Thursday, May 24, 2007

retirement party

went to Helen's retirement party this morn at the p.o.    it was great to see everyone even a couple other retirees who showed up    it's the same ol' place same ol' story but everyone looked great    got to chat with a few of them to catch up with their lives and their children    found out Danny has been on leave since he returned last year from Iraq    my guess is he's having PTSD   i'll have to call him soon   he's the one that served on the front lines in the beginning of the war and still did similar duties when they sent him back a couple more times    i'll keep him in my prayers    Sharon is doing good although she had minor heart surgery, if there's such a thing as minor when it comes to the heart   anyways, i could list everyone, but that'd take awhile    it was a surprise party for Helen and she definitely was    she kept saying she couldn't believe it    Rhonda did a great job on the decorations   frogs everywhere which apparently Helen loves     i miss the people there, but i don't miss the p.o.    it's nice not to be in the grind of things and not having someone on my case daily as Cory mentioned today   of course that was one particular individual who no longer is in management i gather   thank goodness    Life is sooo much better not being there    i enjoyed the job, but there's just too much bulls**t!!!!    i'll have to keep in touch with them more often  than i have this past year    it's just been nice to stay away    .....and that my friends was my mornin'!

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

major decision...

hello!!!    i know i haven't been here awhile    i've been very busy with volunteer work at the church and work at my pt job    but i'm taking a break from volunteer work this week:-)    i even went to Sandia Peak today to do more contemplating about The Art Center     this is the school i applied and got accepted    well yesterday it hit me in the face as to the costs and my financial status   not that i'm broke, but i would be attending this college   so i slept on it   i tossed and turned   i woke up thinking about it   i contemplated sum more.....and decided.....nope not going there    it finally made sense to me    there is no cents and no sense in going to this college for my photography degree    so tomorrow i'm going to UNM and check into that    i just couldn't see my spending $80k to get my photography degree...and that doesn't count interest on the loans....i wouldn't be getting my new motorcycle for a loooong time and i've got to have a new motorcycle    besides i ain't rich!!!!    so i finally came to my senses   not going there    i've been down the road of debt and within one year i'll be totally out of debt    aint' going there again    i know there's a better way    so off i go to UNM    in the meantime, i'll get my camera out and play soon    after this weekend after everyone else has come & gone    i volunteered to work this weekend anyways so someone else could have the weekend off    i'm used to staying home for this weekend holidays, so why not work    and besides this job ain't like workin'    .....in the meantime, i'll try to write more often as requested    .....o before i forget, my son is coming home on leave soon from Iraq    he called yesterday at 4am   i heard the phone beepin at 6am   so i called him    looking forward to seeing him    .......so have a great Memorial weekend!!!    Remember .....

Sunday, May 13, 2007

slept away...

Happy Mother's Day to everyone....

I can't believe i slept the day away today   i woke several times and answered the phone, but then went back to sleep    i was a little blue, but i've must have been damn tired    this last week was really busy with church and work    guess it all caught up with me    i didn't get up til 7pm tonite   goodness i don't remember the last time i did this   O well....Life goes on....i haven't been writing much for there's not much new happening nowadays    i decided to wait and start school this fall    taking the summer off and have some fun before school    i hope to get  a few long distance road trips in on my bike   still within New Mexico but about 4hrs away    it's finally hot here, well not too hot yet    but the cool weather has subsided    i haven't won the lottery yet nor found that right mate for life    i'm just chillin, readin, workin. and volunterrin still    i've started hiking a bit with friends but that's all the excitement going on here    must get out the camera again soon    another road trip to Tent Rocks for some b&w photos    goodness......