was boring to say the least. I was having a hard time covering my yawns. I am still enjoying the people but what I am missing is "me" time.
I have none.
With it being so close to summer holidays for kids I am kind of resenting not stocking up on me time to get me thru the summer.
I do have a lead on a job, shitty one, but what the hell. Might as well go for it and see what happens.
This weekend the cover letter and resume are going to get a lil attention,
ju

I have always found social dynamics interesting, and this group is no different than any other I have been part of.
Day 1, 17 total strangers get together, the only thing they have in common is the course they are taking. People do tend to sort themselves fairly quickly though. First break, smokers are loosely hanging around outside attempting some small talk. I will assume non smokers are doing the same else where.
Lunch, you feel kind of comforted recognizing a few faces from the group and the morning break. Afternoon break you have a little more to discuss because you have just spent the day in the same situation.
Day 2. All the smokers head to the elevator in a group and huddle closely outside. During this day you get to know the people in your class a little more. Some you will click with, some you still wont know.
Day 3, not only have the smokers/non smokers been identified but now you feel like you are part of a group. The drinkers/nondrinkers are identified. The drinkers not so quietly arrange to have a lil get together the beginning of the following week. You have identified the ones you like and the ones you have little in common with.
What is perhaps most interesting to me, is that as close as you will end up feeling to some of the people you began your endevour with there are very few if any you will actually continue to see after the common thread, in this case the course is finished.
I think this is going to be a fun ride there are some real characters in this group!
ju

Some of you may know I am taking a 3 week course. Todays focus was on personality traits. I could have told you without taking the test what colour I am but hey that is typical of an orange personality
The biggest challenge was putting yourself in the position of the least dominant colour of your personality and for me that was gold. Blue and green tied for second with me but I have absolutely no understanding of the gold personality.
I did come away from this with a better understanding of how different people think and react and what they need to be within their comfort zone. I am hoping that will give me a lil more patience with those who think differently than I.
On another note, I am loving being out of the house and having something else to occupy my brain but I am finding it a real challenge to keep up with my daily chores. It is only day 2 and I am at least getting the basics done and have so far been a day ahead with dinner. So I am hoping I can settle into a new routine. Not easy after being home for so long but hey it will happen.
Remind me now and then to water the plants k?
ju

My handy man neighbour came over after dinner today to have a look at the washer.
After much huffing and puffing and mumbling mild profanities he found the problem.
The lid switch was broken.
It didn't even cost me a dime cause he just rerouted the wires.
I am pretty sure my kids are old enough to think twice before diving into the washer now.
You can all hang around with me again,
I have clean clothes!!!
ju

Every year around my birthday something breaks causing major expense. This year it is my washing machine. It will aggitate but it won't drain or rinse. It is currently sitting there full of dirty soapy water.
Totally bummed,
ju

The answers we seek lie within us.
Sometimes we need inspiration.
Sometimes we need a kick in the ass.
If we look, we will find them.
Thinking of a few special people,
ju

been keeping pretty busy lately and will be until almost the end of the school year for the kids.
Remember when I did my CPR/first aid? That was just the beginning of it. I have met many different and interesting people and have found out about more and more things that are available to me.
I have signed up for a course. It will begin in September. It is not something I need nor is it something I am particularly interested in but after all the years I have spent at home with kids just updating is an endevour in itself.
Well today through idle chatter, (you never know what is going to lead where unless you listen well.) I found out that this course will give me something meaningful.
I am a college graduate but I am also a high school drop out. I did finish all of the core credits and am only 1.5 credits shy of a high school diploma.
Why didn't I ever bother to get them? Simple really it ceased to be important when I graduated from college.
It has however been something that has always niggled at me. It would have been simple, go take a few fluff courses and get the diploma but with a job and then kids etc I could never really muster up the interest.
However come Sept and with the completion of this course I will become a high school graduate.
It may seem silly but it is one of those things that has needed closure and damnit I AM looking forward to it.
Singing to the Jeffersons theme song (rather badly I might add)
Moving on up!!
ju

I need a man.
I need a man with two hands, a drill and a few hours of patience.
I bought a new can opener today, the kind that mounts under the cupboards. I bought it with absolutely no thought whatsover about HOW it was going to get mounted under the cupboards but it was what I wanted.
I got it home and pulled it out of the box and took a quick look at the instructions.
Drill 4 holes.
What the hell???
Since when do I need a drill to use a can opener?
This is where the man comes in. I don't need him to operate the drill, I can do that just fine.
BUT!!!
I am going to have to rearrange a few things in order to have the can opener fit. I really don't have a lot of cupboard space never mind space to mount things.
So what I need is a man with two hands to hold things up two at a time and duck down so I can see how it looks.
/me bats her eyelashes and says pretty pleaseeeeeeee.
ju

I am meant to nurture.
When my children were small I could sit for hrs and hrs with them in my arms, cuddling, talking, singing, rubbing their backs, their arms their heads anything that would soothe and calm.
I just spent the last hr and a half with a puppy we are babysitting for the weekend doing the same thing. He misses his people but was content in my arms.
It just feels right to me to be able to offer that sort of comfort.
Maternal,
ju

I did have a billion things to say because I was all wound up but then I got talking to a friend.
A few simple questions of each other, some silly stories and some laughter. Now it doesn't matter.
Oblivious,
ju