Woof.

And THIS girl engenders controversy?
LAT ARTICLE

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Be careful for what you wish for...

I have a new job/gig/contract.  (this with my other contracts, might just pay the bills)
...

Let me savor that...

I have a paid-in-advance part time gig that pays something approaching my rate. (well, almost anyway)

Yippee.

I'm doing IT work (support) for a local business, a call center for cosmetic products and various other items.


Hey -- it's work and the checks cash.  The folk are nice to me too!

Who would have thought...

tears for that lost

alcohol has it's moments.
It can bring clarity, just before you bend over the bowl
my life went sideways
when I lost my wife (first marriage) and not improved since with the second...
it's a raw nerve that exposes
when I least expect it

mortality and thoughts... again

sometimes, it's just weird. I just found out - -
One of my "condo association" friends and allies... passed on back in November. Apparently her son told the temp at the property Management office, and they told our account manager when she got back from vacation. I found out from someone who talked to the rep...
I've been leaving messages, and now I know why...

mortality and thoughts

Today my aunt died.  She had multiple problems, wasn't really coherent and didn't want to hang around like that.  She told my mom and her kids so emphatically.  My mom's younger sister.  The funny thing, she's about 4 years younter than my mom, and my mom's pretty spry.  In spite of various things...

I still miss her, but if she's in a better place (the euphemism), so I will hope.  (I don't really believe in life hereafter, it doesn't make sense in a rational universe.  But, I wish I could).

July 20, 1925 - November 13, 2011 at about 8 pm. Sleep well Aunt Ev. 

So you think you park close?

I got out of the car, and am just grateful I didn't scrape.  (somehow didn't even "see it" coming).
Shows how off perspective is sometimes. (it's actually that close!)

CBTL and why I love consulting

I'm too busy to post.
No, correct that.

I *was* too busy to post.  Now I'm coming back to my normality.  
Sometimes I wish otherwise.

I got a consulting gig.  And as usual with such things, there is no such thing as half-way.

So, I've been working my tail doing their stuff, and trying to keep the plates in the air for MY stuff, and...
You get the idea.

I've got New RENTERS (yay) whom I like; and are quiet/busy/self-contained and they have manners.
Not perfect! mind you, but real adults for a change.  UN-Believable.

Now I just have to play catch up on bills and chores.

(And somehow, fatten up the cats again.  They've gotten entirely too skinny)

Next gig?