Flaking Out

Right now I am irritated at many things. Why is it that people promise things and then completely, conveniently forget that they made you a promise. Let's say, for example, money. You stick yourself out on a limb, charge something for people, say something that a group of you do. You are being nice, saying oh, take a few months to pay me back. But really? Who are you really hurting? Yourself, definitely. Maybe it's me, maybe I'm a dinosaur because my word is my bond. Ok, I'm confessing now. I put a charge of close to $400.00 on a credit card where 3 people needed to pay me back. So now, one person conveniently forgot to pay me back. This after sending an email saying, "Oh, I haven't forgot about you, I'm going to pay you half on such and such a date and then the other half here." So, I got half. and then about 2 weeks past the other half due date, I emailed the person reminding them. And I got the typical, "Oh, I'm so sorry, I never forget these things but I forgot. Do you need it sooner?" So, I see the person on the promised date and then they sneak out without ever offering. Wow, I don't think the credit card forgot to charge me interest on this amount. How callous....now I feel like a dog chasing down it's prey. Just frickin pay me already......and oh, by the way....never again.

Love and Misses

I've been thinking a lot lately about people I miss. You know who you are!! But seriously, people I barely remember because they were gone too soon, or those that you wish you had a second chance to tell them how much you love them. I love to be in people's lives and wish the best for them. I think that I've become more collaborative than competitive. And I just want to see people do good and have good things in their life. I want to cheer them on and say, "Great Job." I want to be able to not feel like a dork when I get emotional. I really miss certain people, like my nieces and nephews. Being in a different state and not watching them grow up has a much larger cost than I ever anticipated. So, I'm going to cheer them on and say that YOU CAN do better than we, the older generation, have done. So, GO FOR YOUR DREAMS and don't let ANYONE tell you that you can't achieve it. They only tell you that because they didn't achieve theirs. You can do it: Erin, Steve, Brandon, Chelley, Stephanie and Bethany. Push through all the negatives and know that you are more than capable to be a success. And oh, by the way, I love all of you and look forward to being wowed by all of your accomplishments.

Journey of A New Day

So, how do you keep yourself upbeat? When you're unemployed in this market, what do you do? Faced with negative news all around, do you choose to shut it out? I think that you have to in order to stay positive. On a wet fall day when the temperature barely rises above 50 and you've just seen the seven day forecast and it's rain for all seven days ahead....
Well, that makes me want to stay in bed until noon with the comforter pulled up over my head! But, realistically, I must get out of bed and peer into the black hole known as the internet to apply to a job that I'm qualified for, but so are many other people. So, my question comes back again, how do you keep yourself upbeat?