Bewildering Balderdash

Spent the morning finishing up my latest skirt project (daecabhir helped pick the fabric) I headed to Fredericksburg for several errands. After scoring some awesome bargains on some clothes, I hit JoAnns for a few needed items (and found fabric on sale for another skirt). Then it was off to BJs for supplies (ended up buying some things for both of the homes - LOL) and last, but not least, was Home Depot to order the replacement window for garage door.

The "stupidity tax" for my little mishap the other morning?

$40
(Much cheaper than a locksmith!)

While I was gone, I decided to give the dogs access to the living room so that they could lay by the wood stove if they wanted. Previously, I have kept the living room gated off to keep them off the furniture (even though they are not allowed on it). Seems they got into no trouble at all so I will be experimenting again soon.

No word on the missing payment from the ex. Once again it's in the hands of my attorney.

Hard to believe that an unemployed marketing lady doesn't have time to make blog posts, but here I sit with little time to type because I am supposed to be packing so that I can head to Charm City once more.

And just in case you missed it the first time, the only charming thing about the city is daecabhir and dreamtigress.

Anyhow, here's the whirlwind update you've been holding your breath for.

Potentially goods news on the job front - I have now passed the second phone interview phase with a magazine in need of an online marketing coordinator. The third phone interview will take place next week.

Tucker has an appointment with a veterinarian dentist on the 24th of this month for a consultation about his tooth. If things look good, they can do a root canal the same day. He's doing okay but he is a bit subdued lately. I hope he is not in too much pain.

I am still waiting on the "good news" to come to fruition that my attorney thought would happen a month ago. Patience is not my strong point and major ex-husband asshattery does not help.

This coming weekend will find me immersed in learning about Shambhala Buddhism. Although I don't plan on straying from my Pagan path, I'm eager to learn about daecabhir's spirituality so that as we grow together I can be more understanding. And I just might learn a thing or two. /wink

Sadly I have run out of brain cells for blogging tonight. With any luck though I will have time to post from the city home.

The dogs and I are back in the country home. While we are safe and sound, we are also chilly because the temperature was 22 degrees the last time I checked the thermometer and it's still dropping.

daecabhir and I had a very nice week plus during my stay at the city home. Things between us seem to happen quite effortlessly; especially in the kitchen where it is often difficult to work well with another person. He is truly a special man ... and not in the short bus way either!

Not much new on the job front save for a flush letter via email today. Brains cells aren't abundant enough to do any searching tonight, but I will be checking several places tomorrow to see if any new openings have been posted.

Sadly nothing has yet come of my attorney's good news. Hopefully things will happen before the end of the year.

Spent the day puttering about the city home ... doing little projects here and there. As the evening draws close, I find myself wanting daecabhir to be home.

At least he told me the secret of waking up his Mac so I can bang on the keyboard. ::: smirk :::

Before I drove up to the city home yesterday, I got in a bit of puppy time with Shadow's litter. The little brindle girl is my favorite (go figure). She came up to me and ended up going to sleep under my chin. She wags her tail a lot too. Must resist the temptation.

Yesterday also brought good news from my attorney - please keep your fingers crossed!

Overslept by two hours this morning, then went in late and left the office early after getting the mission critical stuff done.

Another trip to JoAnn's was in order when I learned that the fabric to make our ren skirts is 50% off. Seems that by next faire season I will have a colorful wardrobe of skirts. LOL

Received the court papers that my attorney had gotten. They are not "originals" though and I am not sure if they will be sufficient for DMV and Social Security.

I was too tired by the time I got home to go grocery shopping, but I am wide awake at 10:30 pm when I should be sleeping. Go figure!

The boss was too busy to sit down with me and have a chat today but she says she trusts my replacement and I to sort things out in regards to the transition between he and I. Made some announcements of said transition to staff today. The production floor folks seemed to be much more concerned over it than the office staff. One of my operators told me he would miss me very much and that I was a nice boss (he added, you even learned our names). Once I depart ABR I will miss my guys on the floor much more than folks in the office.

Changed the rat cage tonight and found evidence of the mites that Mom had trouble with. UGH! After thoroughly scrubbing the tank and checking the rats over carefully, I scrubbed me.

When I dashing out this afternoon to grab a sandwich, I was stopped at a traffic light and some old guy hollers over to me, "Are you happy now?" It took me a second to realize that he had read the Endeavour's window! I shouted back "Yes, I am!" and got a thumb's up.

No sign of the court paperwork from my attorney yet. Of course, no word from Brian's lawyer about repayment.

Duchess has a new habit of sitting on top of Tucker. While I have typing away here, she straddles a lying down Tucker and then starts to hump! OY!

Ready for a new job, that is! My boss, who isn't even in the same state, sent an email to the production team that made us collectively roll our eyes. In an attempt to appease her, I sent detailed notes of the team's meeting and then I completed the one action item that she told us she would do. I doubt it will help, but sheesh.

Just in case I was feeling good about actually getting some work done with her gone, somehow we managed to send about 4500 pieces of mail to the post office without it first going through the proper paperwork channels. This means that while we KNOW it is in the mail stream, we cannot prove it. Unless we can make it all better tomorrow, life is going to be a living hell at work for the foreseeable future.

On a much happier note, I have started changing my name in various places (the ones that will let me do it without the "official paperwork").

While out on a work errand during my lunch break I happened across a JoAnn's Fabric and popped in to see if they had the fabric that dreamtigress makes our spiffy skirts with. They had it in a wonderful assortment of colors and it was hard to not buy yards and yards of the stuff. I limited myself to only two colors and dreamtigress has threatened me with teaching me how to make my own skirts.

Seems that Mother Nature is trying to make up for a hot, dry summer by giving us a whooping rain for a few days. Traffic snafu's, minor flooding and wet dogs have resulted.

Word from my attorney is that she thinks the judge has (or may have signed) the decree; sadly she is too busy in court to call. It would be poetic justice to get positive divorce news tomorrow since it would have been our fourth wedding anniversary.

Had the Endeavor in the shop today. Three hundred dollars later it has new rear brakes with freshly turned rotors, an oil change, two new license plate bulbs in the back and a VA inspection sticker good until next September.

Another mostly okay day at work. The boss is back but she pretty much ignored me all day. Hired a new driver for the afternoon shift; he starts tomorrow. Since I begged the production team out of meetings for a few days, it seems that we are actually getting some work done - fancy that!

There was a very pretty sunset on the way home tonight.

No news on the divorce front but I did figure out how to track the case online.

And in this case, the day before the day before the vacation!

Not sure why I feel guilty for getting to work late (traffic was HORRENDOUS) and then having to leave just before 4 pm after putting a 12 hour day, but I sort of do. Maybe it was the look in my boss's eyes when I told her (and then got another look when I mentioned that I could not stay later until 5 pm tomorrow).

The short day went basically okay; I just did not get enough done. The guy I thought would be able to cover for me during my vacation cannot do so now I am working with someone in a crash course of production management. He'll do fine but my gut tells me that every blip in production while I am away will be blamed on me somehow.

A job with less stress is needed for certain.

After getting cracked up by the chiropractor (that's why I left early), I stopped by Home Depot and bought a new mailbox to replace my smashed one. Unfortunately the new-in-the-box mailbox was smushed so another trip to Home Depot is in order. It also means that right now I have NO mailbox at all since I had already taken the old one down. Hopefully I can call in a stop for my mail for the week and kill two birds with one stone.

The divorce decree should have been filed at the Culpeper County Court today by the ex's lawyer. I've not heard either way if this happened but the thought of his lawyer actually keeping my attorney informed is an alien one.

The house is marginally clean and I am trying to pack some stuff for the beach. I suppose I should be doing that instead of typing away here...