Bad Day in Black Rock

Well, I lost my job today. I had been working a temp job with the State for 14 months, but all it took was someone from the state office to come in for two weeks and - boom I'm out the door. She was inept, and apparently took offense at some of the ideas I suggested to streamline the project I was forced into with her. (I was a temp right? I'm supposed to do what I'm asked to do, but I felt is was a fruitless endeavor and a waste of everyone's time. Then again, it IS the State...)

So. Guess I get to sleep in on Monday. Maybe do a bit more writing. Clean a little more on the house. File for Unemployment on Wednesday (have to wait three days for some reason), and start looking for another job. Problem is... and let's face it.... I'm old. Not a lot of people want to actually hire an older someone with experience. I know the people in the office I worked in liked my work ethic, and thought the State should just hire me permanently.

So. I guess that's it.

Bob Dylan and E-reading

When E-readers first came out I was vehemently against them. "You'll never catch me with one! I want to sit down with a BOOK in my hands and turn the pages!" I raged.

Well, Bob Dylan nailed it - the times they are a changin'. I still love hard cover books but can see the wave of the future. Much as it bothers me, I can still see it is, after all, still reading. I received a Kindle Fire for Christmas thanks to my brother and sister-in-law. And, let's face it, I actually asked for one. Back when my ire started to turn, the first thing that made me go 'hmmm' was the fact if you wanted a new book to read, at midnight say, you just went to the book tab, then the 'store' and looked at titles - and then downloaded a book. You could be reading in as little as a minute once you found what you wanted. No getting in the car and driving to a book store, looking at books, deciding, driving home.....nope. I was a convert. I've already downloaded and read 5 books. Some were free, some were as little as 2.99. Others are more, but I'm staying with the more inexpensive ones that appeal to me.

Oh, and get this - I can download games as well. Things I'd heard of, but hadn't a clue what they involved, are now something to do on a break at work (if I'm not reading that is...). Angry birds? Love it, but I'm stuck on one of the levels. Fruit Ninja? I can slice with the best of them. So silly, but so fun!

So that's my latest blog post. And now - I gotta go finish another book on the Kindle....☺

A Brand New Year

Happy New Year to everyone! Lots going on; some good, some really sucky. Let's just start off with the sucky stuff, 'k? I got a horrible cold two days before Christmas. I thought I did pretty well keeping myself dosed with cough syrup, mucinex, and chloraseptic lozenges and was feeling better, but a couple of days ago started feeling bad again. Oh well. It's winter. I get sick in winter. Last week it was in the 30's, tomorrow it's going to be 72. So be it.

Christmas was amazing, made even more so by the fact my nephew FINALLY proposed to his girlfriend the Wednesday before. The entire family loves Jamie and we're excited. The two them think the wedding will be sometime in October. I can hardly wait!

No new Jypsy news. Still leery of black shoes, but doing well otherwise. So happy! She's currently curled up almost upside down on the back of the sofa, making these teeny, tiny snoring sounds.



Did get all the Christmas stuff down per my mother's rules when I was a child. It didn't get back in the attic, but as far as the 'celebration' part of it goes it counts - now there's just a big mess in the house. Soon as I get my energy back...