Sondra,
   With the roomie moving out, it will make things a bit more challenging to 
recover form having been out of work for a month, but I can make it.....it'll 
just take a bit longer than I had planned.  But like always, I try to keep 
things in prospective and think that at least se was here for the time I was 
out of work which helped me to make it through.
   Second stage winter weather warnings,
   Traveling at 10 mph over the Santa Fe and Oregon Trail
   In four wheel drive.
   Bitter winds
   Blowing ice and snow.
   Unable to circle the wagons
   Not enough time to stop for a bite to eat
   at McDonald's.
   Just thought you might enjoy that little bit of my trip to work one day in 
the winter weather.  I do believe that sprigtime will come very soon.  Mother 
Nature was trying her best to over ride winter with a bit of rain last 
evening.  I went for Sushi last night and now all I need is a few UV rays 
from the tanning bed, and I think I can make it through the rest of the 
winter.
   The new job is going very well.  They are opening a new place the middle 
of next month and want me to go to work there.  It will be back in the same 
neck of the woods where I worked before, which means more miles and travel 
time....which means I will ask them for more money when I make my decision to 
go.  I asked what I would be doing there, and they said to be certain that 
things go smoothly, everyone covers their shift, and the company attitude 
goes to the new place.  Seems we have a couple of youngsters that work there 
that can't see the big picture, and complain about having to work the 
schedule that they were hired for.  Out of four weekends that I'm not 
supposed to be
     working, I have been off one because the 'kids' have called in sick.  
But when I have called them later to see how they are doing, it seems they 
had their answering machine on and didn't call back for an hour or so.  Once 
I started chatting with them about something other than their illness, they 
seemed pretty chipper for someone that had a high fevera nd had been vomiting 
for the better part of two days.  Fri night I went out and drank too much, 
and then didn't get to bed until 2:30, and got a call at 7:30 to go in to 
work.  I wouldn't have minded too much, but my head felt like it was the size 
of a watermelon.  Still I made it through ok, and was glad it was a 6 hour 
day and not my usual 9.5 hour day.  This morning I slept in until 9:30 and 
have scads to do before I finally get into bed tonight.  I can't complain too 
much though, at least I have a job.  One Friday I got to go to an Aqua 
Massager which was pretty cool, and for Valentines Day, the boss gave me a 
red heart box of chocolotes and a gift certificate for a facial and a 
manicure.  I told the office manager that I never mind helping out so long as 
I'm treated well, so maybe they got the picture.
    Gotta' run for now and get some laundry done, bird cages cleaned, car 
cleaned out, and students grades calculated since it's the end of a semister 
for them.  All just so I can get ready for work again tomorrow morning......
                               Patti
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