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I'm totally happy. I unpicked the inner leg seams (french seams ! What a pain to unpick, but beautifully done, seamstress past!), the double folded cuffs, and the front waist (to release some of the little pleats). Then I trimmed off the 'ski-jump' that makes a pants-leg fit, and sewed up the seams skirt-wise instead of pants-wise. I turned one little trimmed-off triangle around to fill a little space at the bottom of the front, and left the back open for walking ease. It's super-comfortable, cute as a button, took under two hours including unpicking, and has five pockets! What more could I want? Thanks, LJ folks!

No contact from the company that promised to make a decision by the end of this week.
*sigh*
I have sent a "ping" email to the hiring manager but either they have suffered a delay or I am Not The One. I fear the latter.
On the bright side, I did get my UI check so at least there's that.
ETA: the husband is a very thoughtful man and prepared a cocktail for me while I was putting EM Jr to bed.
I've also been thinking - partially inspired by wild_patience's post on what she learned job-hunting (here) - but partially with what I've been feeling recently.
1) I need to get back to the gym. It helps lift my spirits and god knows my body needs it. Walking around with the baby is not enough to keep me fit. I had originally cut the gym out (after I went back to work from maternity leave) because I didn't have the time, they wouldn't be able to watch EM Jr because he was too young, and (post-job-loss) it was too expensive. Now I have the time, EM Jr is old enough to go to their day care (for a nominal fee) and adding myself to my husband's gym plan should only be an extra $20 per month. Our funds are tight but they're not *that* tight and it is worth it.
2) Assuming I don't get the job, I will go back to Nova to take the interview skills classes. I will also work on curbing any traces of negativity. I run towards the sardonic and cynical and find it too easy to go into kvetch mode. While I don't think I committed the sin of shooting off my mouth during interviews, I may have come off as mildly embittered, which is not attractive in a potential future coworker.
3) I need to reinvigorate my networking process. I have dropped off the radar when I should have been pinging my connection. Some probably assumed I found a job and may not have been on the lookout for me.

New member as of... um, five seconds ago. >.> XDD

I'm Siona, and I"m new to Columbus; just moved here 4 weeks ago! \:D/ And part of moving include painfully getting an OH liscence and such so I'm able to drive to my new job.

The only problem being, my roommates and I simply *CANNOT* find a current address of where I would need to go to get the test. We found a DMV in Whitehall on East Broad St just south of Gahanna, but they gave us directions to another place and we've... well, lost the directions. And we need to be there tomorrow.

HELP? 8(

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He gave up. Lol

I was real proud of these guys. I haven't unpacked my good camera yet so these pictures are from my husbands phone.

( owls )

A friend of mine gave me hand pieced blocks which I've set with sashing.  I was planning to machine stipple the sashing and another friend is going to hand quilt the blocks.  The question is, which one is better to do first, the hand quilted blocks or the machine quilted sashing?  Thoughts?:)

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I have such great ideas. Especially techie ideas that will help save time and money... once they are instituted (which takes work).

Or just cool ideas related to gaming, tech, fun... whatever... that would be awesome... if I could just get them done.

Then there are the things I have to do... unfun things for groups that I do want to help. Things that I can't delegate due to privacy issues, or can't delegate cause either I can't trust those people who say they will help to get them done or cause everyone I could trust is already overwhelmed with things to do cause they are trustworthy and therefore are always asked to do things for people.

And then there is my job, which I have come to hate all the work I do and am very much thinking about making a change to get back doing something in which I can have fun doing again. *sigh*

Okay, venting is done. Must get back to work. bleh.

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I'm still waiting on results from the interview 2 weeks ago. They said I'd hear back by the end of this week. Good thing I'm distracting myself with a road trip, otherwise I'd be biting my nails. Delays usually mean bad things in this game. But not always.

one of the residents i use to work with at SPH has photographs featured in south dakota magazine.
check out the slide show :) they are fantastic

http://www.southdakotamagazine.com/

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Thanks!

These are my mornings. Lol. Jax wanting to be with the goats and chickens. He pulled his little red wagon full of greens for them all the way from the front yard