I am incredibly tired, but I thought I ought to post a note about the fact that I have found a job. I start work tomorrow morning at 8, which is way too early, as far as getting Perry to school goes. He can't be dropped off at school until 8, so Jay is taking care of that tomorrow ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I've posted here. I thought about posting several times over the past few months, but in the face of S's cancer (treatment and eventual terminal condition) I really felt paralyzed ( Read more... )

I recently recieved an anonymous comment to one of my blog entries, and I apologize if I am embarrasing one of my friends or relatives, but I am going to put it here in an entry of its own, so that I can address the points it brings up without making people search for and read comments to a past entry.

My concerned reader writes:
Congratulations ( Read more... )

Life is generally good. Work is a little hectic, but with the addition of 2 new sign artists, it's going to get very manageable very soon. Probably after the CEO and owner visits and the May Flyer. But "soon" is relative, and in this case, even getting manageable sometime in mid May is "soon". Also, one of the new sign artists has the same size ( Read more... )

On Sunday we had Perry's birthday party. There were an infinite number of monkeys four toddlers running around screaming their heads off and fighting for balloons and toy cars, and we ended up serving my lamb stew to something like 10 people (and that's only the ones who were left by that point), so by the time Monday afternoon rolled around I ( Read more... )

Ah, Perry's asleep and Jay just left to go to an impromptu celebration at a friend's house (congrats, Chris, on having another story published). I have the house and the computer all to myself ( Read more... )

I've been working at TJs for 2 weeks now, and I think I have the hang of it. I certainly don't feel useless or lost, but I do get a sense of drowning in an impossible workload every day. I can't make signs fast enough, I don't think. A typical day consists of showing up and making a circuit of the store to find out if any section has been ( Read more... )

I went in this morning for the Trader Joe's sign test, and made two signs. I think they were pretty good. So did Jill (the current sign artist) and Gary (the store manager). After I was done, Gary asked "Can you start tomorrow?" and I said "Yes ( Read more... )