A beautiful day in the neighborhood

So I worked last night. Got all of, maybe, 4 hours of sleep, interrupted. Last day with all the kidlets this week. They all go to their respective fathers’ houses tonight. I have two nights off. There will be sleeping. There will be the having of fun. And there will be quality time spent alone with Michael. Love that part of my off weekends. On the agenda for today: a whole lot of nothing. Don’t know when I’ll have to drop off Caleb and Amber, so we’re hanging out at the house playing video games and on the computer. Why yes, it’s a beautiful day, but ya know what? Sometimes it’s nice to watch it from the window. Especially when I’m not sure how long I’ll be able to stay awake…

Eat, Drink, and be Merry!

On my way out to Chuck E. Cheese with the kidlets for dinner. I figure it’s a good way to not have to cook and be able to let the kids run around like little maniacs. I’m hoping to find something to knit while the kids play.

Just got a phone call from a recruiter looking for someone to take a Help Desk 1 position. Two month contract. Pay is about what I make at the store, but it’s 40hrs per week, and gets be CURRENT work in the field. Keep fingers crossed for me! It’s just what I need to get back in the swing of things. We shall see what comes of it.

Hoping to post more regularly again. We’ll see if I manage to follow through. I’m also working on knitting regularly so I should have something here to show for it. Wish me luck in all things!

The only constant is change

Here I am again, hopefully all done with the mega issues and ready to move on to the basics. It's summer, and I'm living in Sparta now. Philip and Melissa are with me full time, and for the summer I get Caleb and Amber every other week. I'm loving spending time with my babies. Divorce is final. So I am officially Suzanne Elizabeth Mastaw again. For anyone who doesn't keep up with me on Facebook, I'm now living with a man I've known for well over 20 years. He used to be the twerpy little brother of one of my friends, but it turns out he grew up quite well. Ours is a cute story, fit for a Box Office RomCom. Anyone wanna buy the rights to it?

It goes something like this... Boy and girl meet at summer camp. Boy has crush on "older" girl, writes her a love note. Gives it to her on the playground and runs away (he's about 11, she's around 12). Girl pretends to brush off her friend's little brother, but secretly keeps note for years and many moves, and thinks about him from time to time. Boy moves on as does girl.

Fast forward 20 years. Boy sees girl at work in a local retail store while shopping with his fiancee. Girl is in process of a divorce, and is just living day to day, dealing with care of 4 kids and a professional career on hold. They catch up on the ubiquitous Facebook. She starts watching as his relationship founders and collapses. Gives support. He sees she's having car troubles. He's a mechanic and offers to help. She invites him over for an evening of movie watching and relaxing. And he doesn't leave until the following evening. He has no kids never married, so there's the whole two different worlds/love lost and found/internet beginnings, all that stuff.

I think it could be a hit. Get John Cusack to star in it, along with, oh, Renee Zellweger. What do you think?

p.s. Michael, I love you.