The catch-up (post-hiatus update)
I'm so past due, I'm like milk that's turned to cottage cheese in the fridge. If it's any consolation, i've been dissing y'all for straight A's....ok, so I guess you want to know what have I been up to? Ah, a few things:
theGig:: I've been getting my head handed to me in a handbasket, but that's not the CUTEST part about the shyt. I've also found out that my promotion and raise are BOTH off the table. Basically, I got sold a bag of shyt, for the high-price of my career at theGig. And I have no one to blame but myself - for not seeing the forest for the trees. That's just clear enough to be vague. A recap: I got an offer (internal) and I took it, and as soon as I took it, they snatched back the money, in lieu of me proving myself. So, I've spent the last 9+ months proving myself. But proving myself is real subjective. So, they're holding off on the money, in lieu of them ALREADY having filled my old slot, with the idea that I won't leave in mind. So, I'm looking, searching, interviewing, etc...etc...etc.... And with the idea in mind, that I want my own company, and to be my own boss.
theSchool:: Yo, I've been a mental w.h.o.r.e. these last coupla months. How so, you ask? Because I've been spending all my nights, and all my weekends with at least 3 different men, and switching the set of 3 every weekend, since the first of the year. Yea, I'm a skank. The men in question? Friedman
theLoveLife:: no mas.
theKids:: They're good (sorta). Hammy is not adjusting well to his middle school, and has taken to fits of rage. Serious fits. Fits involving the throwing of small appliances. Yeah, not good is an understatement. A battery of conferences, psych evals, behavioral interventions and a$$-whuppin is on my schedule as well. Oh, and theChaos wants to kick my ass (see d'explanation, below).
theGeekyShyt:: I need to clean up around here, for real. Man, my tech skills are atrophying from lack of use, but I did a a coupla things. There's a subscribe link in the upper right hand corner, so you don't have to depend on visting the site to see whether I've pulled another disappearing act. Also, in the Syndication section (right hand side bar), I've added RSS buttons for Google Reader, MyYahoo, MyAOL, Bloglines and Feedburner. I had to do a little somethng to assuage my guilt about being gone for so long...
d'Explanation:: is that I'se graduating (December 15), but to do that, I had to overload. So, I'm studying 24X7, and with the goings on at theGig, well - I haven't had time for ISH, including my blog. So, my stress levels have been off-the-meter, which typically makes for a negative mindstate, and me ranting a whole lot more than usual. So instead, I bounced. And if not for my trip to South America in August, I'dve thrown in the towel.
BUT - I know that trip is going to be cRaZy, so I don't want to give up the blog quite yet. And I still do like writing. I just don't want to bore you with stories recounting my grad school exploits, beefing with my coworkers, and my non-existant lovelife. But I've got stuff on my mind...sure do. Bear with me (and subscribe if you like me enough to keep up with me regularly) and we'll see what happens.