LeighMo's bit of heaven (or hell)

The Good: As of right now, I am working on two projects. One pays me $20 an hour, and the other will be roughly $200 once it is complete. And, I'll have another 3 sites to add to my portfolio. Both of those came from a three line ad I placed on Craigslist just over a week ago. Not too shabby, methinks.

And I finally tracked down the url for the site I did for free....twice....right here. Go me.

I had an impromptu phone interview these evening, for a receptionist position for which I applied last week. Interesting thing about this job is that they want someone capable of doing office-y stuff AND creative, marketing stuff as well. Lucky for me, I talk out of my ass pretty well on the fly, so I think I might get a call back to meet them in person. The job won't start until April, but as long as I keep a thing or two going on the side, it should work out pretty well.

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The Bad: My stepfather Bob had a 'cardiac episode' over the weekend. I think his heart got stuck in turbo mode and couldn't slow down. His heart rate was 200+ for at least 35/45 minutes by the time my mom got him to the hospital (and despite my mother's anxiety issues, she is THE PERSON you want in an emergency.) He was shocked twice to get a steady rhythm, and neither attempt worked so they pumped him with drugs. Tomorrow I am going with mom to Munson, where he is being transferred so he can get a stint put in.

He isn't fifty yet, and he is in fairly good shape. He never sits still; he's always moving or doing something. He watches what he eats, always has. He doesn't drink anymore, and he never smoked anything harsher than extra ultra light 100s, and he quit a few years ago. We're all scratching our heads, because he is the person we thought would be the least likely to have any medical condition, never mind having heart problems at this point in his life.

So, hopefully tomorrow they will know what happened, why, how to control it, and whether or not he'll need angioplasty or a bipass or just a little stint. Mom is doing pretty well, considering, and Jenny is a nervous wreck because THINGS ARE DIFFERENT. She's had a rough few months (note for people who have not known me half my life...my sister Jen is developmentally disabled. She's 33, lives with my mother, and is (on good days) about 10 years old mentally and emotionally. Change is not her friend, and unless she has plenty of time to adjust to the idea of something being different, it does not go over well. So, if you'd all say the prayers and whatnot, I would appreciate it. I've grown fond of my step dad over the last 13 years.

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Holy hell!
I found where I want to live: RIGHT HERE!! This place is gorgous....in a very nice neighborhood, sort of a mini-bohemia area of town, its cheaper than most 2 bedroom duplexes AND I could bring Cricket!!! That is the holy part.

The hell part is that Nate is, I believe, ready to give up on finding employment here and is going to be loading up the new jeep to trek outward to Seattle. That in itself is a bridge I won't consider let alone cross right now, but I have a feeling if I spring the whole lets rent this place! on him before he has a 9 to 5 er, he's gonna think I've lost it. The hard part of two independent people who are used to being the responsible ones in relationships coming together is that each automatically acts unilaterally, and often forgets there is someone else there willing to pick up slack. I do it, he does it, and even though we are together, and living in the same place, sometimes I wonder if we'll ever get to the point where we aren't functioning autonomously out of habit.

Seriously, his ex is exactly like mine....I think they could be soulmates.