Category Archives: Life

More of teh totes random crap you've come to expect!

Blurbs

In which…eh. Blah blah blah.

I’ve lost two pounds. I’m doing really well on the diet. In other news, self-discipline is not, as much as I wish I could report otherwise, really its own reward. I want to eat an entire wedge of brie RIGHT THE FUCK NOW.

I received my new fuzzy-lined Crocs yesterday. (Thanks, mom!) They have a tiny red spaceship on them, for which I paid an extra two bucks and which was totally worth it. They are fugly and comfy and I adore them.

New Crocs Continue reading More of teh totes random crap you've come to expect! →

Fat. I can haz it. Gah.

Health

In which there’s dieting! Whee! Aren’t you glad you’re reading this crap?!

The little bastards over at Cocky & Rude are having another diet competition. The prize for the winner is probably a stinky old shoe and some gravel, but eighteen people signed up to compete anyway.

Including me. Because I’m fat. Fat, fat, fat.

My life of sedentary sedentary-ness wants very much to make me perfectly round, but due to my natural contrariness I just don’t want to be perfectly round! Pudgy’s okay, sure, fine, I can handle being pudgy, but in the past year I have totally moved past pudgy. Continue reading Fat. I can haz it. Gah. →

I totally went to Portland over the weekend!

Back To School, Family

In which there’s a little travel, and some work and school.

Toni agreed to drive me to Portland if I paid for gas. Since there was no bus service and the train was full, I was grateful she did so. We rolled out of Walla Walla on Saturday just before noon.

She dropped me off at Leila’s just after dark. (I went to high school with Leila. We lost touch for years, but found each other back when I was married and lived on a farm in Iowa. I’ve seen her a couple times since then.) Continue reading I totally went to Portland over the weekend! →

Oh, not much. And you?

Blurbs

In which there’s not much going on, really. Yay Christmas break!

Went to a great pre-solstice party Sunday night, hung out with fun people and ate great food.

Volunteered at Helpline on Monday afternoon; it was great. Got to give away blankets and gloves and food and fix a computer and everything.

Did my Xmas shopping (since I’m unemployed, everybody gets the same thing) finally. Had leftover chili at Amity’s house Monday night. Continue reading Oh, not much. And you? →

Volunteering. It’s gonna be freakin’ awesome, you guys.

Spiritual, ,

In which I got up early… and it was actually a pleasant experience!

I got laid off a year ago yesterday.

Since then, I looked for work for six months and had a total of two responses, and then I applied for and returned to school but my classes are 85% online. I have an on-again/off-again contracting gig for a friend in California, but it’s also online. Other than the occasional gig, running into G’ma in the kitchen, and the nights I go out to bars (something I’d like to do less of, really), I’m very much isolated. Continue reading Volunteering. It’s gonna be freakin’ awesome, you guys. →

After all that, and I still got a freakin’ B.

Back To School, , ,

In which the term is over and I’m on Christmas break!

I barely left the house. I declined three different social invitations. I studied and studied and studied. Then I studied some more.

I powered through the Windows Client practice tests and the rest of the Linux + class. It took several tries to pass the final, but I managed it. Then I opened my Cisco Certified Network Associate course and realized that there was no way I could get through it and study for my other CCNA final too, so I emailed my instructor and told him that I was totally freaking out. Continue reading After all that, and I still got a freakin’ B. →

School.

Back To School

In which I update you on my educational progress.

As you know, I went back to school full-time this fall. I’m taking 4 courses: Windows Client, Linux +, Cisco Certified Network Associate (all online-only, via TestOut LabSim), and CCNA Exploration (also online, but with a classroom/lab component). The term is over next Thursday.

I’ve finished all the coursework for the Windows class and taken all the tests. I have one chapter and the tests left for the Linux + course; I expect to finish that tonight. I’ve done all the coursework for CCNA Exploration, and have a final next Thursday that I need to STUDY MY ASS OFF FOR. I have SEVEN CHAPTERS AND ALL THE TESTS remaining in the Cisco course. Gah. Continue reading School. →

Banking.

Finance, Whining

In which the banking industry has no manners because it feels it doesn’t need to.

I’m listed at Chex Systems.

The reason for this starts with a d and ends with ivorce; long story short, all the bills were in my name and we lived just at the very edge of our means and then he quit working and a bunch of shit went ballistic. An unscrupulous creditor put a lien on my checking account and fucked up my financial life. But instead of going bankrupt, I found a debt reduction program and I’ve been paying off my debt for the past three years. Even though it was our debt. So I’m not only not bad, I’m good, mmm’kay? Any bank should be pleased to have me as a customer, because if I were to find myself owing them money I would pay it back. Continue reading Banking. →

Hello, dears!

Back To School

In which there’s a quick update.

    1. I had two horrible weeks of panic and anxiety, but it seems to be over now.

    2. I’ve redecorated the ‘box for Xmas!

    3. This is the 9th week of a 10-week quarter. I’m freakin’ out because I think I’m behind in my coursework, my practice test scores are all over the place, and I’m half-convinced I’m gonna flunk outta freakin’ school. Argh!

    4. The contract QA thing ended. There’s a small hope that I will be given more work, but it’s a small hope.

    5. I will run out of UI benefits before school is out. I must finish school or I’ll have to pay back the benefits I’ve already received. I think I’m going to have to take a food handler’s certification class so I can wait tables or bar tend or something, but a P/T minimum wage job will bring in even less than I’m getting now on UI benefits. Gah.

Okay, yeah. I have to get back to studying now.