1.30.2004

Argh argh argh...still grumpy and getting tired of the bad mood. Don't ask me why--if I knew that, I could deal with it and be done. Instead, I seem caught in Blue Funk Limbo, irritable all the time with no good reason. Sigh...

Job boards are still empty of postings that can apply to my education and experience in any conceivable way. When is that projected job boom that I've been hearing about for five years now ever going to happen??? Am I really going to have to move back into my parents' basement and work retail to get back to Canada??

Maybe I should just stop this post right now, before I get sucked into a completely boring self-pitying rant...

1.20.2004

Okay...long time no blog. Guess I've been a little distracted since coming back to SoFla. Sorry about that, all my legions of devoted readers breathlessly waiting for an update on my oh-so-fascinating life ... :)

You'll notice my comments have changed a bit ... found out the hard way that BlogSpeak is now defunct. At least as a free blog commenting service. It's been taken over by a different site, HaloScan. The good news is that they took over BlogSpeak's accounts and preserved the comments on our sites. The bad news is that the free service is a bit more limited style-wise, so I get the basic black-and-white rather than a customized display. At least, that's what it looks like at first glance ... still need to exolore the HaloScan site a bit and see what it's really like.

So, what's been going on here ...

I've had a hard time getting back into the swing of things at work since we got back. I'm experiencing a total lack of motivation to do anything useful, and though you'd think that would jumpstart my job search, I'm also dragging my heels on that. Not quite sure what's up with this--feeling renewed culture shock/alienation from my trip home or something?--but hoping to get out of the rut soon. Having to go through Broward County's mandatory three-month supervisory training program--Positive Start--is maybe, just maybe contributing to the cynicism. I'll spare you the details. I only wish I could extend myself the same courtesy.

I volunteered to do another solo for my dance class' monthly performance party in March. Of course, I did this before the instructor told us that future solos would have to be longer, incorporating three sections instead of two. Argh ... my dance friend Jamie and I are thinking of trying to put together a duet on our own, but we haven't had an opportunity to get together outside of class yet. Everytime we make plans we run into unforseen circumstances that force us to cancel.

In accordance with one of my New Year's resolutions, I started Iyengar classes at the Yoga Institute of Broward. So far it's going really well--I like the teacher a lot, and the poses are posing a fair challenge to my poor desk-job body. The first class I went to was packed full, but we have already seen a big drop in attendance, so hopefully it will continue to be smaller. I brought Michael yesterday, and he liked it, so he's going to rearrange his schedule so he can come regularly too.

You've probably already seen it, but this article is causing quite the stir within the library world. Just another example of routine idiocy. This commentary really says it all ...

1.05.2004

Well, Saturday morning I drove to the Edmonton International Airport in minus 41 temperatures. Saturday night I drove back to Michael's place in plus 25 celsuis. Not too much of a discrepancy there....no, not at all...

Interesting time getting back actually. Our flight was cancelled, so we were rushed into an earlier plane that had been delayed 2 hours. Nothing like running through an airline terminal at 7 am with a ticket agent urging you to go go go!!!! now!!!! every step of the way to start your day. Then our second flight was also delayed. Amazingly, despite all this, we got into Miami on time.

Thank goodness we missed Operation U.S. Visit. My coworker has been caught in Customs for about a full day now as she tries to get back home from Colombia.