wow, i haven't been posting much!
damn twitter/facebook!

i've actually been uber busy getting my house back on the market and making my bff sarah a very special graduation present (photos to come sometime in the future).

first things first, here is my house listing - the photographer ROCKED the pictures! They look so so so much better than the last set. And possibly my having mopped the wood floors with murphy's oil soap 3 times a week for a month could've helped too :)

Here's the link: http://www.1256dannerstreet.com/

So, this weekend I spent in Wisconsin and Ann Arbor for various reasons.
Gave a speech at a Middle School that raised $8005.00 for African Well Fund! It went well except I totally skipped an entire page of my speech! I was horrified (and still am) when i realized this an hour later. Oh well. I guess. But doing it, well I mean, being at the school and listening to the teachers and students talk about what they've done was so inspiring. It wasn't just a "pat on the back" ceremony. It was an educational experience too for everyone involved.

In Ann Arbor i made my routine stop at the Scrapbox (I mean at this point it would be sacrilegious not to go when i'm there) and i just had to post a photo of what i got for $7. It's like a crafters wet dream!

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Just sent this email to the guy who phone interviewed me yesterday. I'm hoping it doesn't sound too desperate as well as addresses the few "shortcomings" i have, i.e. not knowing specific software he asked me if I knew:

Hi Joe!

Thank you for calling yesterday - I enjoyed our conversation and the
opportunity to discuss a working relationship in the future.

I'm excited about the possibility to further my technical knowledge
with new software packages and RIP devices as I highly value the need
for career growth when it comes to up-to-date technology. I am a very
fast and proactive learner!

I also wanted you to know how much I enjoy the Allegra Printshop model
and appreciate working in a small company environment that has a
larger company support behind it. I've worked in both very small and
very large shops and I think the Allegra Network has the ability to
deliver the best customer service to its clients while providing a
great working environment for it's co-workers.

I am curious what your time frame is for finding a production person
and again reiterate I am willing to fly into the area before
Thanksgiving if you feel more urgency for a meeting. Everything is
negotiable and flexible.

If you have any further questions please don't hesitate to contact me.
I look forward to meeting you!

I hope he appreciates the sentiment at least :)
I still feel uneasy that I may have asked for too much money yesterday, but I also hope he reads that everything is negotiable, meaning compensation specifically...? I know I am worth every penny I asked for, but I also know the economy and small business owners concerns.

Also, I just spoke with my realtor and there is a buyer interested in my house but is trying to decide between mine and another. I just told the realtor to call the buyer and offer a price reduction to see if that would entice them to make a decision. I need this dead weight off my back, man. I need to get the fuck out of my neighborhood too!

I have mixed feelings about the way things are moving.
I am proud that they are moving - that I am moving forward and I am taking action to create my own future, but I am also starting to feeling more overwhelmed and scared about having to pick up my life again, alone, and move it to another state. There's so much to take care of but it's too soon to start taking care of it because i still have no idea when I could move. I'm praying before the new year, but who knows?! Not me....

eeeeep
i just had a phone interview with someone in ann arbor!
it sounds EXTREMELY promising!

everyone cross their fingers and toes and anything else available....

if i have a job i'll move even if my house is vacant on the market!

oh my
just sent my first resume out to a place in ann arbor.
i'm nervous sick.
i need to find a job their pronto cause i can't live in atl much longer.

oh no, so much to take care of - depression and todo lists don't go together well.

but
the main exciting thing is, even though i'm in the throes of a complete mental breakdown, I still sent a resume out! Like Madonna says "i get up again, over and over..."

accomplishment yes.

just got a plane ticket to go to Ann Arbor next weekend with my brother and see the parents.

Don't tell anyone, but is it pathetic my real motivation is to go to the Scrap Box?

ssshhhhhhhhhh

just kidding .... kinda.....

In Ann Arbor.
Travel went very smooth.
It's 9:00am and I'm waiting for everyone to wake up.
Although I did just take a medium-length walk around the neighborhood - i walked the route I used to do when I delivered newspapers in my pre-teens!
The trees here are gorgeously colored right now - I think I will go out again later with my camera.

There's a humongous UofM football game here today so i can't leave the house by car until at least noon.
The airplanes flying around the stadium which is a couple of blocks from the house is what woke me up this morning. That and my body is aching something awful!
I think it's a combination of dehydration and rocking out leftovers.
I had already strained my neck by the end of the first song at the Pumpkins show the other night.
Eric said i looked really really funny and almost asked me for the camera cause i was trying to rock out without moving my neck at the show.

DOH.
Ah, the beauty of age.

I should write about the show but i can't yet for some reason - can't gather my thoughts.
It was a queer ass show.
Really fucked up.
Not in an entirely good way too.
And the sound was HORRIBLE - which is part of my problem for gathering my thoughts - trying to separate the show from the god awful sound. It should be made illegal in this day and age to get away with that. It sounded like i was at a basketball arena show but it was in a theatre. Gross.

OK, people are starting to wake up.
Time to start the day.