alice Walker
I've taken the security of it for granted and now realize not everyone is so fortunate.