Virgo:: Last June in Ethiopia, seven men kidnapped a 12-year-old girl and held her in a remote wilderness for seven days. Then a miracle occurred. Three lions sprang out of nowhere and chased the abductors away. They protected the girl until a search team arrived, then slipped away. "The lions stood guard until we found her and then they just left her like a gift and went back into the forest," said one of the rescuers. I've told you this story, Virgo, because I believe it has metaphorical resemblances to an adventure you're in the middle of.

Hmm.

I spent last evening being creative. It feels so good to feel like you've actually accomplished something, even in the sweat of a 95 degree bedroom. Things are starting to look up, and I'm beginning to dig my way out of the hole I've been in for the past few months. I am grateful that I have a job that makes a little bit of money, but the hours have been incredibly long, and I've had very little time to myself. I've been in bed by 10:30 to be up at 4:45, and when I get home after consistent 10 hour days, I'm tired and in need of some mind-numbing entertainment. Tonight, I've got The Nightmare Before Christmas rented and I'm going to spend some time with paints. I'm already feeling pangs for Halloween.

It's also come to my attention that I have more connections than I'd previously thought. My current boss has links to The Baltimore Sun and also to the Walters Art Gallery, and they need proofreaders. From what I hear, the pay isn't bad, plus I'd be working in the city again. Sane hours would also be a bonus. I'm going to update my resume and check that out. In other news, I've come to the conclusion that I may have to give in and get a laptop. It's the only way I'll ever get any substantial writing done.

( For those that were interested about the whole bounty hunter thing yesterday.Collapse )

Work is driving me insane today. I'm tired of my company being considered constantly at fault when the dispatch office is completely incompetent. The rules are cut and dry, and they need to understand that they, under no circumstances, should keep a driver wating longer than 15 minutes for a confirmation number on any given problem. It's called work, not "I'll get to it when I get to it and lie to my manager when he gets complaints." A driver is not lying when it's been clearly documented by two deptartments that he's been waiting on his dipatcher for 20 minutes. Diesel fuel ain't cheap, you fat, corporate fuckwads.

Oy. That said... well, I forgot what else I was going to say. Balls.