"You hear that?? It's the winds of change...."

So....here's the new scoop. Jeff's job is giving him a big fat raise and transferring him to Reno, Nevada. Hence, I have to go with him if we still want to pursue a future together. Irony: One hour after we tell his boss that we are going to go ahead and go, the union calls and tells me that I should be back at work soon. Oh yeah, put me back to work when I really need the time to be at home packing (especially since jeff is leaving on June 1st and I'm still going to be here for 3 weeks...so I have to do it all. Sheesh. Oh well, it will be kind of pleasant now to go in there and give notice. Besides, I can buy a car when I cash in my PERS retirement. :O)

Anyways, thought that everyone would be interested to know that all of this is going down. It should make the posts over the next few months very interesting. Whole new life in a city where we've got nothing, know no one, and have to rely solely on each other for everything. This could very well be the best thing that has ever happened to us. I suppose we'll all just have to wait and see.

Time to start sending those good vibes again.....

I know....everything looks funky right now. I'm working on resizing the fonts...and I am trying to see how things look and the page isn't loading right. Fun, eh??

vette

p.s. my blog is not loading correctly these days - the template appears to have gotten smaller. Any ideas, folks??

Thanks!!

Had a super interview today at Far Northern Regional Center (state funded operation that helps people with disabilities). Wish me luck.

Then went to lunch with some friends from work (you know, the place that pays me that I never get to see). It was good. :O) Nice to know that people haven't changed any in the 6 weeks that I have been away.

Gonna go work out again now because I'm bored.

vette

My blog won't load....went in to look at it and I just keep getting a big blank white screen. How incredibly unfriendly.

Oh well.

Took my mom out for ice cream this afternoon. Good times.

Blah, blah, blah.....Can I go back to work yet???

sheesh.

AUGH!! WEEK 6 AT HOME (but I'm still getting paid....and I guess that's the beauty of it).

Frustrated today....stalker won't go away....just keeps getting new email addresses....and is now masquerading as one of my ex-boyfriends (who I am not, nor have I been in years, friends with....so I don't know why he thought that would get me to respond).

Sad as it is, this blog may someday serve as evidence in a trial that will have that idiot put away...for stalking and harassing me for 5 years. He said that if I want him to go away, I have to stop writing. That's like telling me that if I want to have my own space, I have to stop breathing. Whatever.

In case he hasn't noticed, I am entirely too strong willed a woman to give in and shut down my blog just so that he'll quit bothering me. Since when do I run away from anything?? Just another stroke of animosity that I have to greet with a smile before I smash it.

Stupid boy.....

Sorry I haven't written....went out of town for 5 days and have been recovering since I got back. To sum up the weekend in one word: FABU . :O)

Drove to Anaheim last Thursday and spent the night at our friend Big Todd's house (for those people who know both Todd's, I feel like I must differentiate...because all y'all know that I would not take my impressionable young son to meet Little Todd). Anyways, spent the night there and woke up bright and early to hit Winchell's donuts and then go to Disneyland. Being as this was only my 2nd time at Disney (cuz everyone knows I'd rather be at Magic Mountain), and it was Nevin's first time, it was pretty fun. Got the cutest little disney italian charm for my bracelet....this CZ Mickey. :O) Then, we went to Downtown Disney for dinner at the Rainforest Cafe....and then took the Monorail (Nevin still hasn't stopped talking about it) back to Disney in time for the fireworks and a few more rides before they closed. Lots of fun....and Nevin made it to the potty all day.

That night, we stayed at the hotel on March ARB where Jeff's family reunion was on Saturday (Dad's side of the family). I have to say that I got along with these people pretty well....although some of them partied a bit harder than I expected. Either way, we had a good time and Jeff had a fabu time with his little cousins (and his 7 year old Uncle). Everyone tried to make me feel like a real part of the family....and considering that Jeff and I have been together for 4 years and have a son, this was definitely a good thing. :O)

Next morning, we were going to go to the beach but we were all the way out in Moreno Valley so we decided to hop on the 91 and go to Newport. Bad bad bad idea. We were stuck in traffic on various freeways for 3 hours and never made it past Yorba Linda (kind of reminded me of some of the things that I don't miss about LA)....so we threw in the towel and went to visit Jeff's mother. Went well....but how bad could things go during a 30 minute visit?? Anyways, we left there and went to a barbecue for his great aunt's birthday and then we left and met up with Andrea and Michelle in Burbank. From there we went to Universal Citiwalk (my favoritist place to hang out and spend money) and had dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe (Nevin now has his first Hard Rock T-shirt....yay!). Then, we wandered around until everything closed and left. That night, we crashed out at Jeff's sister's house in Santa Monica.....so that we could hit Venice when we woke up. So awesome!! Only thing that was sad was that Harry Perry wasn't out yet and the Sand Sculptor (the one who makes the mermaids with the big tits) was missing. I'm assuming that he is in jail...since, when I lived in Venice, I witnessed him being arrested 6 times. Oh well. Anyways, it was good. Nevin had Charly Temmel's ice cream and Jeff & I had Yumi's Teriyaki and all was right with the universe.

Then, around 1, we left to go home. We stopped off in gustine for gas and to let nevin climb around in the gigantic playland that they had inside Del Taco at this truck stop. Then, once he was all worn out, we went home. It was good...but I'm still tired. Didn't really have much by way of energy all week....till Friday. We got up, I took Nevin to school and went shopping at Old Navy...then came home and got Jeff so we could go see the Matrix reloaded (not that good, by the way) and then we went miniature golfing. Later, we met up with my friend Tiffany and her daughter, went shopping some more (at copeland's this time...cuz we get that big fat discount) and then went for Chinese before Jeff and I went to pick up Nevin. It was good.

things are definitely looking up.

By the way, as far as jobs go, there are two sitting on the horizon. One with the DA's office and one with Far Northern Regional Center (yes, both are still government funded....but, hey, at least I'll be in a different department and things will be some semblance of normal again).

thanks for the positive vibrations. :OP

Life just gets better & better, right?? Yeah, maybe at your house.

First, the guy who fixes my transmission tells me that my waterpump is going out....there goes another $400.
Second, my son pissed on the couch so much that we actually had to throw it away and get a new one.
Then, all of the stress hits and Jeff added something and it was just the last straw...and I am now facing being single for the first time in over 4 years and I am so not prepared for all of this.

where are all of the good vibes that i've been asking for??

augh....