Heidi

My son and his girlfriend are moving into a new apartment out on the beach. He has been staying with me while they wait for the current tenants to vacate. He has had with them their new kitten. She came into this house a very shy and scared little girl. She and he siblings were rescued from the hull of a boat and it has taken some time for her to warm up to humans. She fell in love with Sergei and has been his shadow since week two. She now sleeps in bed with me and will think nothing of cuddling up to me. She has come a long way and I will miss her when she moves out tomorrow to go with my son to their new digs. It has been wonderful watching her transformation from the shy kitten that coward under the bed and in the closet to the outgoing playful and mischievous thing she has become. Maybe she was the another reason for my unemployment...........

Employed

I am once again among the employed!

Here are some stats for you.

Fired May 19
Hired June 15
19 working days
93 resumes sent out
3 over the phone interviews
6 face to face interviews
Average pay being offered - $31,000.00 yearly
Unemployment pay - $275.00 a week (Yah can you believe that!)

What I felt was useless and unproductive. Depressed about not being able to find a job and worried about no income and all the things with it like losing the house etc....... I still need to eventually find a second job. The employment I took will pay the household bills but does not give me enough money for groceries, gas and play.

Lesson learned - Unemployment sucks and job hunting sucks more.........

Moving Along

I once stated that I couldn't imagine a long term or permanent relationship with anyone who wasn't also my best friend. I think many people end up married and never accomplish this. They may love one another, but they never develop that bond where they can talk to each other easily about everything. You know.....fears, hopes, dreams, emotions, feelings, what made me laugh today, the latest gossip, a stupid joke, a trivial event that occurred, I had this really random thought, etc...etc...etc. Nothing is too trite to mention and no topic is uncomfortable. I realize that this bond or type of friendship does not appear overnight. It is worked at and developed over many, many months and sometimes years.

Now why did I bring this up?

Last weekend I was over at BC's place. A home project has loomed overhead for several months at his place and on Saturday evening when asked what I wanted to do on Sunday, I said, " Let's attack the garage." Response back.......a happy and firm.....ok! So on Sunday morning...err... late morning we cleaned out the garage and organized it so that one sleek green beemer could now fit into the garage. The importance of this you ask? Well for the first time, other than cooking a meal, which also plays into all of this, we worked together on something that required team work and cooperation. During this time trivial conversation occurred as well as suggestions to each other, and in a way, constructive criticism on if one plan or organization was better than another. The interaction it takes to work together on something is different than the interaction people have over eating dinner, watching tv, driving, or being out on a date. I think you see each other in a different light. Soooooo with that in mind, for the first time since we started dating, I felt like we were well on our way to developing a friendship.

My Space

So what is the big deal about My Space? What has made it so popular to hang out on? I checked out my sons page and his GF's page and a the pages of a few of my adult friends. Quite frankly I don't see what is so "cool" about it. From what I see its a lot of fake plastic people and grown up wannabes.
Here is what I see:
1. Teenagers ( a lot of 13 and 14 year olds) trying to be hot and sexy and looking 21. Nothing like attracting the pervs
2. A bunch of teenagers trash talking each other.
3. Lots of woman displaying themselves like pieces of meat for sale.
4. Lots of men with really stupid lines trying to be macho.
5. Women putting their pictures on the pages of men they have never met and calling them a "friend"
Whats so cool about all that? I don't see the attraction. I'll just stick to the simple thoughts and ramblings.