I have one extra of most, save for the Tengu noses (which I'm hunting for xD). I'm not sure what to charge for the Auctioneer items due to their rarity/fewer market sales. Ideally I'd love to trade my want list for them, but no one seems to have the Cloud Bloom or Tengu noses. :<

I'm really bad for ripping myself off ^.^'

What do you think would be fair? The CIs I can supply easy, gold is something I seem to lack :-

Dammit I missed you!!

Sorry I had my nose in a book for most of the evening. I just finished up "Evermore" By Alyson Noel. A teen paranormal romance, so not for everyone. It started off so so but once I got a few chapters in I found it really difficult to put down.

@Velvet
I know. It's hard to track 'em down! I guess it keeps us questing though, which is good! :)

Codette:
I think the 2 new CIs for the Weather Forecast would be fine. It evens out to be roughly 7k right? :D

@Izumi
Ooo. Reading is good, as it allows you to just have a breather. I'll wait and share the potential news once I know more (which I hope will be Friday)!

I believe so. Alright, lets do that then ^.^ Thank you Chi!

@Chi - You gotta let me know either way what's going on, as now I'm excited for you plus I hate surprises! [XP]

You know what I hate most about myself? I can't seem to stay consistant. I have a very manic depressive kind of personality. I will go through a chunk of my life where I'm passionate about playing the flute, or the piano and I pour my heart and soul into it. Then I get sick of it, pack it up and not touch it for several months. Then I'm doing it with reading. I'm not an avid reader, but I find something I get wrapped up in and I become just as passionate and devout to reading. I could spend hours, and did spend it last night and this morning reading my book.

I just wish I could kind of taper it down and not be so crazy. I'm just glad Aaron puts up with it. He jokingly calls it my 'flavor of the week'. [:P]

Codette:
Thanks a bunch! ^_^ I sent it for whenever you're ready to fill it.

@Velvet
I know. :( Such a bummer. I need to be around for more events in hopes I can snag one!

@Izumi
I'm not able to get enough details out (time!) but the short version is I think I may have gotten a job for Cole where I intern!!

awesome. I'll give you a heads up here when I send add the CI's

@Chi - That's AWESOME!!! :D Keep me posted.

So far so good on Aaron's new job, however they had a brown out that caused some electrical damage and everyone got sent home a couple hours early. We're thinking he is going to have mandatory OT on Saturday, but not 100% sure yet as he is technically a temp.

Today marks the second day in a row they just told us to go home. Luckily it is the last one for this company, and Monday we start fresh on training. I say good riddance.

Thanks Codette!

Izumi, I'm glad Aaron's job is going well thus far. Training will hopefully bring your job more stability. Being kicked off daily is too hard...

I should know more about Cole's potential job tomorrow or early next week. He graduates Saturday, and while he isn't licensed, he's still a graduate nurse. Luck has it that someone he worked with during his high school clinical experience (school nurse) left the high school and now shares an office with me where I intern. Didn't realize I knew her through him (and vice-versa). They really need another nurse (long story) and no one's biting. So! It's very likely he could get the job being a preceptor under this nurse he's worked with before at the high school.

Hopefully that doesn't sound confusing. He'll hopefully land the graduate nurse job, then get a pay bump when he takes his licensing exam later this summer. Cross fingers!!

That would be super awesome if he landed a gig right off the bat like that!!

Yeah I'm glad things are going well for Aaron, for sure. I'm also crossing my fingers that everything goes smoothly with my job. I just had a drug test earlier today, and while I took a cheaper test to screen for THC and passed...the one the clinic did was obviously more expensive and I won't know what happened with it until at least 24-48 hours. I hate bureaucracy....They need to just do what Colorado and Washington did and just give it up.

hey Chi, you have 2 of the new CI waiting in your trade!

Thanks Codette!! :)

Izumi, I hope the second test clears. <333
And you betcha. I do hope the job is going to happen. It can happen (found out today) but we won't know until he can officially apply for it. My supervisor kept saying, "Have him encourage others to apply too." I smile and nod while my inside goes, "No?" They can look for the job themselves. I want him to have it. x_X

The concern is because he's male.

You mean there is sexual stereotyping in his field of work, too? :( That's just silly...! *thinks about it, then remembers all the stupid jokes in the 'meet the parents' movies*...Meh. I still find it silly. I wish him luck, though, and I'm thinking of you guys. If he gets in, and this quick, that would be awesome! And I also don't blame you for nodding the head and being like yah sure when in all reality you're not going to. Why would you want to? I mean really, now?

I'm on day 3 of not working out of 5, and for all intent and purposes I should be trying to enjoy myself but I'm finding I'm fairly bored and lonely. Now that I'm off the detox kit I'm feeling a bit more like I have the steam to do more house cleaning, but at the same time I'm not quite that motivated at the moment. I've been doing things here and there to help keep caught up, but I feel like perhaps I should be busting butt while the time is good.

Ohh and there has been some in life drama with a few friends, but that's pretty long story and pretty convoluted. The nice thing is Aaron has made another long term friend, who has gifted him a $300 acoustic guitar of his as a late birthday present. This same friend has slid a $100 under the table to try to help us out during our time of need, which is the same amount my father sent. I was blown away by his generosity as we have literally only been hanging out at his house the past two months. He works with Aaron, and invites him over after work to hang out and have a beer. It's interesting, as it seems like we've rubbed his girlfriend the wrong way, and I think she gets this impression we're major moochers and well then the rest of the house (as they share it among 4 people, who all work at the same company except for this friend's girlfriend). The ironic thing? She's on disability for a hair disorder she has, so the money spent has come from her boyfriend's hard earned money. She may know about the guitar (but I don't think she cares, or would even notice it is gone) but she would flip about the money. I'm having to keep it a secret among the other friends in case word got out and it caused waves. There's more to the story, but that's the abridged version and the part that's directly effecting us. I'm so thrilled that Aaron has someone he can add to his close friend's list. He literally has about 5 really close friends, and keeps a rather tight knit circle. It's also awesome as he's been helping Aaron learn how to play guitar, and the more they hang out the more they realize they have more in common. I'm thrilled for him, and I'm just trying to harmonize with this group of people. It's been really nice to have a place to hang out on a Saturday night, and for the most part everything is pretty good.

Then oh god work has been a complete jumbled mess. They're not at all organized, and it'll be interesting to see how the next week or two pan out. Fingers crossed as of 3pm this afternoon I got an email from the onboarding coordinator that I hadn't done my drug test when it was first assigned - they sent it out on a Friday, and wanted me to complete it within 24 hours. Well the clinic wouldn't of been open until at LEAST Monday, and when I enrolled then it said I had until Thursday to complete it...so we did it then. Partially because I was done with my detox, but more importantly I had to work around Aaron's schedule. It was a 20 min drive into town, and we ended up having to drive an additional 15mins to another clinic as they had a power outage the night before and their system was down. OK no biggie...but if I told you how my emails are going to three different email boxes, that the initial password reset failed (and ironically the main lady was 'out of office' until the 15th...and this was on the 10th I got the initial emails.). Then because they were emailing an email I don't use hardly ever, I miss out on signing up for early morning classes and have to take the 2pm - 10pm class. Yeah. If I didn't know I already had a foot in the door, and knew that this was a legit company and that once I'm in things would be OK....I would of left. I sent an email to this enrollment lady and let her know it has been a mess from the start...in nice words. Hoping that she will feed it back so that other potential employees don't give up and leave because of it.

Sounds like a mouthful of stuff going on.

Try to enjoy the next day off. It's going to get busier very soon, and if you can recharge your batteries you should be allowed the opportunity.

With the friend, maybe the girlfriend feels panicky about the money going out because she's on a fixed income. It's hard to say. Curious that she's able to get SSI (or is it SSDI) for a hair pulling disorder. I don't know how I feel about the benefits system. I have people with heart conditions who are struggling to get it because the system is so shitty. It sometimes takes disabled individuals years to get that security. :(

M'ah well. Cole graduates today. I'm beyond excited for it to be over. Gotta get everyone ready now...

Yay Graduation!

Thanks! :D We finally made it!

Granted, I'm graduating in August... but my coursework is done at least! No turning back.

How are you doing??

Not to bad. Can't wait to be done with the army. Then off to Florida where it is warm. Screw this cold shit.

What will you do next? :)

College and Smoke pot. >,>; totally, not lying or trolling..

Can't say I blame you. I bet it will be a free feeling when you get out!

Yeah, it will be nice to be done with the bullshit of it. And to take on the BS of Civilian real life. lol