Pawprints From Space

Now that it is officially summer, I'm thinking about being outside as much as possible... tending the garden... just enjoying the season. I am NOT thinking about the 2008 Presidential election. And yet everywhere you look, every time you turn on the news or pick up a paper somebody is saying something about this candidate or that whether you care yet or not. And there are a slew of candidates. And they all have MySpace pages now too. Heck, states are even moving their primary dates so they can be the first in line to pick the new Prez. Oh please. For those of us who care about the issues more than the parties this might be a good thing, we have more time to get to know the candidates and where they stand. But the issues could change a lot between now and the primaries. Some terrorist group could do something stupid, North Korea could do something stupid, Iran could do something really stupid and WHAM! we have more to think about than the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (assuming you r...

So the new job has two weeks under its belt. So far so good. Or is it? I admit to a certain level of paranoia. After all the last time I left a horrid situation I ended up in something worse for half the money! Consulting is consulting, it is problem solving which I seem to be wired to do. It doesn't matter if the bag of tricks is advertising, web sites or human resources services... it all boils down to being able to figure out the problem and helping the client fix it. That I can do. In the midst of all this though is the closing in of Relay For Life. I am still up to my eyebrows with that. Still putting out fires and trying to live in a house that looks as though Relay exploded all over it. I am not a happy woman. The upside is I don't have to put up with this crap. I am a volunteer now. After after this coming weekend the event will be over and they can kiss my butt if they want much more out of me. Of course I have to pack up the files but I am going to take my time with t...