Below are the most recent 3 friends' journal entries.

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
ankie	11:03p	NSFW OK.. eh.. ( Read more... ) (9 Comments |Comment on this)
ankie	2:00p	Back! The holidays are over and I think that it's time to post something about my adventures of the past 2 months. Now that I check up on my past few entries my last real entry dates from may! O_O This asks for a table of contents ;) in this entry: what happened after my last entry, me starting my holiday job student psychologist and me holiday job nice and evil peoples holiday to Stockholm My bedroom make-over ( Read more... ) For those of you that don't care to read all of this I just wanted to share with you a great video I found on youtube. It's by this band "the Beatles" and it's a catchy tune called "Let it be". The guy that's singing seems a real charmer - I bet all the ladies fall for him ;) (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, August 29th, 2008
fyarr	9:15a	Well.. I got pretty angsty yesterday.. I went in to work knowing full well that September was going to be a busy month, with 4 different events that I'm scheduled to assist with in various locations. Part of the job, part of why I TOOK the job. The thing is, the last of the 4 was set to be in Minneapolis, and I had to bargain my way back into the event after I had been cut from it. Well, I got cut from it AGAIN yesterday, meaning I don't get to go to Minneapolis at all now. I was angsty. It also meant I was down to 3 events instead of 4.. which was good, because it meant that I wasn't going to be gone as much, but it was also bad because it meant that I wasn't getting the bonus to go along with that trip. So, I put the angst aside. I still had 3 trips to finish planning for, and being angsty about the loss of a chance to visit with MJ wasn't getting me anywhere. At that point, my boss came over and asked me for a word. He told me about an event that was set to occur 1 day before I was set to arrive in Chicago for an event. I was like.. umm.. that'll be rough. He said he knew, but he chose me to go out of 12 other people (the senior people in the office excluded, cause they couldn't go due to other commitments in other citys for a big event in Chicago, Burmingham, and LA) because he felt that having me there would ensure it was done right without any hiccups. He also said that it would be a first run of many for the presentation they were giving, so I was going to be the one to help "debut" it as it were. It was a big amount of trust to want to send me out there.. kind of made me feel a little better about accepting it, as well as getting shafted out of going to Minneaplois. This brought me right back to 4 events for the month, though slightly more condensed then they were before. In short.. I'm not thrilled about not going to Minneapolis.. that's really not going to change. I understand, though, that it happens.. and I will get over it. In the here and now, September is still going to be a busy month.. this coming week especially. I took a screenshot of my schedule next week.. I like to call it "Hello overtime". I know this job isn't an ideal solution.. I know that each time I leave, I leave my family behind for a short time. I leave my obnoxiously cute little son at home to terrorize everyone. I leave my wonderfully odd daughter at home to help soak some of that terrorizing up for her mother. And I leave my wife at home, to care for the two of them and make sure nothing burns down while I'm gone. I know it's hard on them.. Bran especially. But I always remember that they're the reason I'm doing this in the first place.. and that each time I leave, I know that I'll be coming back again, that I'll be coming back home to them without fail. Is it hard? Yes. Will it get easier? I don't know. Will I keep doing it? Yes.. as long or as much as it takes to make sure the people that I love are taken care of to the best of my abilities. Current Mood: working Current Music: Muse- Starlight (3 Comments |Comment on this)