Thursday, September 20, 2018

Where to start...??

Let's see,

1) My Big Girl Scoot moved to the Other Coast (Boston) last December to go to school and just generally get away. She does not think she is, but she IS doing awesome! Definitely running into some ups and downs but despite the weather trying to kill her (and all of her workplaces closing and her various roommates moving out - and the Foot, Hand and Mouth disease!!) she's still in it to win it and i am sooooooo proud of her!

2) Feb. of this year I found out I have Diabetes Type 2.
3) April of this year I found out I was going to be laid off.
4) June of this year I had major surgery (abdominoplasty) in order to try to do something about the Diabetes Type 2
5) July and August of this year I used my "vacation" and severance pay to lie around getting healed and, sort of, looking for a job.
6) August of this year I was pretty sure I was going to get a job. 3 interviews and nope. They're going with someone else
7) September of this year Spark has started the 10th grade(!!) Where she is (also) owning it! She's being awesome (mostly) and responsible (mostly) and it is a delight to see her maturing into such a wonderful young adult.
8) I still do not have a job. I'm sending out resumes and trying not to get jealous when friends of mine find new jobs for themselves.
9) I am also starting up my consulting practice with a couple of friends. It is nice to have folks in this process with me because it keeps me motivated and, honestly, if this actually works out to be "the thing I'm doing" I would feel unbelievably blessed because  IT WOULD BE AWESOME!!!!

p.s.
10) The surgery thing seems to have worked in the sense that I am now MUCH closer to "pre-diabetes" than before (like exactly on the cusp) whereas before I was pretty solidly in D-Type2 land. Helps that i'm also eating better and taking some medicine. Good news though! :-D