End of the year is ending... soonish

The end is near, that is of the quarter, year, and crazy amounts of running around for holidays.  I will just be glad when the school quarter is over.  My professors keep moving due dates back and forth and back and forth.  Its enough to make a not incredibly sane person go coo koo.  Finally have a job though and can't wait for the first check.  It most likely will be a few moments to late but at least it will get here.

School

Well school is going ok, no job as of yet.  That is a little stressful but I am trying to be ok with looking and applying for jobs.  I do feel strange after being on the east coast for two weeks and coming back to full time school.  Not sure if I am just anxious or what, but I don't seem to be myself this week and my girl is a little put off by it.  Also just testing an embedded link in this post that wont make much sense.

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Wedding season down

It is finally over, wooo hooo,  I made it and will not be going to another wedding in the near future.  I really am thinking of just boycotting the next year of weddings if any pop up.  They just seem silly, I mean why do couples feel the need to go in debt and attempt to force their friends and family to spend tons of money supporting this poor decision.  Not saying that all weddings are that bad, some are great at getting all sorts of friends together without having them spend thousands of dollars.  To those folks I thank you but to the others at least you may never have to ask me to do that again. 

wedding season

So it has been a little while since my last post and I would like to blame the weddings for this delay.  Two weddings and two bachelors parties down, two weddings to go.  I feel like I would like to make this my last summer of flying out of state for weddings.  They are great and fun but in the end I feel like I don't really get much quality time with the bride or groom and they are stressed the whole time.  Obviously this is not universal but it is very common.  My solution to this situation is replying to any invites with a promise to come and visit the newlyweds within a year for a few days of relaxation and enjoyment.  This seems like a win win for all involved.

Wed Night

So sitting around the kitchen talking girl talk with the roomies.  Kinda weird to her the female take on trying to date a new boy.  Lots of what did he say and I feel he will... along with some hopes.  I have a little vino to get me by with some help from my GF's ass gas.  GF's B-day on Friday and I am getting nervous about my inadequate b-day planning.  Cross your fingers that everything works out well and she doesn't cry if she wants to.

cold sunny grumpy monday

Not sure why I am so grumpy today but I can't seem to shake off the grumps.  The sunny day helped but not entirely and I think my GF is bummed that I am not a happy go lucky today.  Had a lot of weird dreams last night after chowing down on quit a few oysters.  Maybe the oysters gave me odd dreams or maybe the silly stuffing of my face with too much food in general did.  Tomorrows another day and I think I might try listening to less NPR.  The world doom and gloom definitely did not help at all. 

finally sunny

Worked out in the rain all morning long and finally we have sun!!!  WoooHooo  The GF and I ripped up part of the front lawn and put in a quasi raised bed.  It looks pretty good and now we will see if any of our seed starts actually spring up.  Off to pay glorious credit card bill.  Man I should not have had a credit card right out of high school.

new job

So I now have a new job taking donations from peoples lives and depositing them to the Value Village.  It is a kind of weird set up these two organizations have going but it seems to work out.  My employer is a non profit and takes the money paid for the donations and puts it towards helping people with developmental disabilities.  I think this is a good fit for a while.  Oh and my GF is very good looking.  Life is good.

back home

I was able to visit my folks for the past week and a half.  I love hanging out with the folks except it reminds me of how I would like my life to be different.  This is a good thing but not something I tell my parents since I feel they would be hurt a little.  Off to build a chicken run and hopefully watch a good amount of the NCAA tourney. 

About the homeless possibility

So I stated that I may wind up homeless at the end of my money and with no job.  I also eluded to homelessness not being such a bad Idea.  Well I am sticking with that statement.  In this the USA, if you do not own or rent a place to lay your head it is almost impossible to feed yourself.  Does any one else find this to be a horrible situation.  Think about it for a moment...  this system forces you to be indebted to someone in order to obtain the ability to produce food.  Why is the ownership of all lands so critical?  Is it so that the less fortunate can not escape making the few wealthier?  I am seriously considering homelessness for at least a year at this point.  Gotta tell ya that I would be happy not to contribute to the wealth of the few!!

Down to 1300

Man oh man, so after bills and rent I now have 1300 hot smackers ready to be kept away in a safe.  Starting to get a little nervous about actually making it to my next job without finding myself homeless.  Well at least there is the depressing news to catch up on and take my mind off of my life.  The US House actually brought back plastic ware in the cafeteria and they are stoked about it.  Seriously, we are facing horrific environmental issues due to our lack of response and the House wants to save a few bucks.  Maybe I am better off homeless at this rate.....

potatoes

I finally made a successful batch of homefriesy potatoes.  Usually they turn out somewhat flavorless and boring but not today.  After carefully watching my girlfriend make her potatoes I was able to recreate.  The trick that I was missing was to keep just enough butter in the pan so that they were still frying.  Also microwaving them for 5min was not a bad Idea either.  Now that I have tasted my delicious success I am off to the food bank to see what kind of food I get this week.  I know that I shouldn't look forward to the food bank but I get excited about it.  The unintentional surprise of food in stock at the bank is rather fun and at the end of the line there is always some sort of treat or desert that normally I would never purchase.  My prediction is for donuts at the end for me.  2300 and counting

resume madness

So resumes have been flying out of my computer lately to all sorts of employers.  I have given up on the subletting of my room and am trying to obtain a decent job.  Waiting around for employers to call back is not my favorite thing and it would not be so bad if it weren't freezing outside.  I start my call backs on Monday, see how this goes.  My troubles with the chai are over as I returned the chai for a brand I know and wrote a complaint to full circle organics.  Feeling a little like a rebel right now...

Chai Tea

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So I purchased a box of Chai Tea at a great price from my locale Haggen supermarket.  It is organic and made by Full Circle.  I love chai and usually can not get enough of it.  However, this tea doesn't smell or taste like chai at all.  In fact the tea has a faint aroma of cranberry and a taste of mild weak herbal tea.  With my girlfriends suggestion I am going to return the tea to Haggen and write a letter to full circle.  Seems like the easy thing to do but normally I just use up whatever I don't like any ways and then never buy it again.  This new approach feels more fulfilling if nothing else....

subletting

I thought it would be some what easy to sublet my room since most every summer before I rented my room the house had sublet rooms.  Apparently I was very wrong.  Two of my roomies are stressed about the move and getting someone in the house.  The issue is no longer the subleter but other side issues of getting our second shower working, me not being around enough, or me being around too much.  This is enough to send me over the edge.  One step at a time right.  Expecting a girl to come and check out the room tonight.  She seems to be a great fit but who knows if we don't just have a household melt down while she is here.  Keeping my fingers crossed....

early saturday morning

Now that I am back in town I can not get back on a solid sleep pattern....   It is Saturday for crying out loud and I still woke up at 0630.  The sun is out and all I want to do is to go get breakfast from some place downtown.  I have all the ingredients to make the same breakfast here but still have a desire to go out.  This I feel has been my issue as of late.  Why go out when I can make the same food at my house and I will be hanging out with the same people?  Well off I go to try and break my pattern of eating out,  a few over easy eggs with avocado all on top of home fries should do the trick.

Ernesto

$2400 and counting

I have just found out that after being away from my job for two weeks that they decided to severe our relationship as of Monday.  I called in on Wednesday and found this out.  Unfortunately the separation can not be reversed even though I was not left any indication via email or on my phone about the end date.   So that leaves me $2400 to last until I find another locally or go fishing up in Alaska.  Either way I have to attend three weddings and a bachelor party within two months starting at the end of July.  Not a problem normally but two of the weddings happen to be in Vermont a month apart and one is in Seattle.  So working past July 23rd is out of the question and taking two months off of work to travel back and forth and forth would not work for most employers.  So subletting of my rental room seems to be a quick money saver contingent on the actual date of sublet.  The chickens however will continue to lay so everything is not lost.