First, I mis-understood previously and provided the wrong name for the part that they tried first, it's not a 'charge plate' for the spark plugs, it's a 'coil plate' that charges the spark plugs. (I think I got it right this time, I'm really not knowledgable about car parts.)

This morning the car still didn't start. They tried to order a part to fix it which, once replaced, allowed the car to start but then it shortly died out every time.

They also managed to kill my battery that I only have had since October during all the work, so they replaced it. They also told me that they have tried quite a few other things, and replacaed a few sensors and things, the car still will not stay running.

I plan to call them again in the morning to try another suggestion. Since the car was running absolutely fine, with no warning signs of ANYTHING and all suddenly it won't start and many things involving the fuel seem to be wrong, I wonder if someone put something in the gas tank or something? It was a Saturday and I was at the mall with lots of people. Maybe someone thought it was funny to put something in a gas tank? I will see if the mechanic checked my gas for foreign chemicals or if they can.

I feel like I will never see my little car again!

So, I didn't get my car back today. They put in a new fuel pump and now have confirmed that the fuel is getting to the engine, but the spark plugs are still misfiring preventing it from starting.

I told them that I was upest about the possibility of having to spend more money, considering that I am laid off and on unemployment at the moment. They let me know that they will do what they can to keep the price at $400 for me.

Honestly, I wish they didn't change the fuel pump. I am sure it was fine since I just got it replaced 2 years ago. I never had a fuel pump failure on any prior car so I kind of have a feeling that they should last more than 2 years. Since it stil does not run, it seems likely to me that replacing the fuel pump was not a necessary expense. I hope they saved my old one and once it works, maybe they can put my old one back if it's not really broke.

I wish I knew more about cars. I do know that the engine won't turn over and start without the 'starting fluid' and after they tried the charge plate thing which they thought would fix the problem after the diagnostics, they then thought it was a fuel pump but that's still not making it run.

If anyone happens to know of any car problems that this description sounds like, let me know. I am just frustrated with it. If I didn't still have to make more payments on it, I would be looking to replace it. But, with no job, I would not even qualify for a loan at this time.

I know, does anyone have a car they don't want? I accept gifts ....(just joking on that of course.) I have my mom's car until this one is working.

I am rather frustrated now, I just got a call from the mechanic, they put this charge plate thing on the car and it didn't fix the problem, so they put the old one back on. However, it still didn't start. They put something called 'starting fluid' in and it started and kept going until they quit feeding it starting fluid, then it stopped again. They think it now may be the fuel pump, which I got replaced 2 years ago. It only had a 1-year warranty but they said they would give it to me for 1/2 price and with labor and tax, now it will be $404. I hope that's all and nothing else is wrong.

It's frustrating because I can't really afford the car repair to start with and it's 2:30, they close at 6pm (3 1/2 hours from now) I am hoping that they can get it working today.

So, I got the call from my mechanic about the car that would not start Saturday night. They said it's a 'Charge Plate.' I don't know a whole lot about cars but he explained it's part of the system connected to and working with the spark plugs. He also said that the part is kind of expensive, and the labor is lots because it's kind of large and complicated.

I don't remember the exact numbers but it's going to be almost $400 total. Thats not good news since I'm on unempoyment, but Jon has the $ to cover it for now, but rent will be due the day before his next pay. We will figure something out.

Now my parents will visit tonight and pick up the car I have been borrowing from them.

Since my boyfriend Jon got promoted and moved to a new store, I have been driving him to Greensburg and waiting at the mall he works at during the day because it would cost too much in gas to leave him there and pick him up later. Today, like any normal day, I took him out and I spent time reading in the food court and walking around the mall.

When he was done working, we walked out and the car would not start. At first, I though I had just let go of the key too soon and I tried again, the engine would NOT turn over. I called roadside assistance on my car insurance. They were going to send someone to jump the car, thinking it was possible that something got left on and drained the battery. However, the nice security guy came over and tried to jump it and it didn't work.

I called roadside assistance back to let them we whould need the tow truck, not the jump and while I was on the phone with them (on hold forever) the nice guy showed up and just happened to be driving a nice flatbed tow truck. We found out the distance limit on my insurance for the tow and how much extra ($35) it would be to bring it to my normal mechanic in Monroeville and we paid the extra to come home.

My parents met us at the apartment just as the tow truck was dropping us off on the way to the mechanic and were nice enough to leave me one of their cars since of course mine won't be even looked at till Monday, and Jon as to work tomorrow.

All we can tell now is that it's not the fuel pump (thanks because that cost almost $900 when it broke 2 years ago) and it's not the battery or alternator, and it's not the starter. People confirmed all those things are ok. One guy said it may be something in the wiring, the driver of the tow truck said it could be the fuel filter is clogged, and that would not be too expensive.

I really hope it's affordable cause I'm still laid off looking for a job. We get lucky that Jon has a larger pay next month due to having that occasional 3rd pay in august, but his next check isn't until the day after rent is due. I know that they can't cash the check until the next day though since I will drop it off after the office closes so we can make a deposit on the morning of his pay and all will be ok. That is, unless it costs more than we have to spend even with that next paycheck. But, I doubt that will happen.

I really hope we don't have too many more adventures like this. I'm anxious to find out what's wrong with it!

Ok, so I got an e-mail from someone today that told me that no one else wants me so I guess resigning was the only choice anyway.

I decided that I had to quit participating in something because I was being stressed by some situations, and because I need to continue to think positively because I am looking for a job right now and I don't need to have so much negativity in my life.

One person whose e-mail manners already upset me once, now just told me that no one wants me there. So, I quit participating to not feel negatively and they seem to get their last moment to make me feel just a little bit worse by telling me that no one else wanted me anyway. So I volunteered there for years, that's a wonderful thank-you when I leave to avoid negativity.

Honestly, I want to sit here and cry, but I need to try to think of something positive so that does not happen.

Please note - I did not put any names on this post because I don't want to point fingers at anyone.

Today, my boyfiend Jon and I got to go to a local furry gathering. It was outide in a park in the evening. It was still warm outide and lots of people there didn't stay very long. We still had lots of fun. Plus, i'm happy that people seemed happy that I was there. Honestly, I feel rather invisible sometimes. I seem to miss out on furry gatherings locally because no one remembers to tell me. But, I got to go this time.

So, I found a few more furries I know from conventions and from the Pittsburgh area and added them to my watch list. My goal is to add the people I know in person to my watch list... However, I know that not everyone has the same name here on FA as on LJ or as in they go by in real life as a furry, so if any friends who know me could take the time to compare mt 'watch list' with theirs and let me know if I know anyone that I missed it would be really cool. I am in no way trying to exclude anyone, if I know you in RL, I would like to watch you on FA also. I am just not terribly good at finding people. Honestly, I've been on live journal for years and I'm still finding new people to add who I have known for a while.

So, there were some good things, some bad things, and some frustrating things. Not all related to the con but the things unrelated did make a difference in what all happened there.

Starting with Thursday, we planned to be there but something that made Jon really unhappy happened at his work and he found out about it. This put him in such a bad mood that we didn't even get to AC on Thursday as planned.

Friday, probably due to the stress related from Thursday, we got up later than planned and didn't get to AC until later than we wanted to. I missed the first seminar I wanted to attend. But, I got a phone call from my brother  CadpigJr that his car that had broken when he was on the way to the convention was fixed so I took him to pick up his car from the local repair place before headig over to registration. I am happy it got fixed so quickly so he could go home Monday. One really important thing was getting to the dealer's room Friday to pick up the pony I pre-ordered from  AnimeAmy which is totally cute... http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4042350/ Probably the most fun thing on Friday was the Metalfurs panel we went to and we got to talk to lots of people there. Plus, we got to go to a good place for dinner with  Wolger2579 where we got huge 16" sandwiches and drinks for under $15. When leaving Friday, I also got to meet someone else from FA  Scared_lioness who happened to be sitting outisde when we were leaving and I recognized her from pictures she recently posted of herself on FA.

Saturday we pretty much skipped all of the panel we had planned to go to, partly because I didn't get to go to the related panels on Friday. We did see the masquerade and Uncle Kage's Story Hour. We went home after that and came back Sunday. One good thing that happend Saturday is that I got to meet one of my favorite artists on FA  AgentElrond.

Sunday was the shortest day. I got to visit my brother some more and on a final trip around the dealer's room, I found something small I could buy with the remaining food money since I decided to just eat at home, we picked up a bunny decal for on my car.

Another person who I got to meet, whose art I like here is  TristanAlexander... I didn't list him in any particular day because I saw him every day of the con.

There were a few bad things that I decided to list at the end so as to not point out and day or person in particular.

I did attempt to meet another artist whose work I like here on FA. However, that person was rather unpleasant so I did not introduce myself as watching them on FA. I also dont plan to name them here because it always is possible they were having a bad day and maybe I will try again next year.

One of my friends who I have known for a while actually was rather unfriendly toward me in front of a lot of people and also made me feel rather like me and my work are worthless in their eyes and I am not really sure what to do about that. Again, no name here on purpose, I only have my negative experiences listed to show that the con was not perfect, not to cause any drama in general or toward any particular person(s).

Anyway, the con was both good and bad, but the most important thing is that I got to visit with friends and that I got to meet a few nice people from here on FA.

So, I posted some actual art today. I have been practicing and wanted to make badges for some of my friends for AC. I have made badges for  Cadpigjr,  Flanowa, and  silvermoonwolf currently. They are not all perfect but I figured a good way to practice my art is with making gifts for my friends. I have other badges in process as well. I am better with some species than with others, and some I am not sure if i can do at all or not.

If any one of my friends not listed yet wants a badge, let me know. But, depending on what species and such, I may not yet be able to do your character, but I will make you something if you ask.

I was looking on the AC website and I saw this:

As if you weren't already in the mood... "Penn Avenue. Walk sign is on to cross Penn Avenue. Penn Avenue. Walk sign is on to cross Penn Avenue."


I just thought that my friends who may be going to AC would appreciate it.

(I got this from the journal of  Gnome )

1. ( ) Have you ever howled at the moon?
2. ( ) Have you ever barked at someone? (pandas don't bark)
3. (X) Have you ever found yourself drawing or scribbling furry art when you're supposed to be doing something else?
4. (X) Have you ever worn an animal costume or tail as a child and pretended to be an animal?
5. ( ) Have you ever eaten out of a dog bowl?
6. (X) Have you been to at least one furry con?
7. ( ) Do you like to look at furry porn all the time?
8. ( ) Do you RP or play secondlife/furcadia as a furry character?
9. (X) Do you own a fursuit or at least a tail?
10. (X) Do you know what all these words mean or have used them at least once?
11. ( ) Do you have at least 5 videos of you acting or doing something furry on youtube?
12. ( ) Has your anthropersona/character been drawn in a furry porn type manner?
13. (X) Are you well known in the furry fandom? ....depends, I guess I am knows by lots of the furs in the Pittsburgh area, and some people remember me and then I am embarassed to find I don't remember them... but maybe that happens to everyone? Or, maybe cause the last few years at WPAFW I was mostly behind the grill area with my brother or working with the foods so lots of people saw mee whe I was too busy working to notice.
14. (X) Do you dream furry while you sleep?
15. ( ) Would you transform into your character/fursona if you were given the chance to live like that for the rest of your life?
16. (X) Have you ever worn a collar?
17. ( ) Do you own more than 20 art badges of your fursonas or characters?
18. ( ) Have you been to more than 20 furry cons in your lifetime?
19. (X) Do you think that deep down you have the spirit of an animal within you?
20. (X) Do you enjoy hanging out with other furries?
21. ( ) Do you think we should have a furry run for president of the USA?
22. (X) If you ever became rich would you own a room in your house that was just to display your fursuits or furry art? (I plan on this as soon as we have a spare bedroom! However, we are in a 1-bedroom apartment currently.)
23. (X) Is your best friend furry? (my mate)
24. (X) Do your furry friends call you by your furry name in public?
25. (X) Have you been in the furry fandom for at least 5 years?

Total: 14

1 to 5 = Furry wannabe.
6 to 10 = Furry newbie.
11 to 15 = Furry.
16 to 20 = Hardened Furry.
21 to 25 = Hardcore Furry.

Hello to anyone going to AC...

I located some glow-in-the-dark nailpolish... it is almost un-noticable in normal light but will glow all pretty in the black lights that are often on at the dances at AC. If anyone would like their nails painted with a coat or two of glowing for the dance, make sure to find me and I will paint for you.

I also have some glowy acrylic paint that can be used on surfaces other than nails. And, some neon-colored paints that should also show up nicely at the dance. So, if you want your nails or other objects painted, find me. I will be around. I am often in the zoo, or you may find me with  AkiraShima if you know who he is.

I am willing to paint form anyone, I just want to share pretty glowy things with people so if your friends want to be glowy also, I will be happy to paint.

I can not ask for $$ for any such services. But, if you feel you must I can accept tips or a sketch in trade or something small. I'm only offering to paint for fun.

Where are you staying?
At home, it's a short drive, about 20-30 min unless traffic is bad. Parking and gas for the car cost less than a hotel room. Plus, no one will be here to feed my bunnies and gerbils if I was in the hotel.

Where will you be most of the time during the day/s?
Well, as I don't have much monies to spend this year due to being currently unemployed, I expect to mostly spend time in the zoo visiting and in seminars or things of interest.


Who will you be with?
I will generally be with Jon StarRazor, we rarely separate anywhere. I will likely also be with  AkiraShima in the dealers area at least a while though to ask for donations for the WPAFW charity auction cause i'm his assistant on staff there.


Do you do free art?
I guess, I really don't do much arts at all. But, since I expect to spend time in the zoo, I will probably bring my watercolors and my sketch book. If you ask, I may be able to make you something.


Do you do trades?
If anyone desires to trade, I am willing.

Do you do commissions?
No one has yet offered to pay for my art, but if someone wants to I will as I could use the $$

Do you have prints/ CDs ?
I don't really have much art so nothing to print.


What suits will you have?
I have no suit yet. Maybe someday.

What is your gender?
Female


How old are you?
31


How tall are you?
5'1


Can I touch you?
Sure if I already know you, but if I have not yet met you in person, please introduce yourself first. If you don't Jon would likely be rather upset at random people touching me.

Can I talk to you?
Definitely. However, I'm rather shy in person so if you see my and want to talk, please come over and say hi. No one I hang out with would be offended with more people to talk to.


Can I hang out with you?
Sure. However, if I say I am on the way to a seminar, I don't want to be late, but you are welcome to join us.


Can I hug or snuggle with you?
Hugs are fine. Snuggles are for Jon StarRazor only


Are you taken?
Yes by Jon StarRazor


Can I buy you lots of drinks?
You are welcome to buy me drinks, but not too many as I have to drive home every night.

Can I give you lots of money?
Sure, I accept donations of $$$$$


Can I buy you food?
If you want.

So, being laid off leaves me lots of free time. I have had some frustrations with my allergies which are preventing me from serious job hunting at the moment because I have pretty much lost my voice. Who do you thing will hire someone that they can barely hear at the interview. They are more likely to tell me to go home cause they think i'm sick and I will infect them. Honestly, it's only allergies and they happen occasionally to cause me to loose my voice. But, it's coming at a bad time.

So, during my time at home i've worked on one of my other activities that I enjoy doing, creating with food. I didn't take any pictures of such to post but if anyone wants, I can take pictures of such things to post. I enjoy trying things then creating my own versions.

Here are a couple things I did recently in cooking.
(please excuse any spelling errors, I don't feel like re-reading for errors.)


Spinach Souffle... sort of.
So, I tried a frozen Stouffer's Spinach Souffle, and then came up with a similar thing that is quick & easy.
Ingredients:

1 egg
frozen spinach
parmesan cheese
some butter or oil
small non-stick pan (I have been using a 6-in non-stick saucepan which is the perfect size for 1 egg dishes)

First, get a bag of frozen spinach, loose leaves, not the frozen brick of spinach unless you want to make LOTS more than one serving. You want to measure before defrosting, I used about 1 cup frozen, you can add more if needed later.

Put the spinach in a microwaveable bowl and warm to thaw completely. Put in the refrigerator until it's cool. (if it gets too hot with defrosting, you can accdeitally cook the eggs before you are ready.) Add the egg to the cool spinach and stir like you would for scrambled eggs. Add about a tablespoon (more or less to your personal taste) of grated parmesan. (from the shaker thing in the fridge of course.) At this time, if you think you need more spinach, defrost in a separate bowl and add more.

put butter or oil in the pan and warm it. once oil is warm or butter melted, pour the egg mix into the pan and cover. Check it often and make sure to move it a bit with the spatula to make sure it's not sticking at all. When it's mostly cooked through, the tricky part is to flip it. if you can't get it to gently flip, warm up a small skillet and then put it above the pan like a lid and flip the souffle from the little pan to the skillet. Once it's cooked through, serve. Add a little more parmesan on top if you would like.


Breakfast Burritos

1 egg
Tortilla(s) of choice
Salsa
grated cheese
sour cream
a little oil or butter

Break your egg into a cup or bowl. Add about 2 tbsp of your choice of salsa. If you like veggies, make sure to get a nice chunky style salsa. For this, I also choose a salsa a little hotter than I would dip chips in because I will be adding sour cream and cheese and i still want to taste the salsa. Stir the egg like you are making scrambled eggs, it will end up kind of pink with the salsa unless you prefer a salsa verde. Warm a small pan or skillet with the butter or oil in it and pour in the egg. Cook the egg likiescrambled eggs, once it starts to get solid, keep stirring. When it's almost done, warm your tortilla(s) in the microwave. I split my eggs onto two 6-inch corn tortillas, but you can use a larget one or wheat tortillas if you prefer. When the eggs are fully cooked, put them on the tortilla, then sprinkle on the shredded cheese and add as much sour cream as you like. You can add any other toppings you like as well but don'y put too much in or you won't be able to roll up the burrito. If anyone would like instruction on how to fold up the burrito, let me know and i'll take pictures.

Ok, this post was long enough. If anyone wants more of my recipe creations, comment and i will continue to post such. Even with pictures if you want.

(Copied from my LiveJournal)
The first of these updates is overdue, I found out Wednesday....
The lady from AAA car insurance called back about my check. Apparently there was an error in their system showing that the check was drawn for payment or something because they got it back, returned to sender from the Monroeville post office, just like happened so many other times. There was no theft of my check. They will re-mail it out. I called the nice police officer who I met with Flanowa Saturday and left him a message to let him know, to apologize for the inconvenience, and to thank him for his help.


Second update...
As of Friday, my 4 weeks as a 'temp' at ny former job are up and i'm back to being home on unemployment again. Based on things that I talked to others about there, I think it is likely that I will get a call back again, for regular work and not as a temp. I plan to give them a couple weeks to call me back and then if there's no call, I will start sending out resumes. I know many people would feel that I should start sending out the resumes immediately but I do get really stressed over interviews and job hunting. I seem to feel that I am inadequate for anything and I don't have confidence in myself, therefore I am really bad at interviewing. So, since I also know how things tend to work at my job I got laid off from, i'm going to give them a little time to call because they most likely will. They like to hire people back and they also tend to lay off too many people and then call some back later.

I also found out 2 additional things. 1 - When I was laid of at the end of Feburary, it seemed that I was just in the wrong department at the wrong time, and that they still seem to want me there. 2 - I would have likely been called back sooner if they paperwork in Human Resources was correct. When they laid me off, they only had listed the most recent thing I did as my 'experience' there and so when they were looking for people in other things I did, I was not noticed. My supervisor who called me back as a temp made sure that my profile in HR is updated so that I can get a call back for anything I did there, not just the most recent thing.

So, I found out today that i am technically the victim of a crime. I believe i'm going to have to file a police report and do all kinds of annoying and time consuming things.

I was expecting a check from AAA car insurance to pay for a minor dent in my car caused by the door of someone with AAA insurance. I called the calim lady last week because the check had not arrived and it had been a while since she called to let me know they were sending it. Plus, this would not be the first time that mail didn't get delivered here. I have had previous things including a check and health insurance cards returned to sender with the note 'attempted unknown' already. It is rather frustrating.

It looks like the post office must have delivered my check to someone though.

The lady said last week to wait till Monday, if i don't get it to call again and she will make sure the check was not cashed and she will re-issue it. Monday I called, still no check. She got back to me today. Previously, the check had not been cashed. However... when she tried to stop payment on it today, the computer told her that the check had just been cashed. So, she's waiting for the cleared check to come back to find out what happened. I need to wait more for my $$.

Plus, I belive it's a federal offence to open someone else's mail. If you get mail that does not belong to you, return it to the post office. At least that's what I would do. Plus, they forged my signature on a check and managed to get it cashed somehow? Maybe they got my mail before too. How frustrating!

I have been advised to file a police report and to make sure to get copies of all of the info that AAA gets in reference to this.

I wonder how someone would really think that they could get away with such a thing. Obviously a check is able to be traced to some degree and most places that cash checks require that you have an account and if the check isn't written out to you, how would you then convince your bank to cash it?

I am sure that they will still get me my $$. However, I really can't believe that someone thinks they can get away with such a thing so i definitely want to make sure that the police take care of whatever is legally necessary. If it results in some type of financial compensation for me for dealing with all of this, that's great but I just want whoever did it to get the appropriate punishment.

For anyone who looks at my account to thank for a fave or something that was kind of late, i have not had much time online recently and I have lots of submissions that I have not yet looked at. So, sorry if i added a comment late or didn't fave something till a week after you posted or something.

So, this week my boyfriend Jon got me a really great present. He got me the new Pokemon Soul Silver game... i've been playing it on my break at work and everything. I have not taken it online yet but i'll post another entry with my friend code when I do.

I re-posted my pucture of Lulu due to sme negative comments. I really don't appreciate negative feedback, if you don't have something nice to say, then don't say anything at all!

I post my pets photos because I love them and because I have friends here on FA who I know in person and I think they also would appreciate seeing my cute bunny pictures.

My bunnies are well cared for, well loved, and see their vet often for any even small sign of any medical issues. My bunnies are not abused and are treated VERY well. My friends who have visited our home are aware of that. Those who are not here and don't know me in person don't have any right to comment on my care of my pets. Our vet is pleased with the care that we give them and even comments every time that she sees them how she is happy that we bring them in for any possible hint of a problem and she also comments how friendly and well-socialized they are. I lost my first bunny due to a medical issue because we could not find a vet who specialized in bunnies in time. I watch their health carefully and now have a very good local vet who specializes in bunnies.

I am upset with the negative comments received. I will not re-state what they were in reference to and I request that anyone who views my posts please reply with positive or friendly comments or don't reply at all.

I took some pictures today of various things. I took a few of a pony that I purchased at AC 2009 from  AnimeAmy .... I will probably post a few images in my gallery and I will contact her about if she wants the rest e-mailed to he so that she can have more photos of the pony she made. I also took some photos of some crochet projects i'm working on. If anyone is interested, I am willing to discuss prices for commissioned blankets, etc. Prices will depend mostly on the amount and type of yarn needed for any project.

I also am planning a project to donate a small blanket to the charity auction for WPAFW 2010. It willl most likely be auctioned off with babyfur items so i'll make it appropriate colors. Probably a varigated pastel rainbow and white stripes.

I know the crochet stuff isn't really 'furry' but other furries told me that FA is not just for 'furrt art' but for arts and things done by furries so I am assuming that it will be ok.

Please look at the journal in this link: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/1261789/

 Stormslegacy is working to collect donations to help rats who are in foster care and really in need of food and medical attention. The rescue group just took in a large number of rats and needs help.

Plus, if you follow the directions in her journal entry, she will give you ART for donating through paypal to help the rescued rats.

I've always thought that rats make good pets and I hate to see them suffering so if anyone who reads my journal would like to help, I am sure the rats would appreciate it.

Also, if you can't help financially, pass the info on to your friends through your journal. See her other journal entry http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/1262385/ if you are planning to pass on the info in your journal also.

... I guess that's better than the groundhog saying 4 more weeks of winter...

(below copied from my LJ post, if you saw that, you can skip this.)

So, I got an interesting phone call today. Aparently, they laid off my entire team prematurely. They still need us. But, only temporarily? The recruitment guy told me that they would like me to come back for the same rate of pay for 4 additional weeks as an in-house temp.

I checked with the unemployment people and found that if I turn down available work, I will loose my unemployment. So, no matter how I feel about the place that got rid of me for no reason, I get to go back for 4 weeks. I guess this is both good and bad. I will be getting somewhat more than unemployment but I have to go back there. I do know it's only 'temporary' so i'm not going to have constant stress of being laid off, I know it will be happening in 4 weeks for sure.

The guy from unemployment told me that my 'claim' is good for 1 year so I have already had my 1 unpaid 'waiting' week last week. So, when i'm done again with my next 4 weeks, I go back on unemployment with no wait. I gues that's acceptable. Plus, I will have some extra $$ which I plan to save in case of emergencies or problems.

I kind of feel both good and bad about this. I do want work and I want to make the same amount or more than I was. However, I wanted to just go to a permanent job, no temp stuff. The good part is that I don't think that they will reinstate my health insurance and such for the one month period so my pay checks will likely be a but larger than they were because I will not have all that other stuff taken out.

Anyway, this could be better but it could be worse. Plus, taking this 4-week temp thing could still possibly result in me working full time again ther, but I would not count on it.

Ok, the link thingy didn't work.

Here's a different version.

I did the survey, take a few minutes to do so also.

http://www.klisoura.com/furrypoll.php

Furry survey 2010

I posted info about this in my livejournal also...

Today was Friday. Doesn't that mean it should be good?

So the lending industry fluctuates and due to that fluctuation, my entire department got laid off today. Not good. Due to how payroll works, I basically got paid today and I will get a little more for some overtime and vacation that they owe me. However, that's it until unemployment pay starts. That has a 2-week waiting period so I likely won't get another pay until the end of the month.

This month will be very bad but my boyfriend gets enough to pay the rent and I have enough to make at least partial payments on the bills and buy food and put gas in the car. Now I get to call all of the places I pay every month and see if they will agree to a partial payment. This month will definitely be bad.

However, once the unemployment checks start, things will be ok and I can look for a job and we will be ok. Depending on how things work with that, I may get a little more education between jobs. I will look into it and maybe that will be an option.


I'm not a good artist, I actually have not even posted art other than photos here so I doubt that I can make any extra income with art but I may try.