First off, Drew has a job. Yay! He was supposed to be just part-time, but they want him to go full time. He'll be doing recruiting for an online college. Another phone job, which is admittedly what he was doing before he got his degree, and doesn't have much to do with political science. Apparently one of the people who interviewed him has a masters in international relations, so it's not like he's the only one being hired outside of his degree area. Being that it's for a college, they had strong preference for people who had degrees anyhow, so it works out.

I'm still poking along, and am dealing with the slowness of people who need websites as a side thing to their real work. I'm gonna try to get a temporary job with the census, most likely as an enumerator. I can go door to door with a clipboard! I'll need to take a test of some sort which will likely be ridiculously easy, and then see if I'm needed in my area (along with the gazillion other people who probably applied to do this as well). It would be evening and weekends mostly, so if my web work picks up, it would not interfere with potential meetings and such. Waiting to get a call back to take the application test currently.

As of right now, I'm back to learning Flash. I have high hopes for this time around, as I have an actual project I'm working on. Avocado animation ahoy! Making a video to enter to win $2,000. Going slow but steady at the moment, I'll be sure to post it here when I'm done.

I am nauseous from mint bark. It is ridiculously easy to make, mostly involving smashing oreos and melting heaps of chocolate in the microwave. It is also ridiculously easy to eat too much of it.

Oh, and we're apparently going to Nashville for New Years. Nice long drive, there. Drew's got a family reunion dealio going on, and it will give me an opportunity to retrieve my sewing machine and paintbrushes, both of which I managed to leave behind in Richmond and both of which are quite necessary for my general well being. We're taking Drew's car, as the back seat folds down and has enough room for whoever's not driving to nap. First, we've gotta get Drew's oil changed. Looks like we're getting about 6 inches of snow by tomorrow, so that'll need to go away (or we'll need to find a nice clear lot) before we can deal with the oil. I just really hope his oil filter and other bits aren't in completely ridiculous locations. He's always changed his oil in a shop, and I really hope they didn't use a machine to screw and unscrew the plug (Jiffy Lube is particularly bad with that), cause that makes it a real big pain for those of us with weak arms to loosen said plug!

Anyhow, Happy/Merry/Kwazy Christmas/Yule/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Festivus/etc.!!!

So Christmas shopping is almost over! I got (mostly) everything boxed up and shipped stuff back to Richmond yesterday, we'll see if parcel post comes through and allows things to get there by Xmas. If not, no biggie, it's kinda exciting when you've got bonus presents to open after the 25th anyhow. Shipping was painful, however. It helps that the majority of the presents I'm doing this year are handmade (or pseudo-handmade, at least). Still need to do stuff for Drew, but that's complicated as he's here all the time as the Job Fairy has not blessed him yet.

Oh, Job stuff. I was employed for a day. I neglected to realize how freaking long it takes to drive to Boulder (and North Boulder at that) during rush hour (1.5 hours, to be precise). It didn't pay enough to make it worth the drive. At this point, I'm keeping my eye out for something part-time, as I've got a web job coming up for a research center which should fill out the rest of my time OK for awhile.

Every two-three months, I get really dissatisfied with my personal site and decide to poke at it, which I'm currently doing now. I'd say that maybe someday it will be perfect, but I'd be lying. I'm also not sure if I design websites right. Seems the hip thing to do these days is build it entirely in Photoshop first and then begin hacking away at it in html/css. Thing is, as someone who fears clunky code, giant images, and the giant load time that goes along with it, I'm more inclined to build where all the content's gonna sit, and then figure out how to make it look good from there. In other news, I really need to join one of these local designer/developer groups, as I lack friends to talk to who design/develop.

And on a final note, I have eaten a metric ton of sugar cookies in the past few days. This is both delicious and bloating.