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MaamJay -> RE: October Roll Call!! (10/8/2008 8:56:59 AM)
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Thoughts to all who are undergoing stressors in their lives!
Frustrating time here! Sept was a bitch, though I finally got past the flu and asthma after buying a nebuliser and doing Darth Vader impressions! (The cat did NOT approve! [:D]). Took a trip to Perth to sort out My elderly mother's house and mountains of stuff (why did she have 4 toasters, 5 fans, 3 stereos, 3 vacuum cleaners etc etc ... all of which worked??) as she has finally accepted that she needs to go into full time care. She's 85, mentally fairly good, physically totally stuffed, she's been bedridden for about 2 years but now can't even transfer from bed to commode on her own. It was a physically and emotionally draining time which I can summarise as "never has so much been done for one so patently ungrateful". Well, she was actually downright abusive about the amount of money we managed to generate from the garage sale ... but that's another story! In amongst that, Master lost His job through a pretext, and I got shortlisted for the Uni job that would enable Us to keep living here for the next 3 years. Interviews would be when I was in Perth, so instead I did a phone interview just before I left (fun, one of Me and 6 of them!). Nearly a month later ... still waiting to hear the outcome! But they did take 6 weeks to come up with the shortlist after the applications closed so I shouldn't be too surprised I guess! Nw I'm wondering if I want to work for them if they are so slow!
So October so far is a waiting game. IF I get the job ... We stay in this area for the next 3 years though We may move into a cheaper house in town to save interest payments and petrol. And I keep searching for a sub (I really do NEED one at the moment, Jay is getting very antsy!). While I felt fairly good about the interview, they did ask a lot about local networks and having been in this area only a year or so, I don't have those well developed, so if I don't get it, I'd understand if they choose a local. If I DON'T get the job ... We really can't afford to stay and keep eating into the equity in the house ... and while gigs are starting to come in, they don't pay well enough to keep Us going indefinitely. And We could seriously use a roadie for the packing up at the end of the night! So then it would be sell up. buy a bus or a 5th wheeler and take off around Australia as a touring band! And start My PhD on the way (if I ever get through all the damned forms by the closing date of the end of this month!). That's as long as My back (which got wrecked in Perth and on the long flights) ever manages to come good so I can focus on something other than bad pain!
Oh dear, I am sorry it is such a whinge! Just hard to see the bright side at the moment. But good to see the brightness in the lives of others ... good luck with the new dog pixel! And warm smiles to LadyPact for the wonderful way She is teaching and guiding you, what a fortunate man you are! And congrats to DV and Your lovely boy, though condolences on the loss of Angel. That obviously happened when I was away. And good luck Jewel, surely Yours must be out there somewhere!
My brain's about fried now so it must be time for bed.
Maam Jay aka violet[A]
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