Morning musings

I’ve found the Americana channel on Music Choice this week and I’m really liking the wide variety of alt-country and bluegrass they play there. It’s the perfect soundtrack to this Sunday morning – blue skies, temperatures in the upper 60’s.

The week has been a bit crazy. Takaza has had some health problems of late and that’s taken a lot of my attention. Since we won’t hear anything until Monday, this weekend has been an exercise in taking our minds off things. We had a slow start yesterday, which was just fine. Dan slept until 11 and woke up feeling pretty good, which was great. I went out and mowed the lawn for the first time this season – I’ll probably have to mow it a couple more times before we move, unfortunately. Ah well, it’s good exercise at least. Then it was off for a bit of clothes shopping (Kohl’s has some really great prices!) and then the weekly stops by Whole Foods Market and Lowes for groceries. After that went over to Donald and Janelle’s (me_not_you and wildmouse) to join them and Thomas and Sherry for a tasty dinner of burgers and such, along with stories of their trip to Disneyworld, from which they had just arrived home Saturday morning.

Other news of the week: I reactivated my gym membership, made easier by the $50-off-initiation-fee coupon that the receptionist just “happened” to have on hand. This will be a big boost for me, since I’ve been needing to get out of the house and actually exercise lately, and just walking around the neighborhood wasn’t cutting it. As expected, I’ve put on about 11 pounds since I stopped going in October, but the real shock was that my stamina has gone to hell; I damn near killed myself on the treadmill doing only about half the time I was doing in October. That’s going to take some work, but I plan to go five days a week, so with luck I’ll be back up to speed in a few weeks. Actually, with luck I’ll get a job and will have to move by then but we’ll see.

Things have been pretty bleak on the job front. I heard back from the company in Carol Stream, IL with whom I had the phone interview back in February. They found someone with 22 years of direct experience in their technology (compared to my 4 years of peripheral experience), so I was out of luck. I’ve been sending out resumes at a furious rate this week, and intend to keep it up. The one good thing is that I’m seeing more relevant job listings on the Internet sites I use, so that’s promising. I have a possibility with one company in Columbus, OH, but we’ll see if the recruiter gets any nibbles once they see my resume. On the bright side, with the federal and state unemployment extensions in place and with the money we’re saving by moving, we’re good at least through September. The downside is that we won’t be paying down any of our accumulated debt during that time, but at least we won’t be incurring more debt.

So, the plan today (once Dan wakes up) is to do some quick packing in the guest bedrooms, consolidating the boxes there and breaking down the beds. After that it’s off to see Daredevil with Thomas and Sherry, and who knows what after that. Just good to keep busy right now…

One thought on “Morning musings

  1. aerofox

    *hugs* I hope things are ok for Takaza…. *scritches the wolf*
    Hmm, Columbus? That would be very cool if you two were that close ๐Ÿ™‚
    BTW, Your both invited to our housewarming party….whenever that will be…

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