( Lawn Guy )

As of Monday, I will begin a - low-level, but full-time - job helping the hard-of-hearing with telephone conversations.

No library work for me until the city's financial situation changes, but this is far better than, say, food service.

I am relieved and, frankly, a little anxious. I hope I remember how to be employed after all this time.

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So last year I took a three-evening, 8-hour class on keeping bees, with emphasis on top-bar hives. This year I took my test, applied for the permit, and joined a beekeeping association ( Read more... )

Last year I took the class. A month or so ago I finally got back together with the instructor and took the test, and got the certification. I picked up the licence application a week later (though I haven't sent it in yet). Two weeks or so later, I went to a monthly Milwaukee And Waukeshau Beekeepers Association meeting, and met a beekeeper who ( Read more... )

So, I went shopping on Monday afternoon, picking up Storm Snacks, and found that several hundred other people were in this very small grocery for the same purpose. We were all polite and unworried, though ( Read more... )

Just me, my lady, her mom (who lives with us, and a more pleasant and useful roommate I have NEVER had!)(One's partner is NOT a roommate.), and our eldest daughter ( Read more... )

I rather think I blew them completely away, considering the smiles, nods, and surprised looks I kept getting to the questions I answered. I believe I set a bar the rest of the two weeks worth of candidates will have a hard time reaching.

Thank you all so very much for your good wishes. They helped.

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I got my Effexor refill. My brain started working again.
I remembered to call to get my CPAP recalibrated to its proper, higher setting. I am now actually sleeping, and now waking up rested. My brain is clearMy lady and I are speaking to proper effect. It's painful, and it ain't done yet, but I can see our way through this ( Read more... )

So today - 8 days after taking the blasted x-rays - they call me and say "It looks like there might be a fracture. Stay on the crutches, don't let there be any weight on the leg, and see your bone doctor soonest ( Read more... )