Hello Christmas family!
It has been a bit of a frustrating week, so like a few others I have seen, I ducked out for a few days to avoid bringing down the holiday merriment here. Basically it boiled down to feeling very sad about my job situation, no real prospects anywhere despite having a dynamite resume and cover letter, and the tightening of money during a time of year that both hubs and I like to have extra money to spend. People keep saying a job will come...but it's been over 4 months and I'm starting to take the rejections and silence personally. Thankfully I have the greatest family and friends I could ask for who are helping me keep my spirits up. Still...I just wish I could find a job and end this feeling.
I have been hanging out with some of my old work friends a lot lately (one of them being our fantastic wedding re-take photographer Sasha), which has been fun. We all got together and made the tie-side blankets on Tuesday (the day I had my biggest breakdown, because the fabric ended up being WAY more than I expected)...my one friend actually ended up getting more fabric than she needed, so she gave me the extra and I was able to make a smaller blanket that I might give to one of my nieces. Then yesterday, Sasha and I went up to Hershey so I could get some Hershey Bears hockey tickets (we get a pair for free since my sister-in-law and her husband are season ticket holders), we went to Chocolate World afterwards and were selected to do a random taste test survey! Not only did we get to eat large candy bar sized samples, but they gave us a large Hershey's bar for participating! YAY FREE CHOCOLATE! =D It has helped with the mopey blue feeling, definitely!
Today I am just chillin' and cleaning the house up. Later tonight, I am going with my mother-in-law and sister-in-law to a Tastefully Simple party...I can't wait! I have never been to one and I have always wanted to host one, so we'll see what happens!
I know Britt said something on here last week about someone being a poopy-pants (for lack of a better phrase) to her on facebook...well I am going through the same thing right now. This election and the outcome has brought out nastiness that I never knew some of my friends had. I kept my political beliefs off facebook, although all of my friends knew who I would probably be voting for. Even now, after it's over, I keep my feelings off fb because I don't want to insult anyone. But when I see friends with posts like, "I wish there were a plague coming to take out everyone who voted for CANDIDATE X" (who happens to be the candidate I voted for)...I just can't shut up. I have tried to be non-insulting and sarcastically funny with my comments, but people are still spewing hate. My one friend has even started to build a "Coming Apocalypse Shelter" and straight up told me that I was not invited into it "when the apocalypse that *I* helped start comes". This is a girl I've been friends with for 20 years and who was at my wedding a month and a half ago. Unbelievable. I wish I could just ignore and dismiss it, but I just CAN'T. I think this also contributes to the blue feeling I've been going through all week.
ANYWAY, I'm off to try out MMC radio again to see if the skipping problem has been fixed on my end. Hope everyone has a great week - one more day til the weekend!
. Well I hope everyone has a very nice night. :razz:
