10:00 PM

Change does blow in the wind. My job is about to change to something else again. I won't bore you with details, 'cause folks aren't that sure what the details really are. I've not lost my job. It is being skimmed down-infact 500 or so people are being hired for the NEW job that's been put on the table, which includes a part of my job in the new mix. The new job goes live on Aug 1, or needs to be runnin' by them---just something...The thing is, nobody knows. I'm all for risk. Just this is a bit...well.....The other thing is I'm 99.9% sure I'll transfer to another school. I still have to talk to the advisors of the new school. I AM excited. Still the same degree plan--with more depth. The good thing, I can transfer after the current class I'm in. It ends on June 6. I would love for today to be June 5 right now....And my launch into my cat business. Now, I've figured I'm up to TWO, count 'em TWO items. I just hope people like em. And yes, I realize Nieman-Marcus had to start SOMEWHERE! Stay so tuned on all of that. This crafty journey has been--well, a journey, however I'm glad I got on the train to take it....When you think alot of change is going on, and ya wonder--just wonder how it'll all turn out. There's just the look of a cat...

...and ya know, everything is really OK.
It always should be--

Gotta Be Finally Friday

And it is! A week of change, especially today. See, today was my last day in my current position at the company I toll for. A month ago, two hundred of us found out we were losing our jobs, due to them being moved to Tennessee. In the the next breath, our management announced we still had jobs, just in a different area. Only we didn't have a say on which one of the two job openings, we were gonna get. Kinda like a box of chocolates, except the piece was already decided for us.

In my case, I got the job I wanted. In fact, I'd applied at another company, for the same position. Unfortunately, I had one piece of the puzzle, but not all of it. Now, I'll get trained in all pieces. Might be a slight raise involved--MIGHT--since they are was on different pay scale than us. So this new adventure starts Monday and I am excited! It's a good change--a very, GOOD change.

Which couples with my first week as being a student at University of Phoenix. I'll be in debt until I'm 175. S'ok. My area of study is all online. My advisors mean well, yet they call all the time--to make sure everything is OK. I'm in the midst of to get my routine down. Not as bad as I thought--so far. And I've already asked how long do I have to be there to be one one of those "I Am A Phoenix" commercials. Stay tuned.

And then my junior high art teacher found me on Facebook. Art Teacher remembered how uncomfortable I was, in class, and apologized. I liked her, I said, but it was the class I dreaded. I couldn't draw, paint or do a straight line with a ruler-plus I got a C for the class. I fretted for the longest to show my parents my report card because of it. The "C" didn't look that good among the all "A"s and one "Be"....at least I thought. Nobody would EVER confuse me with Picasso! Art Teacher got a kick out of it.

In all that, change has happened. All good I feel. So because it's Friday, I gotta cue up a song by Change, from the early 80's: Lover's Holiday, with back up singer the late great Luther Vandross! Good stuff never does die...Happy Friday!