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Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Monday, October 1, 2012
Where to begin? Where to begin?
Perhaps I should start at the beginning...I was born in a log cabin in the backwoods of....oh, never mind. That's not gonna work.
I'm learning to surf because of the extreme financial strain I'm in right now. Lost my job at the exact same time I started to get mail from the Dept of Revenue, about all the $ we (my husband and I, even though he's a dog and an idiot) owe from 2007, 2008, 2010 etc. It's confusing to get a different letter each week, with a different ID #, saying we (really, I, because the dog idiot isn't paying a thing) owe a different amount.
I was mistaken in thinking I'd always have my job. Take my advice: don't ever do that. I'd worked there for 20+ years. I was a manager! How could they let me go? Ironically I'd been telling everyone in our office that no one, NO ONE is indispensable. hA I proved that beautifully. It's a painful lesson, given to the teacher.
Perhaps I should start at the beginning...I was born in a log cabin in the backwoods of....oh, never mind. That's not gonna work.
I'm learning to surf because of the extreme financial strain I'm in right now. Lost my job at the exact same time I started to get mail from the Dept of Revenue, about all the $ we (my husband and I, even though he's a dog and an idiot) owe from 2007, 2008, 2010 etc. It's confusing to get a different letter each week, with a different ID #, saying we (really, I, because the dog idiot isn't paying a thing) owe a different amount.
I was mistaken in thinking I'd always have my job. Take my advice: don't ever do that. I'd worked there for 20+ years. I was a manager! How could they let me go? Ironically I'd been telling everyone in our office that no one, NO ONE is indispensable. hA I proved that beautifully. It's a painful lesson, given to the teacher.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Well then.
I'm learning to surf because I can't fight the waves anymore. Not because I actually want to surf; I live in Minnesota for cripes sake. Although surfing could be fun. But not in Minnesota; that'd have to be in Lake Superior, which is cold. Too cold for me.
I'm learning to surf my life. Which up to this point has been many years of quiet pleasure followed by many other years of random catastrophe. Financial, familial, work life, spouse, everything. Every.Damn.Thing.
But from here on out I'm gonna learn to motha-fuckin' surf. On top of the waves. Not crashing inside of them.
I'm learning to surf because I can't fight the waves anymore. Not because I actually want to surf; I live in Minnesota for cripes sake. Although surfing could be fun. But not in Minnesota; that'd have to be in Lake Superior, which is cold. Too cold for me.
I'm learning to surf my life. Which up to this point has been many years of quiet pleasure followed by many other years of random catastrophe. Financial, familial, work life, spouse, everything. Every.Damn.Thing.
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