Author: The Jody

As much as I appreciate the importance of everying Colin Powell had to say today, I was really irked that it pre-empted the Adrian Nicole LeBlanc interview I’d been waiting for. If the Boston station didn’t feel the need to throw Regis in the MIDDLE of the show, I would have seen it. I’m so very very annoyed right now. Well, I mean that and the fact that from what I saw, war is inevitable.

My solution, of course, is to eat a few handfuls of Honey Nut Chex Mix. At least I have the Michael Jackson interview to look forward to tomorrow night. If it was warmer out (or if the wind was less than 40mph) I’d drown my sorrows in a Coffee Coolatta. Doesn’t that sound good? Maybe I’ll just pretend this Diet Pepsi is a large with a big glob of whipped cream on top. Mmmmm.

Edward Gordon has another piece up for auction on eBay. Whenever he does that I get an email because I signed up for his mailing list. I love his work. I’ve discussed it here previously – I own a signed and numbered copy of his lithograph “Dreamdancing”. I love it. Just love it.

Well, once again I look at EVERYTHING on the site and kick myself silly for not buying a copy of Morning Tempest when it was available from them. And then it occurred to me…just because the publisher is out, they must be available somewhere. And I found one in Massachusetts! I wrote to the gallery (I’m not naming it for fear one of you will go buy the danged thing before I get a chance to at least SEE it in person, to find out one way or another if I like it as much in person as I do looking at it on the website.)

I know I should unsubscribe from his mailing list so I don’t put myself through this every few months, but someday, I swear, I’m going to be in a position where $400 for something I love and that I will enjoy for years to come is a drop in the bucket.

I sent out another resume today, and an actual human being responded. I got so used to not ever hearing back from anyone that I was afraid to actually look at the email. Maybe it was a virus or something.

Nope, just the recruiter who posted the position telling me the funding for the job had been cut, but to thank me for sending in a resume. I was in such awe that he would write to me that I wrote back to him to tell him that.

Okay, so no, it wasn’t great news, but better than what’s been going on. Maybe the world is going to start needing tech writers and content developers again!

Jody, freelancer to the stars

It’s a big day for us. In about 20 minutes I’m taking Junior to go pee in a cup for the first time. It’s the testing part of his physical (they don’t do it at the office, you just go to the Quest lab and do it there.) He’s already told me “no pinches” which is what he’s calling shots. Uh oh, he’s due for a blood test. This could be ugly. If they do it with a needle he’ll freak at the idea, and if they do the pin prick he’ll freak because that actually hurts MORE.

I’ve told him I honestly don’t know what they’re going to do, but that he has to go or I can’t sign him up for kindergarten. He really can’t wait to go to school so this is actually a bargaining chip for me. In another couple of years, not so much.

He told me he was going to practice peeing in a cup, and I happened to see him put a Dixie cup on the FLOOR. “STOP! STOP! That’s not how you do it!!!”

Whew. I told him we needed to use the cup THEY gave us, so he should just wait. Good thing I was in the room!

Somehow, returning a pair of pants turned into an all-day project. This is just SO me these days. I keep thinking maybe it’s because of the weather or something, but today it was in the 40’s and it felt like July! I’m not even going to view the forecast because I don’t want to be blue. I do believe some rough weather is headed this way. In the meantime, 70% of my driveway is now bare pavement for the first time in over a month.