The morning looks a bit better than yesterday did.
Sorry for the bloggish-ness of this, but after yesterday's rant I thought I should balance things out a little.

After the blow of an unsuccessful job interview yesterday I went downtown to the R&D facility (which is where I was applying to) because one of the pieces of equipment we've been trying to improve had a part fail, resulting in it stopping working. I ended up getting out wrenches and dismantling the thing to remove a drive nut on an acme screw (de-RIS here, if you're interested), and found that it had worn so badly that the threads came out of the nut like a Slinky. Looks like I was right- we need to make one from Delrin rather than brass or bronze. Anyway, the guy I interviewed with saw me there with my arms up to the elbows in the machine and I explained to him exactly how the thing had failed- so hopefully I made a good impression.

I then went home, got cleaned up, and my three kids took me out to dinner here. As I sat there with my three teens, listening to them chat about their friends and their lives, I was struck by how well they're doing- they're all getting good grades, none of them are into drugs- not even pot- or alcohol, none of them are girl or boy crazy but have good relationships with the opposite sex, they all like having jobs and are responsible, none of them are rebelling against me or their mother... overall I'm extremely lucky. I'm very happy with all three of them.

The job will resolve somehow. I still draw a paycheck, I have someone coming to look over the house with an eye toward renting one of my rooms which will help with expenses, and things are really not that dire overall- I'm in a better situation than many are at this point.

So, sorry for the ranting yesterday. Things should get back to normal again soon.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Tue 10 Feb 2009, 13:22, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

That's nice.
I feel like that most Fridays after I line up half a dozen bottles of red, fill my gut with red meat and spuds and there's something decent on the box.

It's the simple things.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 13:49, Reply)

hang in, loon
am am also under fire, and striving to keep calm. sounds like you are doing an excellent job. your children are a mark of success, methinks.
( cackers, Wed 11 Feb 2009, 3:36, Reply)