My first cruise

That's right...first cruise. Many more to follow I hope. So relaxing and warm and lots of exposed flesh that should not be exposed - and I'm talking about me! HA!!

My friends Jerry, Brady and Britney sailed Monday from Miami, Florida to Key West and then to Calica, Mexico, and then back to Miami.

In Key West we chose the Pub Crawl excursion with very mellow and possibly stoned Captain Ron. Here's Brady and I showing your our dental work.

In Calica our excursion was a Zip, Bike and Splash! What's that, you ask. Well, we rode bikes to a sinkhole and swam there and then rode bikes back to the Ziplines and zipped between trees about 100 feet up. It was great! Jerry and I both appreciated the hot guides (see photo).

Our last day was a full day at sea (cruisin' back to Miami) and it was fabulous!! We laid in the sun and relaxed, played miniature golf and drank, of course.

I was sad to get off the boat - I miss my cruise mates!

Homework, Homework and what? More homework?

I'm excited about my classes, really I am. I like my teachers, the students are great but really, do we have to have so much homework? How do people with 3, 4, 5 or more classes handle it? It must be a full-time job to be a full-time student. How do those students support themselves? And where do they find time to have some fun? I'm having a hard time finding time to have some fun and all work and no fun make me a sad girl. Well, not sad so much as boring. Yea, definitely boring.
I've got a study parter (I was gonna type "study buddy" - tee hee). Hopefully we can keep each other on our toes and get things done. I'm not used to typing my homework and emailing and getting on Blackboard and sending stuff that way. Things have changed in 25 years. Scary, huh? 25 years. Okay, this post is boring me to tears. I'll stop yawning and go to bed.

4 Days Off

A vacation day, two RDOs, and an IAM makes for a nice break from the CS grind. How long, I wonder, do I have to stay at the Union Hall today? Can I sneak out after 4 hours? After 6? Please tell me I don't have to stay for the entire 8. I've got to go to bed early so I can arise at an ungodly hour with the birds and the bees and the bugs.
I attended my school's orientation on Wednesday; felt a little old but teenagers have a lot of energy (which I need) and hopefully they can help me with my homework if I need it. I got my student ID and my books - I'm ready to go!
Yesterday I spoke with Luba, a librarian at the library where my Mum works part-time. It was very encouraging talking with her and it is possible that in a year or so I could be working there part-time. I hope that in a year or so the library in my town will be expanded and I will be working there. It's oh so much closer!
Mum and I went to a Scrapbooking Expo yesterday. There is so much creativity going on in scrapbooking, it's amazing. I heard an announcement for a scrapbooking retreat!! WTF is that? Who knew? I see my future: librarian who attends scrapbooking retreats and cruises; lives with cats; recycles.

Back to work

I've just had two months off (sick leave, don'tchaknow) and after a week back at "the old grind" I know that this is not the job for me. Thank goodness I've enrolled in school. Classes start in two weeks and I'm looking forward to it. I just have to remember that the job is a paycheck and benefits and things don't change and I can't change 'em. I'm saying the Serenity Prayer a lot and trying to keep my sense of humor. Easier said than done sometimes.

I got a new computer!

This is so exciting. I've got a Dell computer with Windows Vista and I don't think I'll be straying far from the spare room in the next few days. Right now I'm watching and listening to MSNBC's reports on the bridge collapse in Minneapolis. How does a bridge collapse? I'm curious to know. Reminds me of when the elevated highway collapsed in San Francisco but that was due to an earthquake, right? Anyway, some goods news with the bad, I guess.

Cheers for beers...and queers

Saturday night Jerry and I went out to lovely Trax and quite frankly, had a great time. I love the dancers/boy toys in the tight undies gyrating on the risers and even though I know they're gay, a girl can dream. We had some strange encounters with various men and women holding our hands and/or hugging us and/or talking to us but because of the loud music or the beers we could not understand them. At one point one of the afore-mentioned dancers crooked his finger at me and gave me a glow stick. I felt so special! And then another of the afore-mentioned dancers took it from me and put it in his panties. At this point my friend Jerry screamed "Give it back!!" So the dancer did. Don't mess with Jerry. He's 92 pounds if he's an ounce!! And I enjoy him.

I'm a Student

Whoo hoo! Gotta say I'm a little excited. Unfortunately, however, I have to take 3 math classes to get my degree because, hey, I suck at math. But I'm frickin' smart when it comes to language and sentences and I write a mean essay! If I take two classes each semester I'm a half-time student so I should be graduating in 8 years, maybe six if I take summer school? Hey, a thousand-mile journey starts with the first step (or something like that).

Mile High Nationals

Yesterday I went to Bandimere Speedway for Mile High Nationals time trials. A better time could not be had. I don't know why but I love this shit but I do. It energizes me. I love checking out the cars and all the custom work and to hear the engines and smell the exhaust. Somebody raced a Chevy Citation! Couple pickup trucks, too. This was, of course, before the pros in their funny cars and top fuel racers. NOISY! It's like what standing next to a jet at takeoff would be. It's LOUD and the concussion from the engine firing up at the starting line is incredible. (That's where we sat - at the starting line.) You can feel it through your whole body. It's kinda scary.
The variety of people that events like these draw is interesting. Lots of mullets, tattoos, bad fashion and breasts. The breast display I can understand. Hell, my 34Bs were out there, too. You figure cars = guys = women and their boobs. Sounds so shallow but it's true!!

Librarian Anyone?

I had an epiphany today. For months, I have been asking myself the question "What's my passion?" because if I knew the answer, then I'd know which direction to go, right? Right. So today, I'm on my bike, getting some exercise here on the face of the sun - it's hot, yo - and it comes to me...my epiphany...I want to be a Librarian. As a kid, I spent hours in the George Reynolds branch of the Boulder Library. I loved that place. I loved the new book section. I loved the Reference section. I loved the peace, the quiet, the coolness of the library. I'd come home with my backpack stuffed with books and I grab some ice tea, or hot tea, and head out to the back porch to read. I used to plant-sit for a friend of mine and I would head over there to her huge back porch with the plants all around and read, read, read. I'd reluctantly head home for dinner after 2 or 3 hours.
As a librarian, I would help people find books, help people on various computers available, it would be a quiet and peaceful world, air conditioned, people reading and getting smart, kids reading and writing book reports or whatever...what a perfect world! I am so excited to get started on my new career!

Film on the Rocks

Ah, Red Rocks. The best place in the world to be alive. Saw "16 Candles" there a couple nights ago and there is really no better place to see a movie. The stars were out, the view was fab, the company was great, the band was....interesting. Who the hell is Mr. Pacman? Where did they come from? I thought I was on the bridge of the Enterprise. Very entertaining, all of it.

Mark the date..

My brother just called me. Wow. The guy never calls. He's "too busy," he's always said. B-o-o H-o-o. You're the one that decided to adopt 5 kids, yo. It was nice of him to call though, especially now in my present state of mind. He was very supportive and sounded concerned. He should be. Depression hurts. Apparently Mum told him I was hanging out with too many gays. WTF.

To School or Not To School

That is the question...and the answer is damn right! Go to school!! Get on it! Do it! Do it now!! You should have done it years ago!! and on that note...Quit! Quit work, sell your townhouse, move it with Mom and Dad and go to school!! Hello, what do you do? I go to school. Where do you live? With Mom and Dad. How old are you? Yea, that'll get me some dates. Will I have a curfew, I wonder? Can I bring boys home? All good questions to be answered in due time.

What the...

Where the heck is my latest post? WTF, over.

Not the best blogger

So almost 3 months later I sign into my Blog... It's too much!! The journaling, the to do list, the job, the cat, the life!!! My brain ain't big enough! And now school, apparently. Well, I just gotta do it. I can't stay in my present job very much longer. I will go insane. I'm already depressed; I don't want it to get worse. The hole is deep but I can see blue sky and more every day. You can do it! You will do it! You will go to school! You will get a degree! You will, you will, you will!! Now I think I'll go watch Harry Potter... <[**]>

Welcome Sugar

I've got a new roommate. She is a lovely gray tabby cat named Sugar. How great it is to have a kitty in the house again, even if she does bite my fingers at 4 o'clock in the morning!

Who likes jewelry?

Who likes Silpada jewelry, to be more specific? Well, I do and that is why I decided to become a Silpada Designs Representative and sell it. Well, now I wonder if that was such a good idea because all day long I deal with people and when I come home I do not want to get on the phone and deal with more people. It is, however, a Catch-22 because I have to deal with people in order to sell to people. I have to make phone calls and I've never been a big fan of making phone calls and talking on the phone since a job I had in the 80s at a telephone answering service. I suppose I have to think of what the result will be after I make the phone calls which will be a successful party in which I make a good commission and my hostess gets free jewelry. Okay, tonight I will make phone calls. Wish me luck....

I've Hit The Wall

This job I have (airline customer service) has it's ups and downs. Right now I'm in a down, a big down, a HUGE down. I've hit a wall and I don't want to do the job anymore. I don't care about people's problems; I just want them out of my face. This is not good.

Could it be any colder?

It's negative 9 degrees Fahrenheit and there is a wind chill warning until 10 a.m. I suppose I will jump on the global warming bandwagon when I say "This has GOT to be global warming!" Maybe it's just a really bad winter? Nah, the ice caps are melting, the polar bears are drowning (this breaks my heart), pretty soon we will have to rename Glacier National Park in Montana (Non-Glacier National Park) and the snows of Kilimanjaro won't be there in 10 years. Have I read An Inconvenient Truth? Why yes, I have...and you should, too!

Death and all that goes along with it

We lost 2 family members this past 2 weeks. My cousin, Gina, who resides in Wolverhampton, England, passed away on Saturday, January 19th from an apparently quite aggressive brain tumor. Scary stuff this because my sister, Adrienne Rae Bolsover (love you!) also died of a brain tumor almost 11 years ago. Are brain tumors hereditary? Do I have to worry everytime I have a headache? I was told that Gina had a nasty headache every day for months and was keeping the ibuprofen business in business. The reason(s) why she didn't see a doctor until the tumor presented itself with a seizure and incoherence has died with her.
My grandather, my father's father, Fletcher Ray Bolsover Sr, passed away on Sunday, January 20th. Bless him, he was 96! His favorite saying: "Ain't that something." No matter what you told him, his response was, "Ain't that something." I can picture him sitting at his kitchen table in the house he and my grandmother lived in for over 50 years, coffee cup on the table in front of him, just looking out the window and letting Gramma spoil him. Oh, did Gramma spoil him!
And so my heavenly angels are becoming more and more: both sets of grandparents (Eric and Frances, Fletcher and Maxine); my beloved sister, Adrienne; my beautiful cousin, Gina; and the greatest cat in the world, Twoface! I miss them all.

I'm on Trump's side

This whole Rosie vs. Trump thing is gettin' on my nerves and I just want to say I'm all about Trump. I love the Apprentice and I love hearing Trump say, "You're fired!" Tonight each team had to design swimsuits for a fashion show and yikes! some of those suits were scary. One of the guys modeled a suit and I swear he was in danger of falling out of it. The hammer is about to come down....who will be the next person fired...damn, a commercial!

Up at 0430

Why am I up at 0430, you ask? Well, after 10 years in a certain airline's Customer Service ranks, I finally have enough seniority to hold a day shift. No more swings for me for the next year! Whoo hoo! Could this be the change I'm looking for? I'm feeling hopeful. I just wish my kitty cat were here to see me off but that's a whole other Blog.