I shall be mocked

Is there anything in life quite as awkward as a holiday spent with someone else’s relatives? If so, don’t put my name on the list of participants. I’ve had my share of awkward for this season. The original plan was that the Professor’s grandmother would be making dinner Christmas Eve, which Daughters #1 and #2…

No nibbles on my job applications yet. I hope I haven’t been deluding myself; I was convinced that this course was a quick way to get back into the workplace. It’s only been ten days since I passed the certification though, so I refuse to angst just yet. I’ll save that for next week. I…

I took the pictures from yesterday’s entry and emailed them to several key people in my company. For a brief time this morning I even though I had a home for Dekyi. The Big Boss (who has two cats already) saw the shots and expressed some interest. Within the hour he got back in touch…

my world had not yet been turned on its ear. Pardon this entry. It is the maudlin musings that have been dwelling and building deep within me for a year now. I try not to let them out to exercise too often. But today, this once, I will allow them to taste the air and…

I spent a lazy evening last night sitting around on the patio, reading The DaVinci Code (which is turning out to be rather disappointing, after all the hype I’d heard about it). Poor Clueless watched as I read, hoping that I’d break down and let him come out for a while. I would have too,…

Tomorrow marks eight weeks that I’ve worked at The Pharmacy. I’m through the initial “I’m never going to keep this all straight in my head” phase, although there’s still a helluvalot more that I don’t know than what I do know. They’ve hired a third part-time tech for “flu shot season,” which started a few…