Happy birthday, Epic!
They're just straight up carpentry (one w/ painting), not decon AFAIK. But... money. And a chance to learn more skills. Hmm.
Money is nice. Any chance either of the jobs might help you make connections toward the kind of job you want to end up in?
Happy EPIC birthday! There'll be poems and songs.
Everybody be healthy.
Money and learning new skills are good things.
The later I wake up after 5am, the harder it is for me to get moving. I usually hit the snooze button a couple times, but once I'm up I'm awake. My ex-girlfriend used to get up and then stare blankly at the tv for an hour before she was even functional enough to get coffee. I always wondered why she didn't just sleep for another hour.
Someone turned the vents of our window AC into a smiley face last night. By someone I mean one of the teenagers upstairs or one of their gajillion friends that are always here, but I can't prove it. If anyone has any advice about how to deal with this situation that doesn't involve going upstairs and ringing their necks, I would appreciate it.
And because it deserves its own post. Happy Birthday, Teppy!!!
Cereal: I've contributed a post to the Dear Teen Me website. It's a neat site where authors and other folks in publishing write letters to their teen selves (sort of an "It Gets Better" for our geeky teen selves).
Anyhow, mine's up today and I'm a little nervous-- I spilled about some things I've never really talked about and I'm not sure if it came out honest or whiny. [link]
I have ordered the part we need to try to fix the vent ourselves.
It came out honest, Barb, but now I REALLY wanna slap yo mamma!
And go back and pat Teen!Barb on the head...
God love Mom, she's just so amazingly narcissistic and just doesn't get it.
And yet, what kills me is she manages to charm absolutely everyone she meets within moments. I can't tell you how many of my friends and acquaintances want to adopt her.
It's a gift, I tell you.