Author: leilani

Still no word on the new job. Since they told me up front that it could be a couple of weeks, I’m fine for the moment. We have #4 child and#6 grandson camped out in the living room. The kids pulled together their rent this month, much to the chagrin of their landlord. The landlord…

The past two days have been a blur of cramming for tomorrow’s interview. Oops – just realized looking my last entry that I didn’t mention I have an interview for the department switch.  Which, considering I didn’t find out until late Thursday and my last entry was posted earlier Thursday, is perfectly logical, right? Here’s…

Jumping Jehosephat, or something like that.  I need to make this short and sweet.  Wishing now that I’d started learning Drupal instead of Joomla first.  They’re site-management programs, meaning when you install them on a website they manage the WHOLE site.  So if, say, you install a forum, photo album and chatroom, they’re generally a…

I’ve got about 15 minutes before time to head out to work and not especially looking forward to the drive.  It’s not quite as hot this morning as it’s been some mornings, but it’s monsoon season, which means we get both heat AND humidity. The standard joke around these parts is that it’s a dry…

G and I were having a nice quiet evening at home tonight when the lights went out.  It’s a testament to the soundproofing of our apartment that we didn’t know about this until G opened the front door: That massive cloud striking approximately (according to the news) 8000 feet up?  That’s dust.  Lots and lots…