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Sometimes I feel as if I'm the mouse, that I'm always running away from something. Other times I feel as if I'm the cat, chasing after "the prize". This grand prize ranges from a decent job, good health, completing that 'to do' list, reading all those books that have been piled up by the bed for the past 2 years, etc. I have no idea where the time keeps wandering off to, but I am loosing it daily. It seems as if the days are getting shorter and I can't get everything done as I used to. Maybe I'm just trying to do too much in one day, or maybe I'm just not focusing on the issues at hand properly, I don't know.

It's been over a year since I updated this journal, mainly because I couldn't remember the password to get in, but also because I just haven't had the time to sit at the computer long enough. By the time I get to open the Inbox, there are upwards of 300 messages that haven't been read yet - which takes a good 2-3 hours to sift through and respond to. Boom, one evening shot. I am searching for a new job, so that is priority one, which takes a minimum of an hour each night to search the available jobs and apply to ones that I can actually do. There are so many different sites to check out, I have a system where I check a group on a certain day of each week, this way I can catch the most recent postings without wasting time re-reading the old ones.


Have you ever noticed that the longer you stay in one place, the more 'stuff' you seem to accumulate? I'm trying to pear down my 'stuff' (which my family lovingly refers to as junk) so that if I find a job in another city, the move won't be as bad as the last one. I'm finding things I didn't even know I had! There are things I have been searching for around the house for years that are finally surfacing (in the oddest places). Other things I don't even know what they are or what they're for. I know that the garbage men won't like me much in the next few weeks!


I have finally purchased a camera that can take real pictures!

I am not complaining about it, but the one that I was given for Christmas a couple of years ago worked okay. I could only get 2 out of 10 pictures to come out clear, not a good thing. Then it broke in 6 months - I turned it off to go for supper, turned it back on after and it wouldn't turn on. Now I have this fancy-dancy one and I haven't figured out how to use it yet - too many options, too many things to set. If I could find real film easily, I would go back to my 35mm because I only had 1 out of 30 pictures come out blurry with that one!

Off to make Brunch and attack the next pile of papers.