It's been a while since I've posted...I'm inconsistent sometimes. I haven't had much to talk about I guess.
So, here's what's been happening in my life. I made this great garb for the SCA group I plan to join, with the help of my great friend Alison and her mad sewing skills. :o) I want to embellish the bodice with a celtic design I drew up and put it on each side under the bust. I think it'll be cool. I'm trying to come up with an SCA name...something period, unique, and ME.
I digress, I was going to tell you about the past month. So, Halloween was cool cuz I wore my garb to the Institute Halloween dance. I went to San Antonio on the 30th and spent some time with my alternate family, the Richardsons. So, Anna, the mom, is one of my best friends and I met them while I was going through my divorce. Carmen, daughter, and I worked at the sno-cone stand in Weatherford that summer, that's how we met. Carmen and I had a lot in common and just hit it off. She was raised LDS and went to church with me a couple of times, one such Sunday, we met her parents and little brother, my Austin I love that kid, at Khols after church. I instantly connected with them. Our relationships just grew and grew. I adore that family. Almost as much as my own. I LOVE MY OWN FAMILY MOM! Hehehe, had to throw that in there. So, Joey, the oldest Richardson son is a Marine and is being sent to Afghanistan in January and he's been training in California at Pendleton, so we had a going away party for him on the 30th. After that a group of us went out to the club and had a BLAST. For the first time ever, a man tried to get me to go with him into the bathroom. UM, do I have SLUT written across my forehead? No, I think not! I simply told him I was not that kind of girl and that I was simply there to DANCE. So, being the forgiving woman that I am, I let him take me back out on the dance floor and danced the night away. FUN! I love dancing! HAH!
The next day I rode home with Anna, Allan, and Austin to Weatherford and spent a week at home. I got to spend time with Mom and Dad and most of my family, and saw some friends too.
I finally got a job!! YAY! The 30th, as I was getting ready to walk out the door, I got a call from University Flowers asking me if I was still available. HECK YES I WAS! So, I started delivering flowers again and am gainfully employed once again! WHOO! I was really worried there for a while. I had been to the unemployment office in Bryan and I was only one of hundreds, possibly a thousand plus, of unemployed workers in the Brazos Valley. I have NEVER been unemployed that long before, even when I was married, I'd get bored being a house wife and get a job for a few months and then my husband and I would have scheduling issues and I'd quit. Then I'd get bored after a month or two and go get another job. I don't like being a worker bee, but I get bored when I've got a spotless house and nothing to do all day.
This time, though, was different as I was collecting unemployment, which was NOT enough to cover bills, and not earning an income. It was scary not knowing if I was going to have enough to eat that week or the next day. I didn't enjoy the fact that I was one of those possible welfare recipients. I did not relish the thought of applying for food stamps, which was close to happening. I could never be one of those people who LIVED off of welfare undeserving, heck I hated deserving it! But, now things are getting better now that I know that I am working for my money. Not that unemployment is bad, I just felt dirty for some reason. So many people have these issues spouting off about unemployed and lazy people. I felt like I was being lazy, like maybe I wasn't doing enough to get a job. But everything is online these days. I went to the mall to apply for jobs and they told me to apply online! Do you know how many jobs I applied to online?? Me neither, but I'm guessing at least 200. Lets see, at least 3 a week for 5.5 months, that's 22 weeks, so that's 66, but there were weeks that I applied for ten and fifteen jobs! Almost all of those were from websites that the jobs posted a need for employees! THAT IS A LOT OF JOBS PEOPLE! And I didn't get one! The job that I got, un-interviewed, over the phone, was one of the few places that I took my resume in to because workforce called me and told me they were looking and I had experience, and even then, it took them 3 weeks to call me back, after I had called and checked on my resume and they told me they weren't looking after all. I thought I was doomed!
Anyhoo, I got a job, I've been there 3 weeks now and I enjoy it. It can be daunting at times, but that's life. I guess that'll do for now. Happy living readers!
