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oops, i've been a little lazy...

2005-02-09 / 3:11 p.m.
okay, so i've been lazy after i boast about how i have kept a consistent journal for a year. feh.

job hunt is going well as it can be. i landed two interviews, and had one today. it's all in the hands of the mighty you know who whether i get it or not.

have i NOT mentioned this? oops. yes i have. i'm trying to leave my job. mission one: secure new employment. mission two: quit job. mission three: get into a program so i can get my teaching certificate.

reason i'm leaving: too many fucking miles. since our company has relocated to the north side of town, i have an extra 25 miles to drive and 45 minutes tagged on to my commute. at first i thought i could take it, but by xmas, i felt suicidal and overwhelmed....that's never a good thing. been a long time since i felt that way! i figured it out, i travel about 3,200 miles a MONTH just going to and fro classes and to and fro the office. totally negates my 'raise', so i'm a lookin', yes i is.

studying for the praxis exam, and feeling overwhelmed about that too. worried that i'll spend all that money and not get a passing score. historically, i haven't done well on standardized tests. i don't believe in satan, but i do believe standardized tests are evil to the max, a horrible way to determine someone's intelligence level.

vinnie bought ladymutt a soupbone last week. she gnawed and gnawed on it, then buried it in the back yard. apparently she couldn't remember where she buried it, and has turned our back yard into a war zone with her poop piles and holes. vin called me at work to tell me that she finally found it, so we can only hope that the digging stops. otherwise, she's a great dog--really settling in and weaseling her way into our hearts.

saw 'eternal sunshine of the spotless mind' and cried like a little bitch. normally, feely lovey dovey movies make me wanna hurl, but i must say i did enjoy it quite a bit. vin and i had a long talk about how lucky we are that we have each other. we hugged and cried with our heads buried in each other's shoulders.


if i could have, i would have burrowed my head into vinnies denim shirt as deep as the soup bone that ladymutt hoarded in the back yard.

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