The Good Fight

Since I don't currently have a cubicle wall, I'll tac things I like here. This is one I read in a book a friend of mine gave me on my departure from BGEAC.

"The good fight is the one that's fought in the name of our dreams. When we're young and our dreams first explode inside us with all of their force, we are very courageous, but we haven't yet learned how to fight. With great effort we learn how to fight, but by then we no longer have the courage to go into combat. So we turn against ourselves and do battle within. We become our own worst enemy. We say that our dreams were childish, or too difficult to realize, or the result of our not having known enough about life. We kill our dreams because we are afraid to fight the good fight." ~ Paulo Coelho

Thanks Carmen.

Domestic Bliss & Relish

I've been off work for less than two weeks, but it's already affecting my psyche. Last week Rob mentioned the relish was too runny. So the next day I decided to strain the relish. Now it's less runny and Rob is happy... I really need a job!

This weekend I went to two preschooler birthday parties. We're kind of new at this whole "friend birthday" thing. In fact, it was our first two non-family invites. I was attending both with my darlings. Many of the same children and parents were at both.

This is of course a situation of major social importance, not so much for the children as for the parents. We were all getting to know each other - most for the first time. It's important to make a good impression. About half way through the Sunday party I realized I had my shirt on inside-out. =sigh= I seem to be able to dress myself properly to go to work!

I'm not sure how much longer I can hold down the home front.

Ships

Wow. Being unemployed, I could blog everyday. I could write such volumes of drivel that the whole internet won't be able to contain it! Yes, it's true, that's how much drivel is inside me, and that's how great my drive is to share it with the world!

So back in my cubicle space (last week when I had a cubicle space)I collected quotes I liked and put them up on my wall. I had this one that I didn't get up on the wall. I typed it out then some urgent matter must have drawn my attention and I never got back to it. I found it filed on my computer as I was cleaning up:

"If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Forever Hugs

So my last day at the BGEAC was last week. I'd been there for five and a half years. That seemed like a long time, and leaving is a big transition for me. When I got home from work on the last day Emily and Kaylee asked me if I was sad about leaving my work friends. I admitted that I was. Emily gave me a hug and said it was a special hug with all my work friends in it, and it would stick to me forever and ever. Kaylee, not to be left out, also gave me a hug with all my work friends in it that would stick to me forever and ever.

I hope my work friends don't mind being trapped in a hug forever and ever.