a Friday-turned-weekend meme

You can only type one word. No explanations.

1. Yourself: here
2. Your boyfriend/girlfriend: fierce
3. Your hair? silvery
4. Your mother? missed
5. Your father: remote
6. Your Favorite Item: colorfulness
7. Your dream last night: huh?
8. Your Favorite drink: bloody!
9. Your Dream Car: cooperish!
10. The room you are in: darkly
11. Your Ex: unsatisfying
12. Your fear: boredom
13. What you want to be in 10 years: healthy
14. Who you hung out with last night? furry
15. What You're Not? entreprenurial
16. Muffins: fattening
17: One of Your Wish List Items: laptop?
18: Time: mystical
19. The Last Thing You Did: insufficient
20. What You Are Wearing: relaxed
21. Your Favorite Weather: foggy
22. Your Favorite Book: magical
23. The Last Thing You Ate: Campbell's
24. Your Life: unexpected
25. Your Mood: happy
26. Your best friend(s): precious
27. What are you thinking about right now? weekend
28. Your car: trustworthy
29. What are you doing at the moment? lunch
30. Your summer: jobseeking
31. Your relationship status: committed
32. What is on your tv? Jeopardy
33. What is the weather like? November-ish
34. When is the last time you laughed? morning

Shout-out to Ruth!

Dragon Mood? -- celebratory

And .... I want to give a "Happy Birthday" shout-out to my dear sister, Ruth who turns .. uh, fifty-two today! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RUTH!

Wow! In my mind, Ruth and I will always be young. Always.

We talked on the phone tonight and made each other laugh. When I hear Ruth laugh, I feel young. It's a wonderful thing -- an immediate, jump-in-and-splash fountain of youth.

I love you, Ruth! Happy Birthday!

Two doors closing

Dragon Mood? -- feeling the imperceptible breath of destiny

Last week I had the distinct sensation of hearing two doors closing.

The first one I closed. My former employer, one of the Big Three automakers, wanted me to come back and do the type of work I did for over twelve years for them. After a day's deliberation, I decided that "Nope, this doesn't feel right" and turned them down. Four days later, it still feels right. I'm glad that I didn't take the job.

The second door was closed to me. An international aviation supplier company that I had interviewed with called to tell me that they had chosen the other candidate. From a large pool, it was down to the two of us and they chose the other guy. Damn. I was disappointed, but I am trying to live by what S and I have been saying to one another, "Trust the process. The Universe (God) has a plan and we have to trust the process." I did have the presence of mind to say to the HR person that called, "Well, if this candidate, for whatever reason, doesn't work out, I hope that Mr. R and Mr. T will reconsider me as a candidate." (sigh) Politically correct. Businesslike and positive. Hopefully, anyway.

And ... this provides me with another opportunity to be thankful for the job that I have, temporary and transient and interim though it may be. Every hour that I work is another little chunk of money in my paycheck. Ker-chunk, ker-chunk, ker-chunk. I am thankful for it and don't want to take it for granted. Not for a minute.

Thank you, God, for this job. I am trusting this process .... this process of unemployment and and insecurity and vulnerability. I believe there is a purpose to all of this -- even if I am never able to know it.

Catching up!

Dragon Mood? -- amazed at my slackerly slack-ing-ness

Yes, I am indeed amazed at my slacker-coma in the blogosphere. All I can say is that given the incredibly bad marks that the nation gave George W., a vote of "NO CONFIDENCE, GEORGE!,"an amazingly uniform thumbs-down on Iraq, I was in a daze, a haze, a coma of such epic proprotions that only now am I emerging!

Wow! Can you believe what happened on Election Day!???!!?

Isn't it great? Isn't it wonderful? Isn't it amazing?

Amazing I'll grant you. As for great and wonderful, well, that remains to be seen. Can the Democrats really sustain all this "bipartisan" rhetoric and bonhomie? I rather doubt it. But ... I am a person of faith and I want to believe that they will indeed DO some of the things that they're talking about. I do, I Do , I DO!

First of all, Iraq. Or as my red-wine-befuddled fingers want to type, "Iraz."

Secondly, the minimum wage. Congress-People, "SAY what you mean and MEAN what you SAY!" Do it! Forgo the bloated, embarassing raises that you love to give yourselves and cough up the incredibly overdue cost-of-living adjustment to the people who are at the bottom of the income ladder and need it most.

Prescription drugs. Or more broadly, a short-term and long-term strategy for the national health care crisis which is rearing its ugly head ... and only getting uglier. We need it. We definitely need it. Not just the old. Not just the uninsured. Don't forget about all of us middle-class folks who are getting squeezed every which way we turn. Please don't leave us out of the health care costs equation. We want to see that our government representatives recognize and respond to the ways in which our current health care system screws us too.

Whew! Okay. I'm getting lightheaded up here on this soapbox. I'll climb down now.

But I may have more to say!?!

feeling nervous

Dragon Mood?  -- hopeful while nervous and antsy

 

Today, the news is full of polls and updates regarding our national election tomorrow.  It sounds like the Republican machine has kicked into gear, to maximize registered Republican voters voting as well as those poll-defying independents. 

 

Don't get me wrong; I'm all for people voting.  That is the right of all American citizens.  But simply put, I don't trust the Republican Party, I don't trust Karl Rove, I don't trust that our elections won't be tampered with.  A sad confession, isn't it?

 

Tomorrow, I hope that all people who want to vote can.

 

Tomorrow, I hope that polling places are well staffed, smooth operating and that all votes cast are counted.

 

Tomorrow, I hope that the Republicans get run out of office on a rail.  Tarred and feathered would be even better.

 

By the end of this week, I hope Governor Jennifer Granholm has a chance to relax and spend time with her kids.

 

By the end of this week, I hope Senator Debbie Stabenow can settle back into work and focus on getting prescription drug costs reduced for all of us folks who need them and can't necessarily afford them.

 

By the end of this week, I hope Nancy Pelosi is settling into her new role as House Majority Leader.

 

I hope!

Picking up the slack

Dragon Mood? -- winding even further down from a relaxed, low-down weekend

Yup ... I've been slackin'. Slackin' on the postin'.

Suffice to say that this past week was a bit terrible as far as work was concerned. I got threatened. Threatened with the axe. But you know?... I don't even want to validate the ephemeral nature of that threat and the transitional nature of this job by writing about it. It's a paycheck and it's keeping the modern-day wolves away from the door. That's it.

Next topic?

Well, I had the flu this past week ... sadly enough, on Halloween. Monday afternoon I suddenly felt achy and my throat hurt. I thought maybe I was coming down with a cold. The achy-ness persisted, the sore throat went away and then it got really fun -- I started feeling extraordinarily tired and three-sheets-to-the-wind dizzy. What a way to have the flu -- like you've drunk too much and got twirly beds! I slept, woke up, felt sleepy and slept some more. That went on for a day-and-a-half. And then it was over.

Friday, I saw my doctor. My doc is a woman and a longtime acquaintance from our children being in school together. I really like Wendy. She's a good doctor and a caring person. She and her staff have been an absolute godsend to S and my precarious financial state this past year. Every time I go in, she and her staff load me up with office samples of the numerous meds that I take. Thank God for Dr. Wendy!

My lab results came back and looked pretty good. I don't have the sheets here in front of me, but generally all my numbers looked pretty good. Another thing to be thankful for!

Like I said about my mood, I'm windin' down. Not much more to say. Good night!