Saturday, December 26, 2009

The Day After Christmas

The Day After. I was pondering the meaning of the whole Christmas season during the last couple of days. I used to look forward to Christmas as a child. All children do. You are so excited that you try to stay awake the night before waiting for Santa but inevitably sleep comes. Christmas morning I would walk down the hall with my brother and sister and gasp at the sight of the decorated tree and all the pretty presents underneath it's branches.

Forward though the years the excitement as lessened the stress has increased. The meaning of the season has changed. I think part of is that people who meant a lot to me have passed on or moved away and we lost contact. Animals I have loved have passed on as well. One minute they are there and then they are gone. Or so it seems. Time flies. Emptiness.

Another thing I don't even like to shop anymore. There is no point to it. You rarely get something for someone that they truly want. You spend way too much money and for what. More emptiness.

I guess I'm being cynical here. I would rather take the money and donate it a charity. Most likely the animal shelter or the rescue I volunteer for. Animals are just as much in need as people. Tomorrow I will go to the shelter and play with the bunnies there. Not that I don't love mine but the rabbits at the shelter are just as much in need of some love.

I guess the point is that I should cherish the time I have with all those that I love and remember all the good and funny things of those that have gone on before. Don't take things for granted. I hope to be able to do this in the New Year.

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Snow

Falling Snow
by anonymous

See the pretty snowflakes
Falling from the sky;
On the wall and housetops
Soft and thick they lie.
On the window ledges,
On the branches bare;
Now how fast they gather,
Filling all the air.
Look into the garden,
Where the grass was green;
Covered by the snowflakes,
Not a blade is seen.
Now the bare black bushes
All look soft and white,
Every twig is laden,
What a pretty sight!

Snowing it is. Blizzard conditions here in NJ. The weather people are predicting up to a foot of snow. It's pretty to look at, a pain to clean up.
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There is nothing so sweet as a bunny
A dear, little, sweet, little bunny
He can hop on his toes
He can wiggle his nose
And his powder puff tail is quite funny.

Willie the Christmas tree is not for eating. Willie is my big White Red-eyed New Zealand foster. Mr. Rabbit decided to eat the tree. Hello the tree is on the table for reason. Crazy rabbit. Somehow the big boy stretched himself out and pulled on the one the strings. Outcome annoyed human and a chorus of stomping rabbits.

I'm calm now as are the rabbits. I found another string of lights. Hopefully I can keep the big boy from chewing on the tree again.

Sunday, May 03, 2009

The pointless post

Well things are, well just okay. Could be better. I worked last month as a per diem social worker. That ended. Still looking for a job as a social worker.

I'm starting a job with the Census Bureau. It's not the regular Census but I will be doing ongoing surveys. Sounded interesting.

Still could be a possibility that I can lose the house. We'll see.

Smitten is now paralyzied. She is doing well otherwise. I just have to make sure that she is kept clean. She hated the diapers. I found a dog bed that she likes. I bought another one so that she has a clean one.

Not sure why I titled this the pointless post. Whatever...

Saturday, January 31, 2009

My life is a mess

Left the job in Philadelphia. I didn't like working in Philadelphia for one thing. I hated doing a productivity sheet everyweek. I never did it correctly. I figured if hadn't gotten it after three months I wasn't going to. I did say I thought the training they gave me sucked and then I walked.

If I don't start working soon I will lose my house and everything else. I've been on several interviews. I guess I come off as either a know it all or just goffy. I just don't know anymore. I actually had some good interviews or so I thought. I guess they weren't good enough.