Note-ology

[serene]

1) Work still kicks ass. The only bad thing about it is that it takes me away from my family.

2) stonebender and loracs are having a really rough time, and I don't know how to help. This officially sucks.

3) Survey seen everywhere is right here:

Five Things I was Doing 10 Years Ago
1. Raising two small children
2. Spending many hours a day ignoring my family and my responsibilities in order to spend time online with TOTGA
3. Writing poetry
4. Finding Usenet
5. Living in an apartment over my mother's garage

Five Things on My To Do List Today
["Today" = tomorrow, Friday]
1. Bake a pot pie and a roasted-pumpkin pie for the work potluck
2. Go to the work potluck
3. Work on the final report at work
4. Stop at the store on the way home for more pie crusts
5. Make it home in time to make more pies for game night

Five Snacks I Enjoy
1. Popcorn
2. Fruit
3. Raw veggies
4. Ice cream
5. Kettle chips

Five Things I Would Do If I Were a Millionaire, in No Particular Order
1. Pay off my mom's house, fix it up to sell or rent out (her choice) and buy her a smaller one to live in
2. Buy the house we're living in
3. Go back to school
4. Put money away for the munchkins' college
5. Pay off stonebender's house

Five Places I Have Lived
1. New London, CT
2. Honolulu, HI
3. Philadelphia, PA
4. Bremerton, WA
5. Rota, Spain

Five Jobs I Have Had
1. Administrative Goddess (really, that was my title)
2. Avon lady
3. Cafeteria lady
4. Newspaper editor
5. Snack Wench (volunteer position)

Comments

[wild-irises.livejournal.com]

Re: 2) I completely feel you. I wish I could do something.

[clever-doberman.livejournal.com]

yep, also feel rather helpless/useless but I've had to learn over and over that LOVING isn't small potatoes even if it doesn't pay the rent, so to speak.