Well, I just saw an exchange between my two oldest children wherein I thought the second-oldest was going to slap the oldest across the face. My dilemma? Should I try to get to the oldest *first* to slap her myself. Kinda funny - that's the first time I've seen him hold his ground and bow up at his big sister and flat out say "SHUT UP and let me finish what I'm trying to say and THEN tell me I'm wrong!" You let a boy turn 18 and he thinks he can tell people how to interact with him.
Just wanted to also give my friends here a bit of a run-down on what is happening here. I'm still unemployed. I keep sending in resumes to places that are "hiring immediately" in my field or who "need people desperately who are willing to work" - and I even get interviews, TWO interviews in one case - but I keep getting "we've already filled that position," "we've decided to hire one of the other applicants," or even "the project manager said we aren't hiring anyone until after the first of the year." I've worked 5 weeks in the last 13 months. Thanks to our govt's mixed messages being sent to the oil/gas industry, the places I could most easily go to work are in a holding pattern and the area where I live (Louisiana) is suffering, as offshore oil is one of our primary industries. So I keep sending out resumes and hoping.
Some of you *might* remember that last year my dad had a stroke on Labor Day. He did fine afterward, barring some issues with his right side and it feeling like it was more or less swaddled in cotton. Well, a couple of months ago, he had another episode that was fairly severe and left him with more problems that were gradually getting worse. After losing his temper with the folks at the VA hospital, a local hospital figured out the problem.
Brain tumor.
So, diddled around and made an appt with Mayo Clinic to do surgery in Dec. Then, over the span of about a week, his motor skills began dropping and the right side of his face became almost totally nonresponsive. He is on his way to Cedar-Sinai in Los Angeles right now for a consult/clinic appt with the dr. there next week. Prayers, positive vibes, etc for him would be appreciated.
Economic situation around us is getting so thin, I'm starting to wonder if I should start shopping out my boxed SW vehicles on ebay. But I'm not sure anyone else has the disposable funds to buy the few goodies I have.
