Our hot water heater developed a leak yesterday in the rusted pipes connecting it to the water lines, letting us know the end is near. I'm sure the ancient heater in the basement is close behind. I'm trying to stay out of the process to replace it to avoid the usual argument of price vs quality vs time.

Despite that, I woke up in a good mood this ( Read more... )

I've been doing the two part-time job dance for a while now, still hoping to find full-time work and unable to get more than two half-days a week from job no. 2 but hoping for more time on a regular basis from them. Job no. 1 still only gives me two days a week, usually, despite the fact that I was hired under the agreement that I would train at ( Read more... )

Not a good week for internet, tv, or radio. I think I need to put myself into a media blackout until next week is over. Not just because I have no mother for the first time this coming Mother's Day weekend (she blew me off for the last two years of her life to have dinner with friends) but I feel like I am further disconnected from all the Mothers ( Read more... )

My life is once again on hold. Possibly over as I know it again, this time due to family situations ( Read more... )

Oh, North Carolina, why don't you love us? Should we have been prettier, richer, funnier, younger?

I got a phone call this afternoon from someone at a business named R3Z Solutions, who was calling to offer one-on-one classes for deactivated Uber Drivers at $100 a class. I told him I had no interest in his company's services unless Uber was willing ( Read more... )

I have been fired by Uber.

I got no calls this week and a text explaining that since my ratings fell below 4.3 out of a possible 5, I have been dropped.  There is no explaination for the rating. There is no phone number to all or any source for feedback or debate. So, one more possible source of income gone but, on the plus side, no more college ( Read more... )

Today's positive notes:
1. Everyone got home safe and sound in Connecticut after their 10-hour drive home on Monday.
2. I went to a very enjoyable meeting this evening at The Forge in Greensboro for the Art + Tech group. The discussion this week was about "projection bombing" projector street art. Most of the tech and 3D rendering aspects of the ( Read more... )

I need money now for this:
- Groceries when I want to do something creative in the kitchen on empty days.
- Continuing my online education.
- Taking some local studio classes to feed my head and heart.
- New socks.
- New prescription glasses.
- Gasoline.

I need money in the near future for this:- Dental hygiene appointment & x-rays (maintenance ( Read more... )

Looks like there is a possibility that we might be moving to High Point, North Carolina ( Read more... )

It is amazing how many unnecessary charges have been on my credit card for so long. I've been spending this past month removing myself from services and sites I don't recall knowingly signing up for ( Read more... )