Is The Write Woman the Right Man for the Job? (349 and counting)

As you’re well aware, I’ve been an unemployed student wrangling two kidlets for a bit. The other day I strolled through town and took pictures of some of the positions I feel qualified for. I'm starting fresh with my schooling and needed to find which one would suit me best. Bet you can’t guess where I finally got a position. The best part is, I really think I’m going to love this job!

Once, I was a water truck driver…

But it's hard to be feminine when you work with the boys all day--okay, so I'm not feminine.

A toll booth operator would drive me stir-crazy behind a 3 X 3 window. I'd rather be one of those live mannequins. The models probably get better pay, too.

Working with old people who keep thinking I'm their son and yelling at me wouldn't work well for me.

Nope, been there and done that! (Something every construction worker says regularly.)

Gardener or groundskeeper? Are you kidding? I'm still trying to get off my knees from my last job!

Although I AM qualified, UTA is only hiring for people to sort out the coin boxes---Ooooo!

But the good news is, I start work next week! Yippee! And get this, I will wear make-up and get my nails done regularly for this job, plus I get to wear a lot of black. When I came to the library to pick up my son just before the interview, his eyes could have lit the planet like a solar flare. They were big! Thank goodness he agreed to pick his sister up from school and walk her to the library carrying both computers in his pack so I could go. Can you believe the dedication of this kid?

So he's going to his dad's this weekend, while Nikki and I are headed to a barbecue to spread the good news! Look out, hotdogs, here we come! And I am one lucky mommy.

My class at school is teaching me about writing games now. At first I was sort of burned about it—I was thinking “I don’t want to pay for a class I don’t even want to take!” but now I’m glad I did. I never realized how much of the same skills go into movie making as creating games and how easily one could be switched to the other. If you consider your favorite movie and put in terms of a game with a quest, how amazed are you? Thinking I'm going to try out Elder Scrolls. What do you know of it? Cameron helped me figure out an awesome game, and I'm seriously considering rolling with it. I wrote to my instructor to find out what he knows on finding teammate connections for a project. We'll see!

Cameron and I go for walks regularly, and we came upon this utility box--you know the kind on some people's front lawns. He dragged me back to have a look and by the time I got the camera out, most had gone inside for their convention, I guess. "Bzz-bzzzzz, utility box on Morris Ave. at 8:30 today. Be there or else!" Needless to say, I didn't stick around to see if they all got the bulletin. What has me in high alarm is that I've seen four dying bees in the past two days, lying on the sidewalk upside down with their legs wiggling. Without pollination, think of all the pesticides our country will make in vain.

Without bees there will be no flowers, fruits, or vegetables creating less animal feed. Cows love barley and chickens love corn. In a short sense, this means a lot less food for human consumption. Sometimes the humans need to just leave Nature to do her job, right? At this rate, we may end up eating each other--yucky! However, there is one man I don't think I'd mind sinking my teeth into.

I think we ought to let the wasps die out a little bit--interrupt their conventions, but please wait 'til I'm gone first.