In which I’m still jobless. Again. Er, whatever. It totally sucks either way.
Sure I got fired (*ahem*) let go (*ahem*) “released back into the wild” only last Wednesday, but I had an interview this morning ’cause I’m speedy like that. The interview went well and everyone was really nice, it’s just that they weren’t really hiring. I’m on their list for freelance IT support (since their IT guy is on vacation in India) and there’s a possibility of a part-time IT job in the nebulous future, but nothing really solid was on offer.
So we’ll see. I bought today’s paper and will apply for absolutely anything in it that I might be able to get. I’ll probably be applying at Hy-Vee fucking Food Stores before the week is out. Gah. Oh well, I hear the bennies are good.
In other news, I got two checks in the mail today, THANK GOD. One’s the final check from that aborted job I wish I’d never even heard of, and the other’s from my grandma. In the accompanying card, she wrote:
‘I just noticed your initials are the same as my mother, Minnie Myrtle Marxen. Bet you didn’t know she was a school teacher before she married. She wrote poetry and biographical articles about early settlers in the Clatsop county area.
‘She was born in 1888, married in 1919 when Dad came home from France after WWI. Family trivia. Her maiden name was Larson. One of 7 kids.’
If that’s not the coolest thing I’ve read all year, I don’t know what!
In other news, my pusher woman is sending me some yarn tomorrow, because she’s one of those people who think yarn fixes everything:
I’ll need to make AmmZon’s mittens before I can knit anything for myself, though.
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Yarn DOES fix everything! Especially really soft microfiber yarn. Mmmmmm
Soft is good… in yarn. 😉 -m
shit, mush. sorry to hear of your stealth bomber ‘friend’-boss. what a gyp.
bedtime talks to me about ruby-on-rails and was interested to hear you were blogging about it. i think his firm was considering using it and he’s read a couple of books about it. cutting edge geek stuff is cool.
Way cool! If he’s into Ruby, give him this link. He may already have found it, but if not he’ll just die ’cause it’s so T! -m
the hubby says dont count the job out yet and come get the care package tomorrow
In the bag is a huge hank of helix in gothique, its my bamboo blend super chunky
And there is a set of my own Lotus brand dbl points
And a silver satin box with a tassel and lace and stuff…..
In the box is a pair of folding scissors, a stress sheep ( think stress ball ) and 4 balls of Tiki, my 100% bamboo yarn, also in gothique.
Love ya
OMFG, woman, are you for real?!?!? Love you too. I’m either gonna cry or have a yarngasm. 😉 Stress sheep?!? -m
Grandmas are awesome for things like that. You’ve reminded me that I should call mine.
DO IT! -m
i think that yarn does fix lots of things. there’s always that lovely feeling of having accomplished something after making an item or ten 🙂
Ten. Hah! I knit sloooooowly. 😉 -m
Yarn does help. A lot. My bright spot today was getting a ball of Trendsetter’s version of Kid Silk Haze in Blush. It had been back ordered. The other good side of today was getting my brows tinted and waxed. The car still isn’t running right. Elliott the Noble and Elegant had to die today. Yarn good.
You get your brows tinted?! How cool are you! …Sorry about the pet loss, hon. *hugs* -m
Oh I am *tres cool*. Actually I look a little vapid without the tint I now realize. Wish it hadn’t taken me so long to know that! Thank you for the thoughts about Elliott.
Your eyebrows must be lighter than your hair, then? Mine are darker by a couple of shades. But I’m intrigued by this tinting you speak of. -m