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reality will shift part 2
13 February 2007My working world is about to change. YE GODS!!!
The guilt is trying to eat at me. But I’m pushing it away. Why guilt? Well, I feel bad that I’m going to leave when I know that there’s so much that still needs to be done until the end of the year. Will they find someone to fill my spot? Who’s going to train that person? I won’t be available like Karin (my predecessor) was for me. And so I feel bad. Oh, and I was kinda looking forward to watching the kids get older and then graduate. Now I’m saying goodbye to that.
But I am going to a job that’s 1) closer to home and 2) pays a bit more than I make now. I’m actually not starting at the first step! Nice. The whole comp-time/over-time thing is better too. And even though it’s a modified school schedule, I get a decent amount of time off.
I’m looking forward to working so much closer to home. Ahhhh.
Have I mentioned that I’m totally digging my new phone? The camera is spiffy!
my bobbles
doggies!
reality will shift
13 February 2007the minutes draw near
the words will whisper past
suddenly reality will shift
when silence settles in
anticipation beats too quick
flailing for control
yearning for the calm
balance slips away
so face it head on
look it straight in the eye
chin up to the fear
swallow it whole to the heart
the view outside before sunset
We watched The Departed whilst I was working. Violent movie. Lots of blood. But pretty good. The accents were killing me. Too much! And sorry, much as I do like him (and I do!), I can’t believe Mark Wahlberg got nominated for that one! He was good though.
I love three day weekends. And four day weeks are just super sweet. 😉
spoiled
12 February 2007I will savor these moments of feeling spoiled. You just never know how long they’ll last.
Here’s a reason I’m spoiled:
Yes, I gave up my Treo. I wasn’t utilizing the wonderful features of my Treo, so I wanted a different phone that still had the full qwerty keyboard. And so the enV fits the bill!
Oh, and that’s Jensen as my phone’s wallpaper. 😉
another pic of my phone, taken by my Blackberry Pearl
meggie, the first pic on the enV
The camera is pretty nice. I will take more when I get a bigger microSD card. 😀
259005
12 February 2007resisting the pull
the lure
the temptation
denying the spark
the fire
the simmer inside
ignoring the signs
the whispers
the call of destiny
the internal conversation
11 February 2007I want to start another story. I just don’t know what kind of story to do. Actually, I think I’m going to try for the contemporary thing again. So in an attempt to jumpstart the thing, I’ve written one of those author-talking-to-her-character thing.
She sighed. “If I knew, I wouldn’t be sitting here staring at the blank document screen imagining a conversation with one of my characters. Let me put it back on you. How do you think the story should start?”
He grinned a very wicked grin. “With sex. Hot, almost pornographic sex.”
She shook her head at him. “You are such a guy.”
“Darlin’, you’re the one writing me this way,” he winked.
“I can’t start a story with hot, almost pornographic sex,” she shot down. “It would be like giving away the ending.”
“Oh come on, you’re not going to make me wait until the middle of the story before I get some, are you? Please, I’m begging you,” he pleaded.
“If you’re not good, I’ll make you wait until the end,” she threatened.
He narrowed his eyes at her, studying her for a moment. Then he laughed. “Oh hell no. You can’t even sit here without imagining me naked. You can’t wait to tear off my clothes and describe every naughty detail.”
“Well, not every detail,” she groused. “I have to leave some of it to the reader’s imagination. And I don’t think your clothes will be torn off. An achingly slow strip down sounds so much better.”
He swallowed, feeling just a little uncomfortable with the gleam in her eyes. He squirmed in his chair.
“You’re a tease,” he hissed.
“Well thank you,” she replied.
“Have you decided what you’re going to call me this time around?”
She cocked an eyebrow. “This time around?”
“Sweetheart, I have been the star of at least two of your stories. This one will be the third. People are going to start noticing a pattern soon. Not that I mind. A fella needs work.”
“Well, I’m glad you don’t mind me using you,” she said.
“You might to give the dark haired guy a turn once in awhile though. He might think you don’t like him anymore. Or that tall one. He’s been giving me crap since you wrote that novel. I told him that he got a mention, but he’s still feeling neglected.” He waved at the figures hovering in the shadows. Then he peered a little closer at one of the fringers.
“Hey, what’s he doing here?” He demanded.
She turned to look at the youngest of the bunch. “Oh yeah. I wrote a short thing with him in it.”
“But you don’t even like him like that,” her main fella complained. “Besides, talk about robbing the cradle.”
“Whatever. I can write about anyone I want,” she shot back. “And it’s not like the woman in the story was old or anything.”
“Please just tell me it was a fanfic or something. Don’t tell me you’re going to put him in a ‘real’ story.”
“Yes, it was a fan fic,” she assured him. “I don’t know where to start your story.”
“Start with a name,” he smiled.
They sat together in silence as a Norah Jones song played from her iTunes program.
“Too bad I already used ‘Jake Winchester.’ Now there’s an awesome name,” she mused.
“I liked that one. Colby Davenport was good too. You never did finish that one,” he reminded her.
“Very true. But do I want to continue the uniform story?” She wondered aloud. She decided to stop calling it the Jail Story since it sounded like she was trying to write about inmates.
“I just thought of a title! ‘Caught in the Middle,'” she announced.
“Caught in the middle of what?” He asked.
“Oh, that’s a good question. Ummm, Caught in the Middle of Destiny?” She tried.
“What’s with you and destiny?” He teased.
“I’m trying to find mine?” She smiled at him.
Sometimes I really believe I’m a weird freak. LOL!
just a break of light
11 February 2007the rain stops
the clouds part slow
the air blows fresh
just a glimpse
the sky too blue
the sun lifting
the colors bright
just a break of light
My computer now has Office 2007 on it. Word is DIFFERENT! But I can write blogs posts and publish them to my MJazz. Very cool. 😉
doggie pics are the best…
I need to take pictures of other things besides the doggies. LOL!
It’s been another lazy day. I do savor such moments of rest. 🙂
Office 2007
11 February 2007So here I am with the new Office 2007, working on Word. I see the blog option and I thought I’d try it. Will it work? We shall find out. 😉
