May lead to something????

I ventured out today... to parts known and unknown to sit in front of an administrator and talk shop. Based on what I saw, it would be a nice opportunity if I could get it. BUT, as with most of my recent professional adventures, so many uncertainties still loom. Makes me wonder why I had to venture so far only to hear the "We don't know... Good Luck!" once again. I should look at the positive really. Somebody noticed me to give me a foot in the door. I can only hope I used the right words to further open that door. I was hoping they were courting me. No... They weren't. They were just doing some further screening... to eliminate people, I guess. So, now I think about my past few years and have started to rethink it. I was on a mission, mind you. I made sacrifices because I thought I was doing the right thing. I thought this is what the powers that be wanted me to do. I want to help people! That's my motivation. I want to use my own knowledge to help out somebody gain knowledge so together, in some small way, we can change the world. Anyway, it was nice to get practice and see how well I can answer questions. It's not often we get much face time. Keep fingers crossed. I won't know for awhile, or at least that's what she said. *Grunt* Anyway, tomorrow I have an opportunity to talk with the Peace Corp. That might be something to consider. Hmmmm...

Now, something funny. Ummmm... Nothing really funny has happened in the last few days... Well, nothing to springboard into a nice, well groomed, rant of epic proportions. Em, the toddler niece, got some new wheels for Christmas that wasn't so easy to put together. You would think a battery operated plastic ATV would be quite easy. You attach wheels, insert batteries, and off you go! I knew this wasn't the case as soon as I read that a hammer was necessary to complete this project. "A hammer," I said to myself. "On plastic wheels?" .... Sadly, yeah. A hammer was needed to attach plastic wheels. It took me a half hour to figure out how to use the hammer so as not to break the plastic wheels using the plastic tool I was suppose to pound with the hammer. It needed precision, concrete, willfulness (evidently a lousy trait to have), and good timing, not to mention an incredible amount of balance. Needless to say my hands and wheels are both fine. The Black and Blue Bruise is almost gone and the wheels have stickers on them...which come off of them...and you have to put them back on...and I am sure this process continues until the stickers in question are ripped, mashed, unsticky, or somebody like myself says, "Fuck it!" and crumples them up and returns them to the pits of hell where I am sure they originated. So, I put this thing together under some insurmountable odds, some of those including keeping an eye on both the plastic wheels and Em so both don't end up in the street. Thank GOD my nephew was out there. He did the Em watch while I pounded the dickens out of my fingers. Not really, but I missed once. Anyway, with the task completed, I began the next arduous task of teaching the toddler niece how to use it. It took a few minutes to catch her up to task... But, it meant a lot of "Emily, you need to keep pressing this button. Your feet have to stay here... You steer with this thing... Ohhh.. you're in the grass... Let me fix that... Ohhh... ummm... you aren't supposed to scoot with your feet.. Ummm... keep pressing the button. Okay, I won't help you press the button. Em, you... sidewalk crack... You are born to be wild... button, Em. Far enough, Em. Let's turn around. Stop crying...We're not stopping. I promise. Em, I will be right back. Why are you following me. Okay, try to get on the thing. Lift that leg. Em, you are getting on it backwards. Here this is how you get on it. Stop fussing. I wasn't taking yuo away from it. Now, press that button... You really like the Stop! Go! Stop! Go! thing, don't you?" ... Yup, she's more mobile now. In addition to her blinding fast running speed, she can now go the speed of molasses on her new "Off Road Battery powered ATV!" Fuck yeah, Beyotch!