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I haven’t done this in a while, so here we go…

Today:
The Good: I’m finally feeling better! (Not quite back to normal, but close…which is good, as I’m going back to work tomorrow.)

The Bad: We got the notice that says they are upping our rent by $200 if we want to re-up the apartment. So, I called to see of that included the pet rent this time. (Last year there was quite the to-do about that.) They have to look it up and get back to me. I don’t want to move. Also, we can’t afford to. And this is the cheapest we’ll find for what we have. Sigh. So, we’re staying, but we’ll be complaining about it a lot.

Also, may I just say, I spent less time recovering from Gall Bladder surgery than I have on this flu. Influenza Type A is really sucky.

Lately I’ve been thinking about what I want to do when I grow up.

Yes, I know. Theoretically I am all grown up. Especially on Thursday. But I’m still not sure that I’ve found the “thing I want to do.”

When I was in third grade I wanted to be an Astronaut. At some later point I wanted to be a Botanist. I know that Professor was in there somewhere, too. I didn’t ever think I would be a Librarian like my parents until sometime after I graduated with my French degree (and discovered that I’m not that great of a teacher.) So, I am a Librarian. Well, a Librarian and professional blogger. And here lies the problem. I love writing. I have always loved writing. I’d sort of rather be doing that full time, if I could figure out how.

Mind you, if I won the lottery I’d go back to school and get a degree in Celtic Studies and/or open a wee SciFi-related shop. I used to want to have my own book shop, but that is more difficult these days, what with Amazon and the other Big Book Stores of Doooom. I figure I’d have to target a niche market. I’ve thought of one, but I can’t tell you…just in case I actually manage to pull it off someday.

Anyway, I’m kind of sad that I’m going to be giving up one of my blogs on Sunday (bringing my total down to three…and one LJ.) But it looks like I’m going to be blogging for my Library in the not too distant future, so that will bring me back up to four again. Better yet, I can work on the fourth during work hours, so I can have four blogs and also try to get more sleep. Speaking of which, I’d better go do some of that. I have a Infopeople class tomorrow morning, and I don’t want to be late. (I have a thing about being late.)

Oh! Before I forget, here are the Good & Bad for today (by which I mean Tuesday.)

Good: KoshVader stopped by my work just in time to join me on my walk.

Bad: Had an argument with said Hubby later in the evening. (All worked out now, thankfully. I hate that sort of thing.)

Image Source: The Hubble Site

Today I was watching High School Musical (’cause everyone I’ve spoken with loved it…Yes, Mom. It’s safe for you to watch.) and something occurred to me. You know you’re getting older when you are watching a film like that and you think that the guy who plays the Coach is cute. That’s right, I’m starting to think that the parents are attractive. As far as the kids go, I thought that the “Composer” of the musical was cute as a button. It was a fun film. I see why everyone likes it.

Anyway, here’s today’s Good and Bad:

Good: My two big errands today were accomplished successfully and with a lot less stress than I thought.

Bad: My Kitty-Girl is very old, and she’s starting to have trouble keeping her food down. I need to take her to the vet and have her checked out. I’m very worried about her. I wonder how many cat years 16 human years translate to.

High School Musical, cat

A massive young star cluster in the Milky Way

The Hubble takes the best pictures, doesn’t it? These jewels in the night are from the giant nebula NGC 3603. It’s only 20,000 light years away. What I wouldn’t give to have a TARDIS so that I could pop over and take a look a bit closer up.

My day was a bit of a blur. I discovered that a certain person at work who has been a bit…overly friendly won’t be bugging me for a bit. Needless to say, I’m relieved. I really don’t like it when people hit on me. A little flirting is fine, but that’s not the same thing. I’m thinking that I will start wearing my engagement ring more often, even if it doesn’t nestle against my wedding ring properly. Just to make the ring finger more noticeable. Also, it looks like I’m on the blog committee for my branch. (Actually…I may *be* the blog committee.) I expect that it’s up to me to make sure that the blog is marketed well and has a lot of fresh content. I’ll find out at the meeting with my boss and her boss on Tuesday. I’ve got a lot of ideas. Let’s just hope that I can translate them well enough for the non-bloggers I’ll be talking with.

Wish me luck for tomorrow. I have to get a new drivers’ license and go in search of my mail organizer. *stress*

And now, my daily good and bad:

Good: Well, I thought that today’s good was going to be “no one hit on me at work” or “The blog at work is mine muahahaha”, but I was wrong. One of my friends I hadn’t heard from for a while posted her personal statement from her college apps on her LJ, and I was one of the folks she dedicated it to. Colour me excessively honoured.

Bad: My mail organizer is lost somewhere. The company has it listed as delivered, but the only thing I’ve received it the free DVD. *sob* Tomorrow, after I deal with the driver’s license, I’m going to stop by the post office and see if there is anything I can do.

I need to find a good image for this. Anyway, on to today’s good and bad.

Good: My Evil Twin called me! I haven’t heard from him since he lost his job and I was getting worried. Y’all need to join me in praying/crossing your fingers/whatever you do that he get the job he interviewed for at Disney today. It would be really cool.
Bad: My Mail organizer is still not here, but the computers at Acorn have it listed as “delivered.” It’s not at the front office. I don’t know what to do now.

I was over on Miss Zoot’s blog the other day and she was doing something she called Highs and Lows. This got me to thinking about my Good & Bad post from the other day. In that post I listed 10 things I was worried about and 10 things that make me happy, to balance it out. Zoot’s Post convinced me that I should post stuff like that more often, but confine it to one Good thing and one Bad thing for the day. It’s a good way to sum up your day…and not get too depressed. So…

Good: I got to have Sushi for dinner, and it helped a bit with my uber sinus pressure of doom. My ears popped and everything. All hail wasabi!

Bad: The rude patron who yelled at me for no reason when I was already trying to help him. I am meanly glad that he couldn’t have checked out the hold he came for, as he didn’t have the correct family member’s card with him. (I told him that he wouldn’t be able to check out the item, but he wouldn’t listen to me.)

I spend a bit too much time worrying about stuff. Some of it is random…some not so much. Sometimes I find it helpful to make lists as a sort of brain dump, so here we go.

Ten Things I am Currently Worrying About:

1. Acne that just won’t go away (and I can’t really do much about it because of #2)
2. Infertility in general (Grrr.)
3. My blood test tomorrow morning to continue the infertility investigation.
4. My driver’s license is expiring and I need to figure out when I can go and deal with getting a new one.
5. Getting organized.
6. Finding money to get my car serviced.
7. Money in general.
8. My friends who are having a hard time of it for various reasons.
9. My hubby who is stressed out.
10. Thinking of stuff to post on my other blogs.

Now. To counteract the things I am worrying about, I demand that I come up with 10 things that I am happy about! (Wow…I like to order myself around, don’t I?)

Ten Things I Am Happy About:

1. My Sweetie and I have been together for 8 years as of today (married for 5 of those.)
2. My kitty girl may be 16, but she’s still as ornery as ever.
3. I have a job that is much closer to home than my old one.
4. I have a roof over my head.
5. It’s overcast. I love that sort of weather.
6. I bought a new Doctor Who Magazine today.
7. God loves me.
8. I have a great family.
9. I had Friday off of work.
10. Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend is a cute book.

There you go. Ten of the good, ten of the bad.