What a long, strange trip this has been.
Friday, May 8, 2009 | 7:22 pmI have a new job, and it feels like I’ve been there for years. I likes it a lot.
There are not many picturesque things in my daily routines. Or other. There just aren’t that many, period. I think this means I need to rethink the way I approach the whole “finding things to take pictures of”.
I don’t know what I want to be when I grow up, but I hope that I get to continue watching my kids grow up. Parenthood rocks.
If I won the lottery, I’d probably keep doing what I’ve been doing for the last couple months, but eat much better food.
My lawn needs mowing.
I really want a front porch.
I also want to be a morning person, so I can wake up feeling refreshed at 5am and write for a couple hours before having to start my days.
I want to learn how to do a lot of things.
How are you doing?
—the AMPED one | 1 comment
(posted in plutonium, suburban garden, therapy)
What I’ve been doing while Not Blogging
Sunday, April 12, 2009 | 6:23 pmShort, easy description of a long, difficult process: Figure out the things that make you feel confident/fulfilled/energized; that give you a sense of purpose or accomplishment; that tap into your natural abilities and strengths; and that don’t put you at the mercy of any one person, and orient your life around those.
Often, this requires the separate step — concurrently or as a precursor — of reducing the role in your life of things that make you feel worthless/empty/exhausted; that don’t excite you; that require skills that don’t come naturally; that feel like a waste of time; or that put you routinely at the mercy of others.
Then, you make a conscious decision to be patient and flexible toward life, and break any habits of jumping to negative conclusions.
(from Carolyn Hax Column, Seattle-pi, 04/12/09) (not sure how long that link will work.)
—the AMPED one | 1 comment
(posted in bloghood, creative outlets, parenting, plutonium, therapy)
To blog or not to blog…
Sunday, December 21, 2008 | 2:38 pmJust looking for an answer to some questions, and also the questions (to start out with).
The new job is good. I’ve been able to clear my head of all the working-two-full-time-jobs feeling; meaning that just focusing on the kids has been REALLY good for me & my family. So, that said, there are some revelations in having my head cleared up a bit.
Revelation the First (1): The daycare is probably not the right place for Child 1. She is almost three and doesn’t really see a need to talk. I’d like to a) spend more one-on-one time with her myself (this is a work in progress, as whatever extra time I have off from work I generally spend playing with her and reinforcing a little vocab) and possibly b) get her into a calmer environment with fewer kids and more verbosity going on, like a mixed-age in-home daycare type of thing.
Questions that I need answered for Revelation the First: How much does in-home care generally cost in these parts, and how do I find a good one?
Revelation the Second (2): Child 2 is a maniac. He pulls hair and Christmas trees and screams to get his way. Normal, I think, for a second-born pre-verbal munchkin. He’s not a baby anymore - full-on toddlerhood, right here. Or the short & sweet version: man, these kids really do grow up fast.
Which takes me to:
Revelation the Third (3): this setup isn’t going to work forever. I need to clarify a next career to work towards. I’m thinking Grad School (maybe), low stress, flexible hours, logic & puzzle-solving, and free of cognitive dissonance. I miss coding, but not project management. I miss reading techie books and learning new techie things. I don’t really miss working with non-real geeks, but I do miss the real geeks (meaning that I need a field that isn’t so glamorous that it attracts people who really shouldn’t be there).
Questions related to Revelation the Third: Why do people generally go to Grad School? Would that be a Good Thing for karen to do? How do I find a field that’s not too appealing to a huger population than it warrants?
So then.
For my second post in three months, the above isn’t too meta-bloggy at all - yay! 
Now, off to find my toddler-friendly craft supplies…
—the AMPED one | 1 comment
(posted in Munchkin, Munchkin 2, nerd, parenting, plutonium, therapy)
Current Events. Or update. Or whatever.
Sunday, November 16, 2008 | 11:47 amKid the Second is turning one tomorrow. He is SO close to walking. Which means a different level of childproofing for me, again.
The new job rocks. To the point that I don’t need this outlet so much as I used to. (Self-evident, anyone?)
Kid the First is FUNNY.
I am pampering myself with some time off from work in February along with a couple of sock knitting classes as Madrona (the Fiber Arts Festival over in Tacoma).
Will be finding some time sooooon to update my wordpress install, simply because the spam comments are getting a bit annoying to deal with.
—the AMPED one | 1 comment
(posted in plutonium)
Back home, loafing, dreaming of good food.
Monday, August 25, 2008 | 1:37 pmWe went to a cousin’s wedding yesterday (it was beautiful; outdoors in a covered area, pouring down rain, my kids didn’t really want to sit still, but very beautiful), which entailed a multi-hour road trip on Saturday, and another one this morning. Back home now, and it’s nice & relaxing to be here, even though I can’t really see my livingroom floor so well, due to the toys and blankets scattered around.
While on the road, I got a chance to play with the Socks That Rock lightweight that I treated myself to as an end-of-having-extra-cash thing. I currently have six (6!) skeins of the stuff in various colorways. Started with the Crazy Lace Agate one, and LOVE how it’s working in sock form. Really, can’t wait to see what the other colorways do. (Other colors, for my later reference: Smokey Blue, HenPecked, Jasper, Pebble Beach, and another Crazy Lace Agate, which is taking a seasonal break from the dye-line. (Read: not currently available; I saw notice and decided to hoard a couple skeins.))
Anyway - six working days left in Corporacy. I think I’m handling it much better now than I was a week ago. Or even a couple days ago. Really looking forward to starting the new job.
—the AMPED one | 2 comments
(posted in plutonium)
I really need a nap.
Thursday, August 14, 2008 | 11:45 amThat is all.
(See previous references to JOB, STRESS, and PARENTING TWO YOUNG KIDS.)
—the AMPED one | no comments
(posted in parenting, plutonium, therapy)
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