California Dreamin'!

May 4, 2006 – 07:29

Sent out another resume a couple days ago. Jade is trying to get me a job with his company in the warehouse. Better pay with more sensible hours. Sounds like a dream … perhaps one that’s too good to be true? We’ll see …

Chatted with Drew yesterday morning. I mean, ALL morning. I didn’t get anything done in the house yesterday. Grr … Not Drew’s fault though. I had started chatting with Lynne as well, but she disappeared on me and hasn’t talked to me since. I’ve sent her notes … no answer. Hrmm ..

Managed to get a couple hours in at my client’s place in the afternoon. It warmed up enough and the soil was dry enough to work with without getting covered I mud. I’ll be going back today to mow the lawns and get more work done in the front flower beds. I’m determined to get the one finished so that I can work in a slightly more shaded area. I’ve put a total of six hours into the front two beds so far … does that give you an idea about how bad they were? They aren’t big beds either …

I’m planning on giving them weekly invoices so that they don’t have to worry about large bills all at once. It also means that I should have funds to work with. Buying plants, paying bills … putting money into my San Diego trip. I’d actually forgotten about that being due soon. I have no idea where was my head was and why I didn’t pay into it sooner. I guess it never occurred to me that I would be unemployed so soon. Silly me. Oh, well … at least I am earning something … and I’m sure that Jade and I will be able to work something out. We always manage.

Who the heck arranged for FCBD and The Kentucky Derby to be on the same day??? It seems like Everything is happening on May 6th, actually … FCBD, the Derby (step one in the title for the Triple Crown), a birthday party, bazaars … and a bunch of other stuff that interests me that I can’t recall right now. Blocked the pain of missing it all from my memory, I guess. ;) I’ll be at FCBD – one of the Mighty Shepherd’s flock of volunteers.

Hmm … wonder if he would give me a weekend job in exchange for store credit? Hmm … I could get some writing done at slow times. (If there are slow times.) Probably not … guess it can’t hurt to ask though. All he can say is ‘No’, right? (Well, he can laugh too … but I’d rather hope that he wouldn’t.)

Poker Night on the 20th! You listening, Shorty? It’ll be a long weekend … and hopefully I can convince my wonderful Jade to fire up the BBQ. Don’t worry, I won’t be cooking hot dogs. Three Scots trying to BBQ just ends with a fist fight and burn marks - and not just on the food … so I just sit back and let the other two decide who is cooking and who is supervising.

Oops … laundry is calling to be changed.

I’m not going to work until the laundry is finished. I’ve already been putting it off for three days. It’s not warming up too quickly just yet, so I should be okay. Wonder if I should wear shorts?

Wonder if I have any that still fit??

After working at my client’s place, I plan on coming home and getting my own planting done. I still have some flower seeds to plant and some seedlings to transfer to pots for sale/transplanting. Not to mention the never ending need to weed. The radishes are coming up nicely now, and the onions are starting to peek. Can’t wait to see what comes up next. Then I’ll come inside for a break and try to get some writing done. I’ve been getting an awful lot done in my head, but it’s a bit difficult for my readers to read it from there. I’ve been reading my mangas and watching the movies (suffering through the dubs, but hey, they aren’t as bad as some – at least they had the decency to change the names to something they can’t screw up!) … I’m getting into the groove.

Don’t throw it off … this place has more windows to choose from and they are all of larger size.

Hmm … still rather cool outside. At least the laundry is almost done and I’ll be able to get that lawn done before it gets overly hot outside. Being cloudy and breezy are helping factors too. I think I’ll get Jade to walk down after work and see what I’ve done so far. I feel the need for appreciation from somebody who knows what it looked like. The clients like my work, but they don’t always understand what I’m doing or why. Such odd people … never met vegetarians before who were so clueless about plants. I’m tempted to talk them into creating a small garden for themselves, but I doubt they would go for it and it would just create more work for somebody else. Like me.

Darn, I’m cold … guess I should get dressed eh? And get the dishes done and the floors swiffered. That should do for today, I think. As long as the house looks clean, everybody is happy.

Talk at ya later … but in the meantime …

Sweet Dreams!