Grrr. I'm having Elavil side effects (parasthesia--tingling of the lips, ears, and kind of fingers and toes) that are keeping me awake. I don't want to be awake.

Had a come-to-Jesus talk with a student today. I hope she takes it to heart. But we honestly said about everything we had to say about how she was in class and what she needed to change, including attitudinally. It was a very freeing sensation. I hope it works.

And can my face stop tingling now? It's way past my bedtime.

That's gross, ita. I hope it stops soon.

Skipping and poking head to post that, according to the Buffista Calendar, today is libkitty's birthday. Happy birthday, libkitty! With lots of wishes for a great day and a wonderful year!

Happy birthday, Libkitty!

Hi Nilly!

Happy birthday libkitty!

Hello, Nilly and Perkins.

I'm going to go back and lie down now. When I move it doesn't tingle so much. Not conducive to falling asleep, but it's something.

Nilly!

Happy birthday, libkitty!

I hope your face behaves, ita.

I am up too late once more. Checking websites, trying to see about neighborhood associations, and reading the intro to Filemaker Pro 8: The Missing Manual.

My life could use a little more romance and excitement, I'm tellin' ya.

t Waves at Perkins How are you doing?

Night, ita.

[Edited to wave at Spidra. How is the job situation going, if you don't mind posting about it?]

Doing pretty good, but I think it's past my bedtime. Have a good rest of your day!

Tomorrow is my going-away lunch. Good thing I chose to have it on Thursday because a lot of other folks who were laid off are having theirs on Friday. I applied to a part-time temp gig at Google and got it after an exhausting test. It doesn't do me much good money-wise since the Employment Development Department will just deduct whatever you make from your unemployment check, but it will give me one more thing to put on my resume that isn't admin work and is closer to QA (quality assurance) stuff.

I saw another job posted today that I want to apply to. Not so much because the job itself is great but because the workplace is cool and local. So I worked on the resume for that and am awaiting feedback from one or two people before submitting it.

The jobhunt goes slowly, though. I don't see much I'm qualified for that excites me. There are some jobs that are exciting that I'm sure I could do if I could get a foot in the door, but that's the tricky part. So when I suddenly become a lady of leisure as of 5pm this Friday, I plan on cleaning up the construction mess in this house as much as is possible (construction is still ongoing), getting ready to start the search for housemates when that starts, studying to take a couple Mac OS X certifications, spending some time looking over the shoulder of a friend who's a UNIX sysadmin for juliana's employer, and trying to do art again. And playing two different gigs in April. The big one is a gig I'm headlining on April 13, but I'll also be playing with a group of ukeplayers at the Rite Spot on April 23 who will be performing the album "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" in its entirety. This will require some bigtime rehearsal for me this month.

I want to work to balance my life a little more. I have my parents' voice inside my head that makes me feel so guilty if I do anything besides strictly practical stuff, PARTICULARLY if I do anything arts-related. But I have to fight that. It's going to be one of the most difficult things I've ever done in my life because this mental block has been in place for 16 years now. It's scary to challenge it.

Boy, that was more than you asked for, wasn't it?

What are you up to, Ms. Nilly?

Boy, that was more than you asked for, wasn't it?

Nope. Exactly what I asked for. Sadly, though, I had to run awat from the computer and couldn't respond on time. I hope you're sleeping and having pleasant dreams now, even though it means I'm the only Buffista awake now.