How the hell did we end up with 5 cats?
Glad we live in Hawaii and have a large lanai, so they can live outside. Spoiled beasts!
Really, really looking forward to my older daughter's arrival in the near future. She's coming for a whole month... Alone!
Poor thing has been through hell--cleverly disguised as love. Bad love is a rite of passage and she will be stronger and wiser because of the wretched experience.
However, very painful to watch.
My new employer and I are a great match.
Not one to believe in fate or cosmic occurrences, but it's a pretty cool thing.
Her husband and son are pleased as well, but the connection with her is so refreshing in the working world! We understand each other, and there is no typical bullshit that seems to be part of working with or for women. Women can be truly brutal. It took some time for that to sink in. I was raised by a divorced and fairly bitter mother, so men were demonized to a certain degree. That made me someone who had issues trusting men for much of my adult life. Better now, thanks to my current relationship of almost 14 years! A record for us both. Over the last few years, my trust in women has been somewhat diminished. Especially groups of women. Ouch. So now, when I meet women with kind and open hearts and no agenda, I am thankful. This job reminds me of my work as a postpartum care provider. That was almost 20 years ago, and the children were newborns, not teens. But the concept is the same: helping the family function smoothly by providing practical and emotional support. It can be absolutely exhausting, like most jobs. But it is exhilarating and meaningful, providing service to those in need. Much gratitude.
Next weekend, we will host visitors we've never met. They're a young couple from Santa Cruz. Both attend the university, and one works with a longtime dear friend there. My friend asked if they could visit us for a night or two. The young woman just got off a boat that arrived from Moorea. Part of her course of study! They are WWOOFers, which means they will work on farms in trade for food and lodging. We look forward to meeting them, and have some projects in mind. Never a shortage, with almost 4 acres of land. I've included a link about WWOOFers below...
Lots more crazy gun-related mayhem since I last ranted about it. Beginning to wonder if that is the new normal? Michael Moore made "Bowling for Columbine" in 1999. And what has changed, beyond many more rampages? But wait, we can't be bothered with him, because he is FAT, right? At least our priorities are in order.
"People who see life as anything more than pure entertainment are missing the point. George Carlin
http://www.wwoofusa.org/
