February 17, 2014
2:59 p.m.

Monday, Monday.

Last time I wrote, I said I wasn't holding my breath, but I guess I was, a little. I got up this morning and kept putting off jumping in the shower, hoping I'd get a phone call. Finally, I decided if I didn't get in the shower, no one would ever call.

You know the phone always rings when you're covered with soap. So I took the call dripping wet and soapy, half in and half out of the shower. Which wouldn't have been so bad, if I'd gotten hired. But I didn't.

Now, I nailed that interview. I was told that right up front. And I did leave the interview feeling pretty good about how it had played out. The person I spoke to this morning told me she'd recommended me highly, but they were all concerned with my commute (bus + train + another train + another bus, then reverse that to get home = about four hours a day)

It's a temporary position, so that sort of commute is doable for me. Shoot, I did it for four years when I worked in Boulder as an Optician. But it's nice that someone was concerned about that, I guess. What makes me sad is being told that I rocked the interview and then losing out because I live too far away.

So, I'm sad. But I'll be okay. It's not like I have no income and will have to live on the street.

4:20 p.m.

I called my friend Tim Seeley today and we had a very nice conversation. I haven't seen him in years, and being able to talk to old friends is a wonderful thing. I am just so grateful that he'll be around for a long time now that things have gone so well with him. The world is a better place with guys like him around.

It's crazy to think that Tim is someone I've known since I was six years old. How lucky are we people who have managed to reconnect with people we've know for over 40 years? Right now I'm making use of Google Plus, but I have to give kudos to Facebook right here and now, because the connections and re-connections I've made in the past few years are all due that.

Unfortunately, it also got me addicted to Farmville! Hahaha!

I guess I may as well mention that I checked the mail twice today before realizing it's Presidents' Day and the mailman has the day off!

Well, I'm off to design a pair of earrings to go with the necklace I just finished, and then I must go to the pharmacy and pick up a refill.

Aren't Mondays exciting?

Ta ta!