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Happenings

June 10, 2007 By

I signed up for a gmail account, just to have a second email since I no longer have an account through the cable company, and Blogger went and switched my login name. No biggie, but it seems that the Google empire wants you to have everything with them. At least they make it easy and convenient and not a major pita.

I got a reply from my mom to my my previous post. I haven’t posted her comment yet, and I’m not sure if I will. I did email her, and it’s just something we have to work out. So enough on that.

Boyfriend and I went to IKEA yesterday. I’m still a bit peeved that they currently have no intention on building one here in Las Vegas, so we made the 4 hour (each way) trek to SoCal. We bought three bookcases, two CD racks to flank the fireplace (which currently is a featureless hole in the wall), a shelf to act as a mantle over the fireplace, and two ice cube molds. All the big stuff was either black or black-brown, and it all fit in my tiny Ford Focus hatchback. After a somewhat cramped ride home, we got right to work putting it all together. The place is really coming together now that there’s somewhere to put everything. Tomorrow I’ll drive a truckload of stuff over to the charity shop so we can get it away from us.

My back has been really hurting me the past few days. Friday was the worst. It seems ok as long as I’m not moving around and I can sit on a comfortable, supportive seat and in an upright position. It seems to be getting a bit better, but now the muscles are stiff too. Hopefully it will be better really soon, because I hate not having my normal range of motion and ability to move and do stuff.

Ah well. Tomorrow it’s back to job hunting, unpacking, and organizing all the shiznit I have, and trust me, I’m still frustrated with it all.

Filed Under: Family, Health

Rant

June 7, 2007 By

The job thing is looking up. It seems that one of the agencies I signed up with may come through with something, which would be great. I’ve been bored silly this week, and I’m tired of not having any money.

I also got my birthday present from my mom today, and it just brought about a whole flood of feelings that really bothered me. Mom, I know you read my blog for “clues” but you really don’t have a clue about me. You don’t ask, either, but I’ll tell you this, the clues you are looking for won’t be found here. I’m tired of you projecting on to me what you want me to be. I’m not a little girl anymore. I do still go to church, but very infrequently lately because I have questions about whether or not it’s meeting my spiritual needs. Just leave me be in that regard to figure it out on my own, because if I feel any pressure I’ll just want to reject it as being not MY choice.

Ask me about ME and get to know ME, Mom. I know you aren’t pleased with the choices I’ve made lately, but honestly, it’s a relief to know that I have finally found a group of people that I am free to be myself around. Yeah, that scares you, it’s not something you understand at all but sticking your fingers in your ears and pretending it doesn’t exist is not the way to handle it either. Pretty much all my friends here are “good” friends, and they’re GOOD friends. People I can talk to when I need someone to talk to, people who I can have fun with when I want to have fun, and people I enjoy spending time with. I’m happy here, but I’m feeling that you’re ignoring a major part of who I am, and it’s not working for me.

Filed Under: Grrr

Progress?

June 4, 2007 By

I’m still on the hunt for a job. I registered with a couple agencies and have been going on interviews. Soon I shall have something, fingers crossed. It’s hard to sound excited about being an administrative assistant. I mean, it’s not like it’s a career goal anymore. Years ago there were secretarial schools that women went to, because it was one of the 3 accepted careers for women (the others being nurse and teacher). If a woman was going to work, that’s one of the very few choices she had. I don’t know how anyone ends up being a career assistant, especially in this day and age where getting a new job every couple of years is the norm.

Since I’ve been home looking for a job, I’ve also been trying to get my stuff all unpacked and settled. That’s been going even less successful than the job hunt. First of all, it’s over 100 degrees outside, so going to our garage and hauling boxes into the upstairs apartment we have isn’t an appealing thought. Also, Boyfriend and I live in a 1 bedroom apartment, so space is severely limited. We’ve both been frustrated with the process, but we are slowly but surely making progress. On the plus side, my computer is set up and online via wireless (yay Boyfriend!) so no more issues with that one silly little laptop key. The rest of my desk, on the other hand, is in a miserable state of being partially done, since a lot of the relevant crap that goes with having a desk is still boxed up in the garage.

Other than that there’s been not a heck of a lot going on. I’ve been trying to keep up with blogs, though I haven’t been able to check all of them as often as I used to. That’s ok, because if I get a job that has me as busy as I want to be, I won’t have much time to read them all, so it’s something that I should get used to. For now, though, I need to get some stuff done around the house to make things easier for when Boyfriend gets home and perhaps eat some lunch.

Filed Under: Work