What is on your mind

[SnackTime]

An appointment this morning

[Scorp]

I'm sitting here drinking my coffee and checking out the gallery and saw a picture of a delicious cooked turkey. Odd at this hour to now be craving some of that which doesn't go well with coffee. Why couldn't I have craved something else like donuts or fresh baked muffins?

I'm such a freak...A FREAK I TELL YOU!

[bright_arrow]

My job interview on Friday. I am scheduled for a fifteen minute slot, and according to what the lady said today:

"Whoever I hire in the interviews today will start their orientation tomorrow."

I will either be hired or passed after this interview on Friday, with orientation starting ASAP. There are 17 positions available, so I'm not too worried. Kind of annoyed my father is trying to talk to me out of it though.

This new job would be: full-time, $300-400/week, nights & weekends, 20 mins from house
My current job: part-time, $380-450/biweekly, majority nights and weekends, 10 mins from house

Even if this new job doesn't give me a higher hourly rate based on my past experience in a call center (and with almost 6 years now of providing customer service, whether in person, over phone and by e-mail), it's still full-time. And out of retail.

Am I missing something that makes this new job worse than my old?

[sylvie]

that 2011, will be a year of new friendships, reclaiming old friendships, honesty, forgiveness, and having fun, because life has been put on hold far too long.. i've made a list of 10 new years resolutions that i will follow by and it will in turn give me more esteem, make me feel my worth, enjoy the wonderful people in my life & help me feel FABULOUS!

[lipstixgal]

Trying to get dinner ready and tend to the dogs with their whims constantly it ain't easy I tell ya....have to go check the eggplant should almost be done...

[little_ms_sunshyne]

Words of wisdom from my best friend This year will be a great one cause I deserve it

[lipstixgal]

It's almost time to take it down for the night just watching tv and getting into jammmies for the night...

[Sam]

the wait. its like having patience, in which i have none

[bright_arrow]

my interview tomorrow.. boi is delaying hys drive to NJ for drill this weekend until after it, and i even persuaded hym to come with me to said interview and wait for me.

lucky, blessed girl

i hope this job is what i want so i don't have to turn it down!

[Cowboi]

I wish I could sleep.....

[moxie]

This evening I began the search. The search I have been waiting for since I before I entered grad school numerous years ago. This evening I learned that the application process is open for FY 2011 for National Health Service Corps. I wasn't able to start anything until I got my independent licensure (which means I can have my own practice). What does all this mean? I need to decide where I am willing to move to in order to work in a mental health practitioner shortage area. Then try and get employed there. Then complete the application process and hope the federal government approves it. Essentially I have to find a job, accept it, and move there within 60 days of turning in my application to the gov't. There is no guarantee that they will approve it, but they have approved all applicants since the beginning of Bush's second term due to the shortages. I am just glancing at stuff and I am already overwhelmed. I can pretty much move to any state I want (including Hawaii) and including some US Territories. Most of these places will pay my moving expenses. My lease doesn't end until August. I have to make at least a 2-year commitment.


Sooooo much to think about.

[betenoire]

Originally Posted by puregrrl

This evening I began the search. The search I have been waiting for since I before I entered grad school numerous years ago. This evening I learned that the application process is open for FY 2011 for National Health Service Corps. I wasn't able to start anything until I got my independent licensure (which means I can have my own practice). What does all this mean? I need to decide where I am willing to move to in order to work in a mental health practitioner shortage area. Then try and get employed there. Then complete the application process and hope the federal government approves it. Essentially I have to find a job, accept it, and move there within 60 days of turning in my application to the gov't. There is no guarantee that they will approve it, but they have approved all applicants since the beginning Bush's second term due to the shortages. I am just glancing at stuff and I am already overwhelmed. I can pretty much move to any state I want (including Hawaii) and including some US Territories. Most of these places will pay my moving expenses. My lease doesn't end until August. I have to make at least a 2-year commitment.


Sooooo much to think about.

Move to Providence RI! With all those spoiled smartypantses at Brown and the weirdoid art students at RISD they are -sure- to need some mental health people!

Honestly, though. Providence is SUPER RAD.

[Sparkle]

the torture that is *the baby shower*
only marginally more insipid and annoying than the bridal shower.

i've made a career of avoiding them.
now i have to bloody organize and host one.

[sylvie]

- text messages, phone conversations & emails
- people, who really go beyond themselves to ensure you smile & know someone is there..
- extending myself to a dear friend, knowing she needed that as well.. (paying it forward)
- life , smiles, & deep conversations
- still having the ability to trust, be honest & still aim for positive

all things i'm really appreciating today...
- on a sour note though, i'm feverish and sickies today - but feeling better already from last night, which is a great thing, thinkin' it will pass quickly!

[Jet]

Originally Posted by Cowboi

I wish I could sleep.....

you and me both I haven't slept in about 10 years

[Sam]

my mind is filled with dreams
ones that only i can fullfill
and of course boarding.

i need my outlet
and JEP

[sharkchomp]

I'm wondering why I can't get to page 261?????

~~~shark~~~~~~~~~

[sharkchomp]

So it is winter and we've been getting much more snow than we usually do here in Tennessee. It's been snowing tonight and we're forecasted several inches for Monday. When I was a kid I LOVED snow. We didn't have to go to school. Then the sledding, snow ball fights, snow cream, hot chocolate, defrosting by a hot fire. Now that I'm an adult, snow isn't quite as fun. Driving in it is a bitch, you worry about getting to and from work, wrecking or someone hitting you, it takes a lot longer to get the truck ready to drive in. The cold seems to affect me more now and I really don't want to sled in it.

There's like an internal struggle inside of me. It's become a love/hate relationship. No matter how dangerous it is, it is still so beautiful. It seems to cleanse the earth, a new beginning. I'll curse the snow when I am trying to drive home in it but when I'm safe and warm I'm excited like a little kid.

I'm taken back to my childhood. I have such a vivid memory of being at my gramma's house in Wisconsin. It was frigid cold and everything was covered in snow. My grandparents had set up two cots for us to sleep in downstairs in my grandpas office. My cot was by the window. I can remember laying by that window tucked in a wool blanket by my gramma watching the cars drive up the road. They had storm windows over the regular windows and ice crystals had formed on them so as the cars slowly made their way up the road the ice crystals would be illuminated like a kalidascope. I would try to stay awake as long as I could! lol It was such a great memory for me because of the beauty but I felt so safe and loved.

So.... that is what has been on my mind tonight

~~~shark~~~~~~~~

[sylvie]

- suggestion made to me last night, about a positive approach to a situation i've been having with my daughter.. although things have gotten so much better since she's been back home, this suggestion actually really, really, REALLY worked and am so thankful for the eye opening! ♥ and i'm sure my daughter is as well.. =)

[alilhoneybee]

I am wondering why people think that it is ok to want to be *in your space* and not bring anything positive to it? Is there not enough bad news, desperation and depression in the world without those around you bringing it to you as well? Do we not have a right to cut those out of our lives who do not have a positive influence? Is this not my life to pick and choose who I allow in it? We all have our issues and pasts but do they have to be relived on a daily basis? Is desperation attractive to anyone or on anyone? No. People say they want honesty but when you are honest and tell them what you see or how you feel it upsets them if it does not fit into what they want to hear. Just for the record this is not directed at anyone in particular just an over all thought I have been having.