Just a Reminder

Once again, my life is up in the air. I have no clue where I will be and what I will be doing come October 1, when my contract at my current job is up. But I will figure it out... eventually. I just hope that I will be able to sit still for a few years, just so I have a place to be grounded for a while. But I thought I would put up something I wrote a few years back—to get myself into the right mindset once again:

The day I realized my passion was the day I realized I could perhaps make one small difference in the world by writing about what I have seen and heard, that I might change someone somewhere by truthfully and professionally informing my community, that I could talk to whomever I wished and get the answers I wanted, that all I needed in life was a pen and a pad of paper and I could get by, that my job as an observer is a serious one that I will not compromise—for whenever there has been conflict and war, love and honor, grief and loss, there has been a journalist unnoticed in the background, waiting to tell the story.

I have to get back on track, if not for anything but the feeling of personal achievement.

And, random side note, which I don't know why I am inserting in here but oh well, I love Loreena McKennitt.

Where is my snow day???

Ok so there was about five inches of snow on the ground when I woke up this morning and I was almost POSITIVE we were going to have a snow day... and then... no dice.

Merrrrrr that is really annoying. And now I am in a horrid mood. And I will tell you why. Cause I am bored all the time and I feel trapped. Wah wah, right? But it's true.

But I will STILL put in some things that I am happy about today (although I am about a month behind my "point of turnaround"... what can I say... not much apparently.)

I am very happy that I did not get into a car accident this morning, and that there weren't many people on the road when I left for work. I am also very happy that I will get to listen to NPR on the way home. And I will be veryyy happy if it snows and snows tonight and that ever elusive snow day will be unable to evade me tomorrow. Yarrrr I hope.

Ok this time, for REAL

GARRRRRRRR.

I suck so much.

No more!!!!! Oh I AM going to write on here every day if it kills me!!!!!

Ok so this is the new plan... every day I will write about something I loved that day. Then that will, without me even realizing it, compile a long list of the things I love and therefore might help me in my ever elusive discovery of my passion. What an AMAZING plan, hey?

Today is kind of hard. I got about three hours of sleep last night and had to get up early to make sure I was at my Energy Management Council meeting on time. (Take note about this thing that I do NOT like—early mornings. Especially when I am still freakin' tired and my eyes look like I have a mad case of pink eye. NO good.) And THEN, my little Schnauzer dog Toby, who just got back from a weekend at the kennel and no doubt caught some sort of grossness from his kennel pals, puked up all of his breakfast and I had to linger back to clean it up. (Another thing I dislike—puppy puke. In papertowels.)

Soooo not such a fan of this morning!!!

But. I AM rather enjoying my Pandora mix, as is usual, and I really, really liked my leftover Tomasita's food when I got to take a lunch at 2:30. AND I thought about how much I love to look at people's resumes and cover letters and make them pretty and better. THAT could be useful, hey??? Hoooooorah I have discovered something.

So take note of that, if you ever need that sort of help, whooo ya gonna call??? Well... I could be one option... just throwin' that out there.

Oh and it is the Land of Enchantment

So I want to do more exploring of New Mexico.

I grew up here, and while I feel like I do know a lot about the area, I also feel like there is so much I haven't experienced yet. So I think I am going to make an effort to start doing day trips to various towns on the weekend, and then writing about my trip and the best ways to duplicate them for the Free Press.

Perhaps this calls for yet a new blog???

Perhaps...

Oh and I have decided I am buying a new camera like today... so that will be taken care of...

I am still getting an SLR, but first I am replacing my hand-held. Can't decide between the Canon PowerShot SD 970IS or the 780IS.

Anyone?

Such a Thing As Too Much Free Time?

It's the umpteenth day that I am sitting around, researching upgrading to Snow Leopard while being a little too afraid to actually go through with it, leisurely working on my Munich scrapbook and watching Sex and the City in my un-showered state.

The paperwork for my job is still processing, so I have again found myself with a little too much free time on my hands. It's a lot like having so much free time in Munich... but that was Munich, there was ALWAYS something to do and it was never more than half an hour away. Here, things are very different.

Or maybe it's just me. I wake up every morning saying "I am going to accomplish so much today," and I go to bed every night disappointed in myself. This is exactly the problem I had in Germany, except for I think it is worse here. WHAT will be the thing that finally snaps me into completing my goals?

Hopefully when I begin my job, I will get back to a routine that will force me to accomplish things instead of just wallowing in the the sound of the seconds ticking by.

Anyone have any other suggestions?

Fangs, Blood and Vampires... Oh My? Oh No.

Ok so while on my search for what I do like, I will tell you what I don't like.

America's current obsession with vampires. I'm sorry, I'll rephrase. America's current love affair with vampires.

I swear, try as I may I cannot escape it! It's everywhere... and NOT in a good way. I can't STAND the damn Twilight series (do you KNOW what happens in those books? What the hell kind of values is that woman [who can't write at all] promoting???) and now I keep seeing these ads for The Vampire Diaries... ok... isn't that EXACTLY Twilight, just now on the crappy CW? God. Why why why.

And then while I was channel surfing, I came across Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the early 90s movie that I happen to love, incidentally), and that got me thinking. What sparked this romanticism with vampires? No one is scared of them anymore like they are supposed to be... they just all want to fall in love with one now.

So weird.

And I'm so over it.

Camera Fund

Oh my gosh oh my gosh.

I absolutely LOVEEEEE taking pictures. But I need a good camera. I wanted to buy one while I was over in Germany, but it didn't end up working out... and I am kind of glad about that because if I had bought one then, I would be even more broke than I am now. Which is VERY broke.

SO NOW I have to budget for my new SLR!!! I can't wait. It might take me a while to acquire, but once I do, look for all the new photos that I will put up!

And if anyone has any suggestions about which camera I should buy (I admit, I am a Canon girl), let me know!!!