Rockin'& Rollin' With the Universe

I'm Not Dead

2017-12-12T21:10:29Z

I'm just insanely busy.

I left my job since I could now afford to.

I've been working on the house with my honey.

We've been dealing with wierd stuff from batshit crazy but its all bullshit legal stuff and nothing that can get anyone tossed in jail or the likes.

I gave the church notice and I will end my time with them on January 31st. I'm over it. :/

I am working with the band, and we are moving forward faster now. Things were weird there for a while.

P & I are um... well.... I'll tell you AFTER the 31st because it isn't official official offcial yet. Yeah.... :)

Laterdoodles.

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Sooo much has happened in 2 months. Most of it sad.

2017-07-26T03:12:46Z

June, Honey Bears and I finally got to go on our mini-trip. We ended up with an additional weekend free stay because of issues with the hotel room, and when the manager found out about how it was handled, they were quite upset. So yeah! for mini-vacation....

We almost didn't get to go, because right before, that Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mom was admitted due to a DVT. The oncologist didn't like her breathing.

Next thing we knew it was July.

July 12th, I get a panicked call from my daughter. Something is wrong with mom.
I tell her to call 911 and less than 30 minutes into my day I am heading home.
On my way home the paramedics have her call me, they are looking for a DNR.
I don't have what they need. We didn't get that far, and they were taking her to the ER.
Honey Bears met me at the house and off we went to the ER.

Mom was only being kept alive by the machines, and I had her living will in hand.
I waited for the doctors to come talk to me.
Massive heart attack.
They transferred her to hospice, and we took her off the machines.
30 minutes later, she simply stopped breathing.
At one point, I swore I saw a tear in her eye, as if she was saying let me go, even though she couldn't.
They say they hearing is the last thing to go.

The oncologist called me back later that night, the cancer had consumed her lungs. He said if she had made her appointment on Friday, he would have suggested hospice.

Her body gave out first.

We are ok. The kid is ok. The animals are adjusting. Honey Bears is ok.
But He and I are exhausted. Lots to do. Lots to do.

Don't know how soon it will be before I get back on here. Hopefully not two months again.

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Still Alive

2017-04-24T01:15:26Z

I don't get to posting much these days as I am uber busy.
Trying to do this whole rebranding thing for a number of reasons. Once I have something solid the website will get reworked and some other things will get going.
Band is finally starting to pick back up again but F and I are about to kill the problem child.

P and I are awesome as ever, our moms have issues though. It's hell getting old. It's hell having cancer. Sigh.

I don't have much else to chat about at the moment.
Doing lots of spell work. I Missed that.

Toodles.

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I keep fogetting to log in here to do posting... meh

2011-06-24T13:26:46Z

Aunt Flo decided to bring boxing gloves today. Hopefully the Aleeve will kick in soon. (FYI, I have horrible reactions to motrin, and I'm out of tylenol. I cannot take Ibupro of any sort, it counteracts all three of my asthma medications. (says so on the medication sheets).)

Not sure if this is the best attempt at a pick up line tossed in my direction from my OK Cupid profile yet...

"Maybe one day we'll catch up with each other and have an OBE. Is that an out of bed experience? We'll just kick those gray's into another dimension when they cross over into our astral plane."

I ended up applying for another job last night. I looked at the range in salary, the REALLY to me low set of qualifications, and had no problem requesting the maximum on the salary. Not...one... bit. Still in Florida, but more central. Out of the city, and much more affordable than this county. (Wanna talk foreclosure deals? Yeah.... nice houses out there are going for what I make prior to take home right now... seriously.)

So we shall see. Not ideal location however I look at it this way..

Advantage #1) County job = State Benefits = Adding to pension & Keep current medical insurance and benefits.

Advantage #2) Closer to alot of the people I hang with SCA wise, and MUCH shorter trips to events which means I could day trip if I needed to. (1 hour vs. 3.5 hours.... :) )

Advantage #3) I would be far enough out of the city that I could actually probably have some land = GARDEN!!!!!!!!!!!!! Or small farm animals, like a chicken coop, goats, maybe a cow or two. LAMAS??!?!?!? Who knows.

Advantage #4) I could own the big dog I have always wanted.

Advantage #5 Middle of the state, not the coast meaning no direct slamming of hurricanes or at least a reduction in damage. Ohhh lower flooding costs too!.

Disadvantage #1) No relocation costs. I'm sure I could borrow 1st last and whatever from mom. No sweat.

Disadvantage #2) I own very little furniture or housewares.

Think I'm kidding?

In my 'den' what belongs to me and is not 'built in' is:

Computer Desk
Dresser
Coffee Table
2 Desk Chairs
Lamps
Entertainment Center
All my 'stuff'

Mom MIGHT let me take the other coffee table, and the one chair. Oh and the rocking chair.

In the back room:
Sewing desk,
Black Shelves
Art Desk
Organizers
All my Stuff

And of course my Piano.

So basically I need EVERYTHING. Luckily IKEA is my friend and I can assemble anything.

But yeah... I think I am going to start planning on how to get stuff. I am sure there are people who can help too, but oi!

So I guess that is it for now.

You are welcome to go back to your regularly scheduled program.

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Things are just... well... I dunno

2011-06-01T04:17:19Z

So finally finished my Career Link profile at the University, They give me free access for 6 months after graduation, and then after that for a small fee.

Did my Linked In Account. If you think we'd be good networking matches, let me know via email (just go to my livejournal account and send a message) and I'll give you the email to look me up on.

I created a gmail account just for job searching. It has my real name on it. This way it is clean and I don't accidentally respond to the wrong email with the wrong information.

Have I said how much I am hating S. Florida right now. I really really really just want out of here. I want to move. I want some place different.

I dunno who's karmic wheaties I pissed in, but I guess some asshat (my ex) put my name in all sorts of places again for wedding stuff. I have gotten no less than 50 emails in the last 2 weeks about wedding stuff. Seriously. Oi! Methinks he wants me to call him. Methinks he's not as happy as he thinks he is. (Actually, I am almost sure of it... don't ask, just a REALLY big hunch.)

I really want to move on with this next phase in my life. I am only 42, so I have at LEAST 40 years to live with someone, live elsewhere and have and create wonderful memories and pretty much start over. Not many of us get to do that.

Both psychics said I will have to prove myself with the new job. However, I will be compensated, but not as well as I would like to start, but well enough, and once I prove myself, well, then things will change.

One said low 6 figures, one mid. I think it depends on how I play my cards. Both saw traveling with the job. I have alot of projects to do, but the job search has been coming first, well now that my degree is actually conferred.

I can't wait to get my diploma in my hand. I am making a photocopy of it, and both certificates (the other has to get here too) and mailing them to my father. No note, no return address, just the diplomas. It will be interesting to see if there is any reaction. Asshat.

I keep getting asked what my 'major' GPA is. I am going to have to call career services, because if it's the 'required' courses for my degree (I am assuming everything that isn't a general ed requirement) then I have a 3.9+ and that looks AWESOME. But I do not want to put that without being absolute sure, so I put my overal University GPA which is 3.445 and my overall (all schools) as they asked. But I think it does mean what is on the program sheet, minus the english, math, etc. We'll see.

I am nervous as hell about moving. I have not had to support myself outside of my bills in a long time. I'll be adding rent/mortgage, water, electric and phone to that list very soon. Of course, I cannot take a job without benefits. I just hope I make enough to do what I need to do.

Speaking of changes, my daughter got her full driver's license today. Now I have to add THAT to the car we got her. I figure it will go up another 100 a month. Mom said she would cover THAT part. I cover everything else right now.

I guess the new boss will be in tomorrow. That will be different. I dunno. I know they are going to push hard for me to stay, but I can't. I really can't. If I do, I will have wasted this brain, and I know it. I really do have to get a good job and move the hell out of job. I need to escape, and I hate using that word, but I need to sever some of the ties that are holding me back. It's hard to realize I HAVE to do it. If I don't, I may be doomed to a fate I don't want.

I am scared, and excited at the same time. I am nervous and estatic. At the same time, I seem to be fighting some sort of malaise or depression, but I think it's mostly the boredom and me not going 1000 mph. I am not happy unless I am doing so, but my body has crashed. Literally. I am exhausted. (I was waiting for that.)

I guess that's enough rambling for now.

I need to get some other 'work' done soon. Tooooo many friends need some extra oooomph sent their way. I just wish I had good space to do it in anymore.

Toodles.

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So, both Here and There and Otherwsie

2011-05-27T14:00:50Z

Still trying to get the cross posting to work the way I want to from Dreamwidth.

BTW, I have 8 invite codes. If any of you peeps want one, reply and let me know. I have no idea whom else to give them to because, well most of the peeps I know I think are on both sites.

So updates of sorts.

My degree was finally conferred. It says awarded every place I can check. My GPA's came out thus.

Overall, 2.994
Institution 3.455
Last 60 Credit Hours (what they look at for grad school, these is your 4000 level courses) 3.925.

So overall on that level I am doing pretty darned good. Depending on the school, they may or may not make me take the GRE. But that is a couple of years out anyway.

So I have the following awarded now:
BA: Geography: Geographic Information Systems
Advanced Certificate: Geographic Information Systems
Certificate: Geographic Information Systems

Plus I have some ESRI certificates as well. (PDF Images go in electronic portfolio.)

So, finished tweaking the Resume, and I think I want to add 2 more things to the list she said to inclue. Those would be the Geomorphology and Weather and Climate courses. Just to round out and open up a few more job search areas. I am looking forward to the Job Search. Was also told to create a linked in account, and I created a gmail account that has my real name associated with it, for a professional look. :) While I have had my current email for a long long long time, this keeps me from having to use my work account so it doesn't look bad. It is all about perception.

Going out of town for the weekend. WHEEEEEE. And overall things are looking pretty good in my direction.

We get our new boss on Wednesday. So this is going to be really odd. Our current interim chair, will be moving over to interim dean. At least we know whom and what we are dealing with and what his quirks are. (Maybe he'll undo some of the less than popular decisions.)

Other than that, life is pretty good.

Oh, and LJ folks, you can either respond here at Dreamwidth or there in LJ Land. I had wanted to make a second journal, just in case, and so I did. :)

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Waving Hello

2011-05-25T12:33:40Z

Dear friend sent me the invite code.

I will be working on finalizing this space after a bit.

Welcome!

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