So...
Does anyone else post here a lot? I don't, sadly, but life does that. And, Facebook usually has more of my daily musings now more than ever. Undecided if I should keep this account or purge it. Time will tell.
Submitted an article to thoughtcatalog.com about 2 weeks ago. Haven't heard back yet, so I'm going to assume that it wasn't something that piqued their interest and it won't be published. Oh well, not as though I was going to get anything out of it, really, other than a boost to my own ego. Submitted a different entry to a local magazine for a flash fiction contest. Only a few days ago, but I haven't recieved a confirmation email, which I find odd. First Prize is $100, which would be nice. Not that I wouldn't burn through that in a week or less, but hey, money I didn't have before.
A metric fuck-ton of people I know are having babies now. Liz and I just got two new kittens. Mainly because Ike had to be put down after she suffered a stroke (we think) one Saturday morning. First time I cried over losing a pet in more than a decade. We still miss her dearly. She was Liz's lap buddy and my favorite cat to snatch up from the floor and snuggle with for a minute before she got annoyed with me. Lucid and Jojo (or kittens) are little furballs of energy that seems to go on for days, but Prada (our older female) is not pleased, as one would expect. She'll growl at them trying to remind each who is the dominant cat in the house, but she's only got that through being 4 times their size, and I don't expect that to last for very long.
AmeriCorps position is winding down. No idea if I will be able to stay with it for another year or not. I'd prefer something full-time with an actual living wage, but trying to find that is still harder than it should be. Tried to improve my fortunes with taking the AICP exam, but came agonizingly short of passing. Thinking of taking an online class this summer; I know what areas I need to improve on, and as Liz has reminded me, structure might be the thing I need the most. Making my own flash cards just isn't cutting it.
Hopefully, life will improve by the end of this year. It's already seen Liz get a new job close to where I work, and even my brother is in a temp-to-hire position. Meanwhile, I just spin my wheels and keep doing what I can. I'm getting tired of that after all of this time and effort. My career needs to resume as does my life plans/goals.
Submitted an article to thoughtcatalog.com about 2 weeks ago. Haven't heard back yet, so I'm going to assume that it wasn't something that piqued their interest and it won't be published. Oh well, not as though I was going to get anything out of it, really, other than a boost to my own ego. Submitted a different entry to a local magazine for a flash fiction contest. Only a few days ago, but I haven't recieved a confirmation email, which I find odd. First Prize is $100, which would be nice. Not that I wouldn't burn through that in a week or less, but hey, money I didn't have before.
A metric fuck-ton of people I know are having babies now. Liz and I just got two new kittens. Mainly because Ike had to be put down after she suffered a stroke (we think) one Saturday morning. First time I cried over losing a pet in more than a decade. We still miss her dearly. She was Liz's lap buddy and my favorite cat to snatch up from the floor and snuggle with for a minute before she got annoyed with me. Lucid and Jojo (or kittens) are little furballs of energy that seems to go on for days, but Prada (our older female) is not pleased, as one would expect. She'll growl at them trying to remind each who is the dominant cat in the house, but she's only got that through being 4 times their size, and I don't expect that to last for very long.
AmeriCorps position is winding down. No idea if I will be able to stay with it for another year or not. I'd prefer something full-time with an actual living wage, but trying to find that is still harder than it should be. Tried to improve my fortunes with taking the AICP exam, but came agonizingly short of passing. Thinking of taking an online class this summer; I know what areas I need to improve on, and as Liz has reminded me, structure might be the thing I need the most. Making my own flash cards just isn't cutting it.
Hopefully, life will improve by the end of this year. It's already seen Liz get a new job close to where I work, and even my brother is in a temp-to-hire position. Meanwhile, I just spin my wheels and keep doing what I can. I'm getting tired of that after all of this time and effort. My career needs to resume as does my life plans/goals.