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!!!

And It Begins

I hope someone reads this blog. That's another thing I have to work on—getting people to read my stuff. So much to learn, and I don't really know how to approach it.

Well, I have been home from Munich for one month now. Of course I really miss it, especially everyone there, but it is also nice to be home. I have Baxie and Toby back (my miniature Dachshund and teacup Schnauzer—both German dogs hee hee), I get to spend time with my mom and my sister, and I'm back around old friends again.

And although I have only been home for one month, so much has happened already that Germany seems like it was years ago... an entirely different world even.


Right when I returned, I had to get a lot of things ready to be the Maid of Honor in my best friend's wedding. I only had a week to get my dress ready and help her with everything, which was a bit stressful, but the wedding was a blast. Especially all the dancing. (There's one, I LOVE to dance.) It was also great to see all my friends again, particularly the ones I haven't seen in years. And everyone is the same, so the memories were really vivid.


I then went to Denver with my mom to spend time with my sister while she recovered from getting her tonsils out. It was fun; we basically just watched movies and relaxed. Both things that I love, movies and relaxing. But who doesn't.

And then, not such good news. Just three days after I got back from Colorado, my mom called to tell me that my grandmother had had a stroke, and that she wasn't doing very well. So we left for Sequim, Washington the next day in order to be with her and with my family. It was really hard. I was there when my grandfather passed away, but this was so much harder, because we didn't know what she needed or if she was comfortable or not. She held on for so long, but passed away on August 18. My grandfather also passed away on the 18th of the month, in May of 2004. I am so sad to not have them anymore, but I am so glad they get to be with one another once again. And I am also glad the way it worked out: the whole family got to be there for her, and for one another, and I think that is really special.

Now that I have been home, for about a week now, I needed to continue my job search. That finally ended on Wednesday. I got hired by the Environmental Risk Reduction Office at LANL. I have worked there before, for the Newsbulletin, and this position will be interesting, especially because of the environmental aspect. I am excited. I am going to keep doing freelance for New Mexico Free Press, the paper of which I used to be deputy editor, so I will be able to keep writing. Hurrah! I hope it all works out.

So, there's the low-down. And hopefully what's coming up in my life will continue to aid me in what I am looking for.