Been a long time since I felt this way…
Things are looking up. I received a really sweet letter from P. He seemed to be doing well. Is working out. Eating more. On the envelope, he (or someone for him) drew a heart around his address, a heart around my address and then in the middle was roses with another heart. He colored it in with colored pencils. Such a silly thing, but I wish my scanner worked. I'd scan it in. It was too cute. I am laughing thinking about this 49 year old guy drawing on an envelope. Just because I think it is so sweet and hard to imagine him doing that.
Now that I think about it, after my brother left jail he would do alot of drawings, too. Maybe it is part of jail therapy. Who knows? I have to get my scanner working because his letter was so cute too. I think he is getting that PA accent back. He kept writing "yous" which I think is a regional thing.
I sent my resume in for a Financial Aid job. Got a call and did an abbreviated phone interview. He said he will be calling in a couple of weeks for a face to face interview. Does that mean I made the first cut? Crossing my fingers, my toes, my ankles, my eyes and I would cross my ears if my big noggin wasn't in the way!
But, I wonder if hiring managers even read cover letters. So, if they don't read them, why write them? Go figure. Tomorrow, I am going to apply for a job with AmVets as a Donations Supervisor. That sounds so interesting! It is like an logistical position, planning, coordinating, scheduling. I would so love to get that. Ugh just to figure out what to wear. It is too hot to wear my regular business suits.
And I have to go grocery shopping. I really have to plan the menu. JNI reminded me again that she wanted Tacos. Okay. That is what she'll get. Because it is Cinco de Mayo, which I always thought the holiday was like our Independence Day. Who knew? I think I have everything on hand except lettuce, sour cream, and cheese. I don't want to go grocery shopping. But, then I can hit a couple food pantries too.
So so far this week has been GREAT in my book:
1. I didn't get a fine for Taz getting loose beyond what I had to pay at HHS
2. A letter from P that picked up my spirits.
3. A nice phone call from Snakeman.
4. Some jobs to apply for and I did apply!
The Phillips Phile is talking about the Postal Service's Food drive on Saturday. They just had the guy on from Second Harvest. He is talking about what people can donate. I am so donating my pinto beans, powdered milk and powdered mashed potatoes. Oh and that can of Yams. Is that wrong of me? Moira says tuna fish, peanut butter. No, Moira. No more peanut butter! Really no more peanut butter. Or Spaghetti sauce.
Jim says beets, aritchoke hearts, cans of new potatoes. Okay, I LOVE those foods. But, I know I am weird. For once, I agree with Jim. I would love to get artichoke hearts. They are so yummy. Like candy to me. Jana says she feels bad that she is cleaning out her cupboard and giving the food she hasn't eaten. She feels like she should making her contribution to mirror what she likes to eat. Jim says, "Well, you can do that too."
I was getting irritated listening to the show. Obviously, none of them had ever visited a food pantry before and tried to work with food that you get. It really is hard. Especially when you've always fed your child one way and then all of a sudden the whole way you eat changes. And they are a teenager!
Speaking of food, Bob of Bob and Sheri had one of his infamous lists but I have to admit I didn't hear the whole list because my neighbor came out and we started talking. But I think it was about the most hated foods in America. I only caught the first three: beets, hard boiled eggs and grits. Oh I did hear liver but I don't know the place on the list.
I think there are only three foods that I really don't like: liver, pea soup and lima beans. I'm kind of on the fence with Okra. I don't really like peas as a side dish, but otherwise they are okay.
And here is something that I've noticed over the years that always amazes me. I think I might have met maybe one person who doesn't like the smell of coffee. Even when people don't like the taste of coffee ,don't drink coffee, they always like the SMELL of coffee brewing. Our Target has a Starbucks (I think it is our only Starbucks) and man when you enter the store, it smells so great. Even JNI will smell it and go "mmmm…" and I don't think she has ever drank coffee!
I was a coffee addict early on. I had to visit a dietician (sp) when I was pregnant with JNI because I had gestational diabetes. She asked me about my coffee drinking. I said I drank about a pot a day. I said something like, "I grew up on coffee." Well, my Mom happened to be visiting so I dragged her along for my appointment. I can still see my Mom. It was the funniest doctor visit I ever had. I am sure the dietician wrote on my chart, "This woman is hopeless."
When I tell the dietician that I grew up on coffee, my Mom had her arms folded across her chest and she shoots me a look. "T, you did not grow up on coffee." Mom, I drank coffee ALL the time." But she was offended, thinking the dietcian probably was thinking my Mom put coffee in my baby bottle. I think I started drinking coffee when I was about 14. It was too funny.
But, I have to say that was one of the most eyeopening experiences in my life. It was really good to sit down with a dietician and examine my diet. She did a good job and I did put pretty much put all her suggestions in place. I did cut down on my coffee, but I do go on a coffee bender every so often. I still drink more coffee than I probably should, but I don't drink a pot anymore. I think I am down to 8 cups. And I will from time to time, not drink any coffee.
And the wierd thing is I have never had Starbucks coffee. Here is my logic: I think that I would become too addicted to it. I have a personality prone to addictions and my coffee habit is one I think, rightly or wrongly, I can control. But, if drank Starbucks, well, I might be jonesing outside the Target store and I don't want that for myself. I try not to drink to coffee out. I just don't need another addiction to feed. But most restaurant coffee is pretty lame.
It is only Tuesday and I am loving this week! This has got to be a sign of things to come! I am hoping! And praying!