Ok, for real this time...

Alright, I know I said I was back before, and then disappeared for a while, but I'm really back this time. I've had some serious life-changes in the past few months, and suddenly have an over-abundance of time on my hands, and what better way to spend my free time than to jot down my inner-most thoughts and feelings? Alright, maybe that was a little deep and all, but you get my drift.

So...where have I been? No where, really...Just kinda got out of the whole blogging thing for a bit...Ever get that feeling that whatever you're doing just seems redundant? Like you just keep saying or doing the same thing over and over and over? Yeah...

Life has been...Well, life has been pretty shitty as of late. I left a semi-secure job of 7 years, which I was completely unhappy in, to take a chance on a new job that turned out to be a joke. They recruited me...Actually chased me down for several weeks until I finally agreed to leave my secure little place in the workforce, only to drag me down a wretched path of self-doubt, questioning my abilities to function in a "real-world" job, and then fired me 7 weeks later. To say it was doomed from the start would be an understatement. They claimed that I wasn't living up to their expectations...What I don't get is what exactly those expectations were, because I did every single thing they asked me to do, and I even did it in a timely manner too. I guess I wasn't kissing the right ass or something. Anyways...

I'm not out to point fingers or place blame. We all make our own choices in life, right? And, I suppose that I could go back to my semi-secure former job, that I totally loathed, but I don't want to resort to that. I'd almost rather flip burgers at McD's or sling grease at TacoHell than to go back there. Fortunately, I am eligible for unemployment insurance for a bit, which isn't as much as I was bringing home at the new job, but it is still enough that I can take some time and find a job that I really like this time around. Hubby got promoted a few weeks back at his job and got a $1 an hour raise, and as long as Drama Queen's daddy keeps paying his support, we'll be OK for a bit.

Spring Break was a couple weeks back for the local school system and it just so happened that the day I got fired was the last day that DQ had school, and we had some extra cash stashed away, left over from our tax return this year, so Hubby took a couple extra days off from work and we rented a car and drove down to Nashville, TN to see the in-laws. Hubby hadn't seen his family in over 2 years and DQ and I hadn't ever met any of them, so it was pretty cool to get to meet the family and see where it was that my man came from. His family are lovely people and I was glad to finally have the chance to meet them all. Nashville is a beautiful place to visit, although I don't know that I would want to live there. We were kind of on a tight budget for the trip, so we didn't get to do as much as we would have liked to do, but it was cool just to walk around downtown and see things...For example, we walked across the Shelby Street pedestrian bridge and got some great photos looking into the Titans football stadium. DQ has become quite the photo-bug and she was snapping pictures the whole time we were there. She was even snapping pictures of herself in the car on the way down!! Silly girl...We are gonna try to go back for a couple days at the end of May for Hubby's nephew's high school graduation, but that is dependant on if I find another job and what condition our finances are in when that time rolls around.

Well, I guess I really don't have much more to say at the moment. I'm not gonna promise how much more I will update but let's shoot for every couple of days for now...I've updated the Blogroll with a couple new ones that amuse me. Check 'em out.
Peace out.