some good stuff happened today
I was pretty productive. I looked through the want ads and circled some stuff. There weren't a ton of promising jobs in there but it's a start. Tomorrow I'm going to do some work on my resume, perhaps go to the shady-looking printing place up the street to print out a few copies. I'm really not trying to take the bus all the way into Oakland just to go to Kinko's. Besides, I get all crazy around nicely displayed office supplies. I'd probably spend too much money.
I also gathered up my nerve and emailed my contact from the Post-Gazette. I gushed apologies about not getting in touch with him sooner. I cited my hectic college schedule. Granted, I only had one class but, hey, I have a kid. It's still tough. That's partly true but the real reason is that I get so insecure about calling people in any kind of business capacity. Anyway, he didn't seem at all annoyed and was very supportive of my story idea. I'm supposed to call him tomorrow to see what the deal is.
Ugh, now I'm nervous just thinking about it and have convinced myself that he was just yanking my chain….why do you people even talk to me? I'm a total wreck, even I can't stand it.
hargh.
Not going to worry about it. Not going to worry about it.
Other stuff…
Took a nice long walk on a beautiful day that couldn't have been mistaken for anything but summer. I, of course, managed to get sunburned. I can't believe I forgot to put on sunscreen. I've had this skin for what, 24 years now? Does it always burn at the slightest mention of sun? Yes. Why my subconcious thought that today would be any different is beyond me.
I went to WW with my mom and I've now lost almost 20 pounds. Ahhh…feels good. I want to just go ahead and say that I'm not some dieting freak. I just have been retaining some baby weight. After being pregnant for basically 10 months and breastfeeding for 14 months I was pretty well settled into the “I'm-eating-for-two” habit. Also, I can't afford to buy new clothes.
My kid said so many new words just today. I couldn't believe it. He said “shoe,” “cheese,” “hand,” “hat,” and “elbow.” Five new words just in one day! He's also a total pro at pointing out body parts. He can identify his nose, eyes, mouth, elbows, knees and toes. He can also point out his socks and shoes. Today when we were getting ready to go out and I said, “Where are Mommy's shoes?” He walked over to the door and brought me my shoes…just like a little puppy! Now I just need to teach him how to fetch the newspaper. ;-p Since he's apparently on a roll language-wise, I've also been telling him the French and Spanish words for all of his vocabulary. push push push. Kidding.
Sorry if the last paragraph was excruciatingly boring and cutesy for those of you who are child-free. It's just so cool sometimes to realize that you have this little person who's learning all of these interesting things from you everyday. And I just can't believe that he's 18 months! That's so wild!
ergh, some moron is bugging me on Soulseek.
