Tangential Fun

I waffle on this one periodically. To pursue or not to pursue that which pays more money in order to not feel so much like a leech on the boyfriend or stick with what I've got going on now at Purdue until a regular position with bennies opens up? Yes, I still want to pursue my MSW degree. I want to continue on with that whole schooling idea; yet there are times when I feel like that's not doable or realistic. How much strain on a relationship is worth the possibility of causing it to implode by pursuing an academic goal? Sure, in the long run, it will pay more money. In the short run, it's going to be tons of stress and hard work. I hate feeling like I am not doing enough help out in the household. I'm not making what I used to. If I was, I could pay for stuff like utilities and groceries! ARRG! I am sure it will come to me, hopefully not too late in the game I guess. A little over a year with the schnookums now and I am still hopeful we're going to be together a long time to come; unless of course I drive him insane first.

Anyhoo, I still hate the Mac. It does not have features that work the way I am accustomed to working. MS WORD on the Mac is not the same as MS WORD on a PC. The Mac keyboard feels goofy and works kinda goofy. The key marked CTRL does not function as a CTRL key when it comes to using CRTL commands I would normally use on the PC. For instance, CRTL C does not COPY, it places a "C" on the text area instead of COPYING! ARRG! I have to hit the little key with an apple and funky squiggly box symbol in order for it to do what I want it to do. ALT TAB, what's that?! The Mac just sits there like it's getting an attitude, "You want me to do something lady?" "YES!" Again with the little key with an apple and funky squiggly box symbol + TAB to switch between windows. Grrrrrrrrrr.

Surprisingly, the new version of Windows (Vista) reminds me of the Mac OS X appearance. I wonder if that was on purpose? Was it on purpose?! :) That would be a hoot if was intended to mimic Mac OS X. I looked at the prices of this system too, crapola! It's more than double what you would pay for a PC decently loaded with a flat screen monitor. Perhaps if the MS Programs I use on a PC were on the Mac, it would be less of a pain to have to use.

Rain, can we just get the rain over with for a few weeks, get some sunshine and pleasant weather too? That way we can still fence outside on the weekends. It would make several people happy for a few weeks at least. Damn, I want a nap. Can I get a nap?! NO! I still have about 2 hours left in the office. Here's another tangent, no lunch room in the building. This means I sit at my desk all day long. If I don't leave the office to eat, I have to get up and answer the door for worker students and answer the damn phone too. Grrrrr.

Song of the day, I need to start that up. Heart and Soul by T'Pau. Other songs this week, one hit wonders of the 80's. Stay tuned for future one hit wonders! 99 Red Balloons by Nena! Owner of a Lonely Heart by Yes. Putin' On The Ritz by Taco. *grin* Yeah, I enjoy the 80's channel on yahoo music. That and I like the big band channel; it's just fun to listen to big band music. There's something classy about big band music. Hard to explain I guess.

Now that you think I've come completely unhinged, it's time for me to stop rambling and go find something else to do for the last two hours of my day. I could wall paper the cork board with rainbow post-it notes and use the magnetic words on the cabinets to make sentences like "dream in pictures often" I have no idea what else I can come up with besides watch the rain fall and enjoy the fact it's warm and dry in here. Mmmm… Nap…I still need a nap. ENJOY YOUR LIFE!

T~ Continuing to make you wonder what I am on these days. ;)

...So if I die today I'll be the happy phantom
And I'll go wearin' my naughties like a jewel
I'm still an angel to a girl who hates to sin...