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Dec. 5th, 2005 06:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zestfiveIt's been a while since I've posted much more than memes. It seems so dumb to say that I've been busy...cause is that just an excuse? Sis seems to be mostly recovered from donating her kidney, she started her new job on Dec 1st. Today is her birthday. My Dad still seems to be working through the tiredness, he's still going to the clinic 3x a week for tests. I fear that P (his partner) is rather negative which IMHO can affect recovery. Understandably, she's also had to go through this plus the loss of her mother this year.
On the job front search, I'm feeling discouraged. They're are a few opportunities but they seem to be out of my reach or are not full time or perm. Today I've got to get my butt in gear to get my application for the fixed term position where I'm already an adjunct. It seems likely that I might get it but I also don't want to count on it. What if I don't? But I sure am setting myself up for failure since I've waited to the last day of the deadline to get it in. The other position that I was hoping for turns out to be 25 hours a week but I'm still throwing my hat in the ring for that one anyways because who knows...and at the interview I can ask more questions about the likelyhood of it going full time.
I picked up three videos/DVD's that I had planned to watch this weekend, no dice. I was too busy with other things. One on Andy Goldsworthy (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Goldsworthy) one on Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi who wrote "Flow" about optimal life experiences see http://www.brainchannels.com/thinker/mihaly.html and the last one from PBS about a program for women in prison who are taught to write and what comes out of that. Such is life, too little time.
Instead, Friday night was pretty quiet with Saturday working and running errands. I was going to do more than what I did (shovel the driveway and trying to convince my 13 1/2 year old son to help me. It was finally done in time for P to come home early "sick" from work. Really she was and we really need to buckle down (Haven't I been saying this forever now?). Sunday we went to church and remembered to wrap and bring our "adopt a family" gifts. T, my ex was there and because the church was crowded, ended up sitting right by us. That was uncomfortable for everyone involved. I'm sure that T was having a hard time and P and I talked about it later. The poor thing, P was getting really anxious. In the future our plan is to get to church early enough so that we don't have to go through that again. After church, we had brunch (which I had always wanted to do) at one of my favorite neighborhood pubs. A little shopping for a few personal and private things before off to her house to pick up some things. I was introduced to her son and eventually we left to come back home. The plan was to put up the tree and decorate but we didn't get that far. Dinner and off to bed.
I really love Mondays because it's my day to catch up. I've got a resume I've got to finish and drop off, a boy's hair cut to get done, work a little bit, a band concert to attend and ideally, a nap to take. I should also do some laundry...but again, time has a funny way of running out on me. Now, I'm sleepy so I think I'll take my nap now. grin!
On the job front search, I'm feeling discouraged. They're are a few opportunities but they seem to be out of my reach or are not full time or perm. Today I've got to get my butt in gear to get my application for the fixed term position where I'm already an adjunct. It seems likely that I might get it but I also don't want to count on it. What if I don't? But I sure am setting myself up for failure since I've waited to the last day of the deadline to get it in. The other position that I was hoping for turns out to be 25 hours a week but I'm still throwing my hat in the ring for that one anyways because who knows...and at the interview I can ask more questions about the likelyhood of it going full time.
I picked up three videos/DVD's that I had planned to watch this weekend, no dice. I was too busy with other things. One on Andy Goldsworthy (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Goldsworthy) one on Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi who wrote "Flow" about optimal life experiences see http://www.brainchannels.com/thinker/mihaly.html and the last one from PBS about a program for women in prison who are taught to write and what comes out of that. Such is life, too little time.
Instead, Friday night was pretty quiet with Saturday working and running errands. I was going to do more than what I did (shovel the driveway and trying to convince my 13 1/2 year old son to help me. It was finally done in time for P to come home early "sick" from work. Really she was and we really need to buckle down (Haven't I been saying this forever now?). Sunday we went to church and remembered to wrap and bring our "adopt a family" gifts. T, my ex was there and because the church was crowded, ended up sitting right by us. That was uncomfortable for everyone involved. I'm sure that T was having a hard time and P and I talked about it later. The poor thing, P was getting really anxious. In the future our plan is to get to church early enough so that we don't have to go through that again. After church, we had brunch (which I had always wanted to do) at one of my favorite neighborhood pubs. A little shopping for a few personal and private things before off to her house to pick up some things. I was introduced to her son and eventually we left to come back home. The plan was to put up the tree and decorate but we didn't get that far. Dinner and off to bed.
I really love Mondays because it's my day to catch up. I've got a resume I've got to finish and drop off, a boy's hair cut to get done, work a little bit, a band concert to attend and ideally, a nap to take. I should also do some laundry...but again, time has a funny way of running out on me. Now, I'm sleepy so I think I'll take my nap now. grin!
