Mmm, how I have missed you...

I am in my underwear and a robe, snuggling under a blanket, sitting in the chair in front of my desk, typing away at a laptop.....sigh.....all I need is an oversized mug of hot cocoa with tons of marshmellows and a friendly chat to keep the incessant pull of the bed behind me at bay.

As long as I hit the hay before the sky lightens, I should be fine.


ANYWAY

So my roommate got a new laptop and said I could use hers. So nice of her. I love that girl. She is so cool. I do have to press a little more intentionally for a few letters, but ow often do I need to use te "h" anyway?

And colons are so overrated.

Besides, everything else that matters, internet, word, online games, was in working order. I sat down about three hours ago to play a fun downloaded game before bed only to begin a quest tat took me from forum to yahoo answers and back. Through programs only true die hard computer officianados use like running "dxdiag" or cpu-z to get the specs. I discovered that the graphics was to blame, and am currently trying the most promising solution. In about 10 minutes I will either be playing Gemini Lost or succumbing to sleep...or maybe making those breakfast tacos.


BUT you didn't anxiously scan my blog page for a new entry only to hear about the joy of troubleshooting my computer, being my own tech support, and low-level graphics application programming interface.

Last week I took my CNA exam and am confident that I passed. I interviewed twice with a local hospital a mere two blocks away from my apartment earlier this week and hope to hear back from them before the upcoming holiday.

The rest of my life is swimming along. For some reason, I informed my manager that if she had to she could give some of my hours away. Why I didn't wait until I had the second job, I don't know. Maybe I was encouraging myself to get out there and get employed sooner. I will be thankful to pay next month's rent, but I have faith that I will. God has brought me this far, and I have yet to start carrying bags along the streets.

I have been asked by a good and successful friend of mine Kitina to write an article for her. Now that I have the laptop up and running I can resort to my most comfortable writing setting. The article will be about Christianity and Mental Health and my story in the midst of the topic.

I have a few thoughts down, nothing solid yet, but have at least strung together a loose outline.


Bah!!! The program is still downloading and I don't want to give up the fight just yet. Breakfast tacos it is. Hopefully I will get a card in the mail for food stamps and be able to keep a steady amount of staples in the apartment for myself. No more dinners consisting of a pot full of rice or spagetti or a party pizza or a handful of animal crackers and ice water. Yea!


Perhaps now you will hear from me more often than before, and maychance I will have more interesting conversation for you. Until then, I'm off to eat and be a computer hero.