Holy cow, has it been that long since I've posted anything?
The Major Events are on the car blog (see post below).
Work: same, only worse. New owner is determined to get everyone to quit, I think, so he can hire in cheap labor to replace us. He's taken our overtime pay and our breaks. We get one half-hour break for lunch, which might work in a normal job setting, but in a factory greenhouse (heat, humidity, on feet all day) it's brutal not being able to sit down someplace cool for a few minutes and grab a granola bar or something to keep us going. Budget-wise, we haven't been able to get the supplies we need, but we're making do as best we can. Hubby's job is going great, now that they're getting paid again (thanks Guv'nah! Ass.)
Home: We've got 4 weeks to find a house if we want to close before the incentive-refund deadline. I don't think we're going to make it. Houses here are either insanely expensive or in need of major repairs (or, in a couple of cases, a complete tear-down and rebuild). Flood zones, taxes, winter maintenance... all this comes into play as well when we consider a house. We're willing to go without air conditioning, as long as the place has decent heat and a driveway accessible by more than just a plow truck in snow season. I'm still hopeful that a house will "find us" the way our vehicles always do.
Family: They're still crazy.
Friends: Hi y'all!
Personal: I've adopted a family, in a way, and spend time with the kids and cooking for them and taking them places. Reinforces my decision not to have my own, but part-time seems to work well for me. They're nice kids, typical ones, the usual drama and mini-crises. The oldest girl stayed over a while back; upon entering the house, she looked at her phone... "No cell service here?!? Omigawd I am gonna DIIIEEEE!" *cue teen-angst expression*
I'm still working in Second Life, although I don't spend as much time as I used to inworld. Too much real life going on. Plus, fall is coming! YAYYYYYYY! Leaves and hunting and vacation and candy corn and cooler weather and and and.... *remembers to breathe* I can't wait. I'm going to make zucchini bread tonight. Got a couple monster zukes from my sis in law yesterday, yum!
Just had my birthday this week. Hard to believe I've been up here 10 years now. Half the year I never want to leave; the other half, Alaska looks really good... or Iceland...
Cake is life. That is all.
