Sooooo tired

Been a long day... had the alarm installed in my new car today, ran some errands, went to work this evening, then performed my cardio w/o

I'm pooped.

Ups & Downs

I had a mixed day today, but more bad than good, I'm afraid! Too tired to talk about it... but I'm about to choke my kid who's being mean to the baby. They lie around here all day doing no chores or anything, then whine when I ask 'em to do ANYTHING. I am SO sick of it!

I GOT A BRAND NEW MINIVAN!

I was afraid my old junker wasn't going to hang on much longer, so I went today to see if I could qualify for a loan... and DID! WITHOUT A CO-SIGNER!!! Needless to say, I am thrilled. It's a 2005 Kia Sedona LX Minivan.
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Looooooooooooong day...

And tomorrow looks like a bear. Maybe I'll find the time to fill y'all in on it...

Oh, BTW... my son got a raise: $1.50/hr!

Frantic!

I'm trying to get used to all this running around... can't wait 'til I adjust. Gotta get to bed now... worked both jobs today and working again in the morning. I'll catch up online over the weekend, I hope!

Huge sigh of relief

Got through the taping today for Freecycle, but I didn't have to appear on camera (thank God!) just there for Michelle's moral support... and to watch the baby when they got to the computer part!

Who's that knocking at my window?

I was completely absorbed in my work on the computer today, when I hear this "rat-a-tat-tat" sound, a couple of times... but didn't think anything of it, figuring perhaps my boss was hanging some new pictures (as he is wont to do) or something like that.

Well, a few minutes later, he comes walking into my office, saying "Did you hear that?" and I said "Yes, but I thought it was you!"

So he walks over to the window (mind you, we're on the second floor... no walkway nor stairs outside) and raises the shade.

"I have a little visitor who comes 'round once a year," he said, then modified that to say "well, dunno about that... he looks young!" and there sat a little red-headed woodpecker, just as pretty as you please.

I took a few shots with my camera phone, but not sure how well they turned out. Need to upload 'em.
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Frantically busy

Working both jobs tomorrow, then have the Channel 7 News thing on Wednesday... tired. Going to bed. See y'all soon!
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Major SNAFU

Hit a snag in typing up the songwriter's lyrics:

My daughter is "helping me" and expecting to get half the pay, no doubt...

Anyway, she typed up a WHOLE VOLUME (A 3-ring notebook) full of lyrics, and when she told me she was done, I took a floppy in there and saved it to the floppy... but didn't check it. (Mistake #1)

Then I got busy and didn't have time to check it for a while... and since she didn't hear from me that I didn't have a good copy: she deleted it from her hard drive (Mistake #2) and even went so far as to empty her recycling bin (Mistake #3)

So now I'll have to re-type a volume she had already typed, because she's already working on volume 5 (I was doing volume 4 when this occurred...)

Needless to say this puts me WAY behind schedule on the project, and I didn't even email with a progress report to the songwriter this week out of sheer embarrassment.
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New Job

I worked at both jobs yesterday, so never got online at home to catch up. Here's the scoop:

My first two days at work were great... although I almost got fired for being too slow, but he said that he hired me because of my attitude and potential, so he's just going to try to bring me "up to speed" as quickly as possible.

He's a VERY nice guy, and definitely does need assistance, but it's not just with the web part, I'm really doing more "gal friday" kinda stuff, like answering phones, greeting clients, etc.

I do wanna make sure he doesn't decide I'm not worth the money he's paying me!

Got the world's greatest boss... for sure. It's a long drive, but worth it to me... guys like him and jobs like this one don't come along every day. I want to prove him right about my potential.

Got my own office next to his and my own desk, computer, etc.

Cross your fingers, say a prayer... I do NOT want to lose this job!

Nervouser and nervouser

I am starting my new job tomorrow, and have to drive a long way to get there... then I'm scheduled to work at the evening job, so I'm really nervous about how it's all going to go.

Also, the local news is interested in doing a story about The Freecycle Network and that's really exciting although nerve-wracking!

Better watch what you ask for!

You might just get it.

I have work coming out the wazoo... and no end in sight. Housework, freelance work, two part-time jobs, and the list goes on.

Now if I could only get a halfway decent car before mine bites the dust...

What a day!

I'm glad it's almost over. I will be glad to lie down and go to sleep. Oy!

Strange and stranger

I went to Ft. Lauderdale today to see a guy who needs help organizing a bunch of stuff he has. On my way out of the area, I passed by a very busy bar (it was getting into the evening hours) and several drunk tourists with British accents begged for a ride, so I picked 'em up & drove 'em to Ft. Lauderdale beach, where they got out and paid me $13 for the ride. Not bad, eh?

I dunno if the guy who wanted the organizing done will call me or not. But it made for an interesting evening for me!
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Gonna be out late

So I don't know if I'll get a chance to post anything later. Going to work at 6 and tutoring a coworker afterwards. (Gotta remember to bring a phone cord with me... he's itching to go on the internet!)

Probably won't get home 'til 11:30-12 and ain't gonna log on THEN!

Got a job

But not going to say a whole lot about it, since I would rather not join the ranks of the "dooced"!

However, I will say that it's mostly hand-coding HTML (a few other things, but that is the bulk of it) for someone who does cgi programming (shopping carts & stuff)

Starting out at about ten hours/week gradually working up to full time... which is fine for me because I'm really not used to working fulltime outside the home!

A bit of a drive, but he agreed to pay me the $15/hr I said I'd require to work that far from home...

What else is there to say? He's still setting up the office I'll be working in, next door to his, and I should be starting next week, midweek.
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Another one drops off the map...

Sigh. I hate to see bloggers disappear. You know who you are... contact me if you read this...
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Step into the past

It's easier than you think!
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'Nother side o' me

Did I ever tell y'all I REALLY enjoy a glass (or several) of Carlo Rossi Chablis?

Please don't judge me.
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Sleepy

Doing too much... catch up with y'all later.
Sorry!
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If I could turn back time...

If I could find a way...

Getting late...

Been up since 5am and it's 10pm... don't think I'm gonna stay up much later! LONG day. Wish I weren't so doggone tired, I'd tell U about it!