No new jobs to apply for today. Reached that conclusion after 1 hour at “work.” Guess it’s websurfing and blogging for the rest of the day. suck Actually, I have stuff to do, it’s just not stuff I care about at the moment. Karin and I went for a walk last night after dinner. Anders and Martin had also left the house about 5 minutes before we did, as Anders needed to deliver a notebook of information on Scouts to the other father that is going to be a co-leader. So, as we came around the corner of the daycare,...

Where is everybody? Is there a party going on somewhere to which I was not invited? har! Hey! Guess what! I have ANOTHER interview! That makes 2! I’m having mixed feelings about telling you all, because what if I don’t get either one of them? Then I have to tell you I suck and you will all feel obligated to *hug* me quite a lot, and I’ll feel better for it, but I still won’t have a job. Anywho, I have another interview and that makes me happy. Also, my brother got a job! Which must be a harbinger of...

I set off into a sky serrated blue, lilac, neon pink cut with the low blaze of the setting sun. Crickets are speed chirping a ticking harmony. A cluster of gnats hangs glowing in the sunlit air, sparkling and shifting; it appears I’ve just missed someone beaming back up. Heading down the snail trail there is a virtual light at the end of the overgrown emerald-shrouded tunnel. The sun peeks in, illuminating the foliage in sharp relief. The air is redolent with leaf mold, stagnating creekbed, and the shit of small dogs. The insect-eaten lace of summer’s fare lines the...

Lots to do this morning and today. Having Friday off and having it be such a lovely weekend has really energized me. I’ve gotten SO MUCH DONE! I love that feeling of accomplishment! The kids are singing at the top of their lungs while they’re cleaning up their designated tasks in the playroom. I have a medium-sized to-do list for today, but I’ve already got several things crossed off…and brownies are filling the entire house with their chocolatey delicious scent, baking in the oven. YUM! Martin licked the spoon, and Karin looked on in disgust because she dislikes chocolate. *boggle*...

Favorite Phrases: Sooo….what’s your point? Liar liar pants on fire! …and then, rub my feet! The sky I can see from the window is blue. Ander is gone for an overnight hiking trip and the only thing on the schedule today is drop off and pick up Martin for a birthday party. My plan is to drag the computer out onto the porch, wrap myself in mosquito net to foil the damned ARMIES OF FLIES, and work. Barring that, since I’m pretty sure the extension cords are only 6 meters long, I plan to take long breaks from computer schtuff...

Not only has my first Free Friday been good to me, it’s been GREAT. I didn’t get anything done on the AWC directory, and I didn’t stuff the regional goodie bags, and I didn’t get anything done on my so-incredibly-long-overdue-family-webpage-update-it’s-ridiculous work, and I didn’t job hunt, and I didn’t clean the house, but… Karin and I had a lovely, relaxing, stress-free morning We picked up Martin and went to Farmor and Farfar’s and had a lovely, relaxing stress-free afternoon The weather has been absolutely dog-day-summer-perfect all day I got a postcard from the thoughtful and friendly esmecat, thank you Jenni!...

The Future’s So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades: 10 minutes before I left work yesterday, Johan emailed me an opening position at Axis Communications for a Marketing Assistant that might have been written FOR ME. In fact, it was an uncanny description of my current job. I had sent a resume to their HR department earlier in the day on a blind chance, so I shot off my resume and a cover letter to the contact, and went home feeling much better. Keep your fingers crossed or thumbs held!! Friday, Friday, So Good to Me! Anders and I decided that...

Number of Job-Search registrations: 11 and counting Number of times I have revised my resume and/or cover letters: approximately 1 squillion Number of jobs out there at this point in time that I’m qualified for/interested in: 3 Number of actual jobs applied for: 4 Number of resumes sent out for possibilities: 7 Percentage of chance any of those possibilities will actually turn into something viable: 40% Number of times I wanted to scream in frustration during the all-employee meeting this morning: 3 Answer to question Can you guarantee there won’t be any reductions before December 31st? at said meeting: No...

There’s so much drama online these days. Where do people find the energy? If I disagree with something someone says, I usually keep it to myself and move on*. I don’t feel this massive, pushing, labor-like pressure to vent it out and make someone feel bad or get defensive. I don’t think everyone has to know what I think about everything. As far as I’m concerned, everyone is entitled to their own feelings and opinions and if they’re wrong and backwards and need to get over themselves already, fine, whatever, but I don’t feel it’s my job to tell them...

Summer vacation is over and Mosaic Minds is out with another issue. This time the theme is self-acceptance, be it self-acceptance of the body or the soul. Go check it out, it’s one of our best issues ever! As always, we are constantly in need of excellent writing for future issues. Our next theme should be a lot of fun (Fears and Phobias) so submit early if you want to be sure to have your work included (submission deadline is September 30).