Mid-week Milestones

Life has been good to me lately.  I've been enjoying a little down time in between jobs.  I've been swimming and biking, cooking and cleaning, and doing some research.
I've even felt a little rest and relaxation!

I have job interviews lined up, one tomorrow with more in progress.  There are three possible jobs that I am pursuing.  My newest temp agent told me, "I get you.  I got you before I even met you.  You're one of those that enjoys experiencing life.  You should have been around in the 70's.  I get it."  She had me figured out through my resume, my email address and phone conversation.  I enjoyed meeting with her, and having temp and staffing agencies have literally saved my life this last year.  Once you prove yourself as a good worker, they will have your back, and I am so indebted. 

I have another event this weekend which I am so totally excited about working! I will be working as a brand ambassador (once again) for PBR! I confess I didn't even know what it stood for until I looked it up, and then I started to feel jazzed! This should be fun! The money is great and the job is easy, AND I get a free pass in to watch the event on Friday and Saturday night whenever I am not needed.  I can't wait.  Bulls are such majestic animals, and I'm baffled at the sport and curious about it too.  I know a lot of other people must feel the same.

I skyped with a friend this past weekend that I haven't seen in five or six years.  This lady is amazing! She and I were pals back in Berea, Kentucky.  We were both non- traditional students and became instant friends.  She is a lovely Chinese lady from Myanmar.  She is intelligent and thoughtful, kind and considerate.  There is so much I love about her.  Anyway, in the last few years she went to an IVY league school in Pennsylvania, got her Masters and worked with Unicef and other agencies.  She was eventually offered a job with an organization in Germany, and she is living in Berlin now.  She's getting married in three months to a German that speaks better Chinese than anyone she knows.  I have to tell you what joy and fun it was to speak with her from my little apartment in Tucson all the way to her apartment in Berlin.  I was waking up with a pot of coffee and disheveled hair and she was going to bed soon in her cozy orange robe sipping a mug of tea.  I saw in her apartment boxes and boxes of books, and I got to hear my friend talk about her life in Berlin, a progressive, free city she loves.  It reminded me how wide and expansive the world is, how much there is out there, and how good it is to travel and take it all in whenever you can.