Category Archives: Life in the Verse

Countdown is shortened

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They have decided to keep The Village Idiot. Which is absolutely no surprise and while it is too bad for the department, they really were in a jam. The Big Kahuni leaves for a year sabbatical in New York in September and to leave her fill in with the job of relacing TVI seemed like a cruel thing to do. So, he will stay just to keep there from being a gigantic gap. Edit: They have only decided not to have me work as a contract hourly in August. He could still be fired at any moment. Evidently he is in terribly hot water from his eval yesterday. One strains the mind to think he can really fix a thing in so little time. I look forward to the final decree. Jeez. Evidently his work plan was a bust including replacing me with a part time student. *smirk*

Which is good news for me in the sense that I no longer feel obligated to give to them. So I shortened my stay to the 18th instead of the 24th. Only four days and considering I gave them 5+ weeks notice, it’s still a generous move. But I am so frikking done. TVI? Has decided to take my last week off on vacation. He will not be here to get training from me or my assistant on the new newsletter cms he ordered. Why should I stay then? There is no point to staying if he isn’t here. I just love leaving him to figure it out on his own on the 28th when the newsletter ships the 29th. I hope it is a horrible death throe but I will not be here to watch. Muwahahahahahaha. He must be the stupidest man alive.

I realized the last few days and after a good chat with a dear friend, R, that I have simply had too much grieving going on in my life these past 7 months. While I was able to grieve the two cats I lost last December and January and I have moved on from the loss of Jean, I have not had the time to grieve the loss of Narcissus (the shithead, self-absorbed, juvenile ex, a little voice says he is no loss, good riddance, but loss it is, I gave my heart fully and must get it back) nor the loss of my first ever dream job.

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The countdown commences…

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13.5 days to go…

I had a pretty good 4th. I always spend time on the 4th with sober friends. Every year they go to the rez and get terribly illegal fireworks and this year was stupendous. As Pam says, we blow shit up. And so we do. Lots of good food, good conversation, a good time was had by all.

I had Saturday and Sunday all to myself. I bought a couple books with some of my birthday money from my folks, that was nice. Books I’ve been looking at for some time.

A Guide to Green Housekeeping
Ribbon Embroidery and Stumpwork
One Skein

I played with felt and faux suede, read, napped, gardened (albeit a shabby job, much work left to be done here), all in all a peaceful time. I did some cooking, some cleaning, some drooling over cookbooks.

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I”m on Vacation

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A brief but much needed vacation.  I turn 49 on the 4th and celebrate 13 years of sobriety tomorrow.  I take as much of this week as possible to do some puttering, some nesting, some reflection, and in the case of this past year and a half, perhaps the only vacation I’ve had that hasn’t had a crisis around it, knock on wood.  Then back to work for only 14 working days before I’m on my own and hunting up fun work.

I’ve dealing with recidual breakup crap and really hope this is the last bit.  This is the only relationship ending where I am not friends with the man besides my ex-husband in 1984.  I’ve been friends with all the rest, very amiable. But none of them betrayed my like this either.  And if they had they could have admitted it instead of trying to make their betrayal something they had to do because I’m me.  So you can imagine when it cropped up again a few weeks ago, I still had some emotions tied up with that.

Combine that with the work drama and I’ve been a little sad that this crap has made it difficult for me to be fully present for this momentous new time in my life.

I hope to take these 5 days and re-group, cleanse, do some healing, some rejuvenation, and to get my focus back on track.

Woohoo!

What Won’t You Give Up?

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Turtleheart Cove tagged the world:

What Won’t You Give Up?

Well, that’s easy. Won’t give up living without a fight to the death.

Stitching. I can use almost anything to do this as long as I have needles. And I’ve been hoarding needles… yes, I think I have enough to last through the next millenium.

Won’t give up my Miss Mitty

Won’t give up my family

Won’t give up food of some kind

Won’t give up sleep

And very soon I won’t give up my brand spanking new laptop computer. Woohoo!

Hmmm. With the exception of the food I think I get to keep it all! I think I can manage everything else. If I must.

Summer is finally here!

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A raccoon stopped by last night to visit the water bowl on the patio. The raccoons are regular visitors, sometimes a couple (in that case actually coupling), a family of mama and babies, and the occassional loner. They are so curious and always come up to the window to check me out. I simply can’t get a good picture through the glass but here is the little gal I met last night.

So cute. Standing on her hind legs, washing her hands, trying to climb onto the sill. Very healthy too.

The climbing roses are blooming by my front door. I stop to smell them every time I come to the door. I will be saving some of the petals for charms and the like.

The landlord and his minions came by this past weekend and did a number on the gardens here. I got to point and choose. It’s nice and about time. Things were entirely too overgrown. The blackberries were saved and are very lush this year. Just starting to bloom I anticipate the heavenly fragrance when the days get hot, one of my favorite summertime events. I hope this year they don’t wither on the vine.

Things continue to be interesting at work (I’m so busy!) but I don’t feel any more emotional attachment to it which is excellent. The Big Kahuni is back from Europe, she knows I’m leaving for sure, she is worried. BUT…

We had a good talk yesterday and there were lots of things she didn’t know. Which she knows now. And that did not bring a smile to her face. That man has been lying a blue streak. Lying lying lying. And he’s going to wish he hadn’t I suspect when he has his evaluation tomorrow.

God’s Rott said that our core in definitely going to be reorganized, that it has to be done before start of the school year, and there is a 90% chance that The Village Idiot is gone.

There are no guarantees but I think that everything is going to turn out exactly as I’m envisioning right now. I think I’m the only one actively doing so, why shouldn’t mine reign?

So…

Things progress on the side, I meet with an important person this evening who can send me lots of work. Resume, check. Portfolio, check. Nerves in abeyance, check.

I’ve begun the process of designing my letterhead, writing up the design specs, that kind of thing. Busy busy busy.

Not much time to stitch these days. Probably won’t have as much to sell as I would like but that’s cool. I really need a vacation.