Paperwork

I spent my first two weeks of being unemployed washing walls. My house is clean. Last week I started on the paperwork for going to school. I have been accepted to WIU and Carl Sandburg (my backup in case TAA denies my request to go to WIU), I have all my transcripts in to both schools, and my FAFPA done. I am now waiting for Western to evaluate my transcripts so I can get all the information to TAA. What a pain!

Got my pool up and discovered I have a leak - two in fact. I did manage to get it down to a very slow trickle but can't fix it completely until the water is warm enough to get in and patch the inside too-yes the patching material does work under water. Anyway, I tried to do it last night but the water was just too cold. I can stand a lot but not 50 degrees. Hopefully I won't loss too much water before I get it fixed. I was really counting on that pool to give me something to do this summer since I'm not working.

VFW Women's Auxiliary

Went to my first meeting last night and have already been elected to office! I'm afraid the women's auxiliary in Macomb is badly in need of new blood. Most of the members are older and the officers are staying in office for the sole reason that they can't get anybody else to do it. They pounced on me!

I'm hoping I can recruit some new, younger members. I know there are lots of people my age out there who have parents who served and now have sons and daughters serving. It seems only natural that we shoud step up and take on the responsibility now.

Home

After a week in Texas it is COLD up here! 34 degrees and it's 9:44 am. The wedding was good and I can hardly wait to see pictures. All in all it was a pretty good trip but I think we ran poor Jery and Camii ragged. I know they were both tired and sick and probably had things of their own they needed to get done.

More Goodbyes

Just got home from another goodbye to friends from work. It's hard watching your friends leave one by one even when you know you won't be far behind them. There are some that I will miss very much and some that I won't miss at all. Of all the times this has happened, I think today was probably the worst so far. Two from my own department said goodbye today. I have just one more month before I'm done and it is going to be a VERY long month.

Cut it off

I found David Wilkerson's blog! I remember David Wilkerson from "The Cross and the Switchblade." We are talking YEARS ago. I even went to see him one time and I must say it was awesome. I do not really get into religion but this man is worth listening to. His topic today was Cut them off.

If it offends you cut it off. I'm reading that this morning thinking - Sam. Cut it off. Not that I could, or would say anything against him - there is simply nothing there. Cut it off. I'm going to have to do that.