2009 in review so far ....
Back in January, the best thing happened. Clarice Melody was born. She is an adorable ray of sunshine in my life. Her smile is the widest and most honest I've ever seen. Her eyes show all the hope for the future. Her face is the most radiant I have ever seen.
Rebecca and I have created the perfect child. Yes. There is MAJOR pride there. Yes, there is crying and diapers and feedings. I think I try to help as much as possible. I'm learning that I am not always doing so, but still try.
Work .. well ... yeah ... For those that don't know .. I was the Operations Manager for a collection agency. I stress the word WAS. That didn't work. I'm too smart to waste your time with what happened. I still claim major douchebaggery. (I don't care if that isn't a real word, it should be!)
I've thrown myself into going to Bartending school. Its not as easy as I expected. Perhaps I over-estimated my own mental ability. That's just another thing for me to overcome. Being out of school for almost 22 years, I forgot how to learn properly. It scares me a bit. That reassures me at the same time. This isn't something I can BS my way though. I have to pay attention to what I do. I have to pay attention to what goes where. I have to actually think. I should have asked Miah if I was being stupid. Whatever. It is at the point that there is NO turning back. The course was fully paid for. And I failed the written test on the first try.
That failure was a wake up call for me. I figured "I got it!" and didn't spend enough time working on studying for me. Character flaw #3124432224421222. So, I decided to regroup. I looked deep into myself. I found that I do remember a whole lot more than I thought I did. Including almost verbatim the damned test that I failed. How could I remember 100 questions from seeing them for 1 hr when I could not remember the stuff I had looked at only 2 hrs before?
So, I did the only thing I could think of. I typed out the test. Fear not, intrepid reader, I made sure that I know enough of the other stuff in case I mistakenly left it off the test. However, after 2 hours today, I have the 100 questions while are a good study base. Over the course of the next several days, I will be looking at the drinks that I have trouble remembering. (To me they are girlie or old man drinks ... not the drinks that MEN drink, like Liquid Heroin!) Anyways ... enough rambling ....
Rebecca and I have created the perfect child. Yes. There is MAJOR pride there. Yes, there is crying and diapers and feedings. I think I try to help as much as possible. I'm learning that I am not always doing so, but still try.
Work .. well ... yeah ... For those that don't know .. I was the Operations Manager for a collection agency. I stress the word WAS. That didn't work. I'm too smart to waste your time with what happened. I still claim major douchebaggery. (I don't care if that isn't a real word, it should be!)
I've thrown myself into going to Bartending school. Its not as easy as I expected. Perhaps I over-estimated my own mental ability. That's just another thing for me to overcome. Being out of school for almost 22 years, I forgot how to learn properly. It scares me a bit. That reassures me at the same time. This isn't something I can BS my way though. I have to pay attention to what I do. I have to pay attention to what goes where. I have to actually think. I should have asked Miah if I was being stupid. Whatever. It is at the point that there is NO turning back. The course was fully paid for. And I failed the written test on the first try.
That failure was a wake up call for me. I figured "I got it!" and didn't spend enough time working on studying for me. Character flaw #3124432224421222. So, I decided to regroup. I looked deep into myself. I found that I do remember a whole lot more than I thought I did. Including almost verbatim the damned test that I failed. How could I remember 100 questions from seeing them for 1 hr when I could not remember the stuff I had looked at only 2 hrs before?
So, I did the only thing I could think of. I typed out the test. Fear not, intrepid reader, I made sure that I know enough of the other stuff in case I mistakenly left it off the test. However, after 2 hours today, I have the 100 questions while are a good study base. Over the course of the next several days, I will be looking at the drinks that I have trouble remembering. (To me they are girlie or old man drinks ... not the drinks that MEN drink, like Liquid Heroin!) Anyways ... enough rambling ....