Jedi Moves.....

My Jedi moves allowed me to maneuver between the 'AX MAN'S' swings! He swung low and high, luckily, I was not necessarily in the middle, but more like hiding in my cove. Today, there were several people, who, at the end of the day, were no longer working with me at my company. I was told that I was safe. But in today's market.....who's really 'safe'?

I'm sad, my stomach hurts, my brain hurts and I'd love to just head home and have a few beverages of choice with family and friends. So, where does that leave me? Well, I'm not so sure. I guess I'm all right until mid-spring. I like the fact that they didn't wait until the holidays and was told that the people who were let go today, was purely for business reasons, not for performance. However, if things don't 'pick up' by spring, I think everybody's screwed. I'm sure I'd be on the 'to go' list. I pray it doesn't get to that. I'm hopeful, but we'll see.

I'm looking forward to home today.....which it's just about that time!

I, just like everybody else, is hoping for a better tomorrow!

Before I forget

Much goings on, but the biggest question is whether I'll still have a part-time job at the end of this week. Word around the water cooler is there will be a big ax swung. I hope I'm not included, but you never know. Everybody has their pluses and minuses. Actually I'd love to start teaching, Husband says I won't, but what does he know? I can't see myself doing what I'm doing the rest of my life. But I think now is a good time to switch over.......of course, funds are always and issue and I've had a few money making ideas, that haven't really gone anywhere.....I'd actually have to DO something for that..... I suppose not much will come of them.....

Before I forget, here's a few pictures:

Sweet Pea's 1st day of pre-school.

Handsome's 1st experience with a toad.

Pumpkin Farm in Wisconsin. Handsome love petting the Momma and baby kitty.......too bad The Beast is no longer around. He would've loved him. The cat would've hated him and probably bit him numerous times by now.....

This was right before the family took a walk/ride around the subdivision. I'm hoping soon Sweet Pea can ride her bike while I jog beside......it's gonna be a short while before the real cold sets in, so we're set for next year and bike riding! Big thanks to Uncle D & Auntie L!!!!

Sat. Night's Event

So Sat. night's event was at the same place we were just at the evening before. A bowling alley, partially turned into a banquet hall, and as I've learned recently, has a bumper car room in the back of the place.....????? Whatever will draw them in I guess. The good thing about the evening is it was casual attire, so I was quite comfortable!

Yep, that's me in the middle of the picture. No one else wanted to be in the middle...Why?...who knows, so I took it! Notice straight back and legs crossed at the ankles? So poised, or is it posed? I guess I put in this picture as you really can't see anyone else. I certainly didn't want to get everyone's authorization.....It's blurry enough not to see everyone....so that's good right?

Sadly, I wasn't impressed with the DJ or the food, but I wasn't there for either of those.....I bascially ended up talking with the same people as the night before.....pretty much. It was uneventful and to not expereince the slight headache I had earlier that morning, I left about midnight....otherwise they would've seen me turn back into my rags and my ride, a pumpkin.....

Thanks for the Reality Check!

Started the night out with bottle in hand....yes, baby bottle, but what can a Momma do?

O'kay, I guess the previous post was not divulgent enough for some, so I will give you the true skinny now.....

Friday night I was reminded how grateful I was to not be in the group of girls partying. Age wise, they all looked the same to me at the football game. I guess that's good right? They were nice enough to say hello, but I wished I had went straight to the tavern. "Remember throwing up in that bush? How about peeing on that bush?" That was the second 'thank God I'm not like them". The first one was they were still in the 'clique' that they used to be in. I was one of the girls in High School that was not labeled 'loose'. Had I met the right caring guy, I perhaps would've been open-armed welcomed into their clique. ::ouch!:: But if a guy wasn't going to go out of his way for me, then I wasn't about to for him.

Two girls I met were friends of mine in grade school and little in high school. One turned out to have a brain tumor, which was removed years ago, and the second in my summation, appears to have partied down and jumped off the party train quite some time ago. These are two friends that I wouldn't mind continuing a friendship with and I guess we'll just see what happens. I think I may have scared them a way by being a blithering idiot as the first drink I ordered Friday night was a rum and coke....I never order rum and cokes. The rum was horrible and I barely tasted the Coke, if that was even Coke. I now know why you need to order Bacardi and Coke. Drinks that followed were Miller lite......my good 'ol stand by!

I've gathered that I'm a touchy feely huggy person after several beverages. As was told to me by my friend who said another friend's wife would surely tell his wife/ask his wife whom I was. This is the guy I've got a picture of the two of us at my wedding, I'm sitting on his lap and giving him a big 'ol hug.....wait maybe I haven't changed much either! He was supposed to be my 'Man' of Honor.....blah, blah, blah.....I did think about it later and I guess I wouldn't have liked my husband being hugged by anyone either......well, that's not entirely true. There are some people I would know are hugging out of friendship rather than anything more......Besides, I would've still given him a big ol hug if she was there or not....ummmm, I also gave him my number. Hey, in the last 10 years I've called him twice and even stopped by and not even a call back...(right now you're probably saying I should take the hint). Let's get this straight, I've got 2 kids, he has none. I'm sure he doesn't find my child world 'fun' in his world of no kids......So I wrote down my number and to prove that my writing was legible I took a picture.....like I said, I had a few!