Almost Gone
Well, Ang came back and tried to get on a FEMA team through her volunteer dept to head out today or the next couple. Would have been a great experience, addition to her resume, ability to use her skills, and something she would never forget. Unfortunately, finances are going to keep her from going. FEMA reimburses her volunteer dept (probably through the county treasurer like it does now) and so she might be gone 1-3 months, and not get anything until after months after she got back. Unfortunately our family has to keep on living too. The pay was good I just wish they could do it like direct deposit or something. So, she'll be back to Goosenest Friday morning. Wish she could have helped....what a fuckin mess out there!! I have no more tears to give.
Both kids are in soccer. Emily will be giving the clarinet a go this year. Sam also wants to play basketball. Sam has different classrooms and teachers for each subject this year so that's pretty cool. We'll see if his horrible organization can keep him ahead of the game. I'm back in school, 1/2 time and it hurts. Guess I mentioned already this is last semester at COS and I'll have my AA in Social Science. Bad part, 1/2 units is 1/2 pay by GI Bill this semester. Going to Sheriff's Office tomorrow to see about working dispatch part time. Keep running in to people that say I should, I would like too, and they are always needing and hiring people. They just can't find the right ones, and I would be able to swing right back in easily. We'll see, its a way off, but I want to get in and get the ball rolling now. I've been saying this for over a month now and haven't got in...tomorrow after my classes. Also quit smoking about 8 days ago, so far...so good. Chewing the shit out of nicorette gum. Got about 10, 200+ count boxes of it from one of my contracts. The hubby smoked his whole life until getting emphysema, quitting, and getting addicted to the gum. Anyway, finally gave that up and gave me the rest of his.....A huge SHIT LOAD!!! of gum. I decided to give it a go while Ang was at her big fire. She's back and trying also (not as well as me, though).
Price of gas is fucking killing us!! I can't believe it. Here in good ole rich Siskiyou county the price of gas is $3.35 today. Everything in my yard business runs on gas, getting Ang to work is killing us. We are seriously feeling the pinch and already talking serious countermeasures, affecting our whole lifestyle. What the hell do you do? Not take her days off to see her kids? Stay in the middle of bum fuck Egypt with fuckin toxic strawberry-field-dust roiling like tornadoes through the area? No... we have to keep feeding those fucking bastard oil companies, who for some reason through the 'crisis' is recording record profits like never before. Someone please tell me what the hell that is all about? Raping us while they still show their fucking 'environmentally friendly' ideologies on the tube. Come on, people, you're an oil company!!!! HELLO Think the current admin is going to help? Yeah, right!! Bush and oil, Bush and oil, come on kids sing with me...Bush and oil.
Why do I babble all this. Think anyone but the occasional blog surfer reads this shit? Could fool me if you do. No one rights back, comments, or shows any interest, but at least I've made some kind of effort to connect and let people know whats up. I mean our family is soooo close, and spends soooo much time together I know its hard to connect. We've created an American lifestyle that we are so addicted to, but is so incredibly fast paced to maintain that lifestyle, that we don't even have the time to spend with those that are the real reasons why we want to work so hard for. At least I like to think so. Thank goodness for digital pictures on our screensaver or the kids wouldn't have a clue who their extended family is. Wish we could get up and go...hard enough time just getting a weekend away.
Oh well, I stay pretty much happy, optimistic, at least outwardly. Keep me placated with chronic chaos and I'm always a happy man. The season is nigh upon us. Let us be thankful for our bountiful harvests. Everything is so absolute today. No one can even have an open mind or question what/why they believe any more. Its too absolute. This is my thinking, my opinion, and its the only way! My way! One road with no straying paths. Tunnel vision. Its late, I'm bummed, bored, and blasted. Adios, strangers.
Both kids are in soccer. Emily will be giving the clarinet a go this year. Sam also wants to play basketball. Sam has different classrooms and teachers for each subject this year so that's pretty cool. We'll see if his horrible organization can keep him ahead of the game. I'm back in school, 1/2 time and it hurts. Guess I mentioned already this is last semester at COS and I'll have my AA in Social Science. Bad part, 1/2 units is 1/2 pay by GI Bill this semester. Going to Sheriff's Office tomorrow to see about working dispatch part time. Keep running in to people that say I should, I would like too, and they are always needing and hiring people. They just can't find the right ones, and I would be able to swing right back in easily. We'll see, its a way off, but I want to get in and get the ball rolling now. I've been saying this for over a month now and haven't got in...tomorrow after my classes. Also quit smoking about 8 days ago, so far...so good. Chewing the shit out of nicorette gum. Got about 10, 200+ count boxes of it from one of my contracts. The hubby smoked his whole life until getting emphysema, quitting, and getting addicted to the gum. Anyway, finally gave that up and gave me the rest of his.....A huge SHIT LOAD!!! of gum. I decided to give it a go while Ang was at her big fire. She's back and trying also (not as well as me, though).
Price of gas is fucking killing us!! I can't believe it. Here in good ole rich Siskiyou county the price of gas is $3.35 today. Everything in my yard business runs on gas, getting Ang to work is killing us. We are seriously feeling the pinch and already talking serious countermeasures, affecting our whole lifestyle. What the hell do you do? Not take her days off to see her kids? Stay in the middle of bum fuck Egypt with fuckin toxic strawberry-field-dust roiling like tornadoes through the area? No... we have to keep feeding those fucking bastard oil companies, who for some reason through the 'crisis' is recording record profits like never before. Someone please tell me what the hell that is all about? Raping us while they still show their fucking 'environmentally friendly' ideologies on the tube. Come on, people, you're an oil company!!!! HELLO Think the current admin is going to help? Yeah, right!! Bush and oil, Bush and oil, come on kids sing with me...Bush and oil.
Why do I babble all this. Think anyone but the occasional blog surfer reads this shit? Could fool me if you do. No one rights back, comments, or shows any interest, but at least I've made some kind of effort to connect and let people know whats up. I mean our family is soooo close, and spends soooo much time together I know its hard to connect. We've created an American lifestyle that we are so addicted to, but is so incredibly fast paced to maintain that lifestyle, that we don't even have the time to spend with those that are the real reasons why we want to work so hard for. At least I like to think so. Thank goodness for digital pictures on our screensaver or the kids wouldn't have a clue who their extended family is. Wish we could get up and go...hard enough time just getting a weekend away.
Oh well, I stay pretty much happy, optimistic, at least outwardly. Keep me placated with chronic chaos and I'm always a happy man. The season is nigh upon us. Let us be thankful for our bountiful harvests. Everything is so absolute today. No one can even have an open mind or question what/why they believe any more. Its too absolute. This is my thinking, my opinion, and its the only way! My way! One road with no straying paths. Tunnel vision. Its late, I'm bummed, bored, and blasted. Adios, strangers.
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