As I sit here, typing this lovely post, my deck is being worked on by a professional. Yes my friends, we have outsourced. Carpentry is apparently not either one of our forte's so we decided to call someone who knows what they hell they are doing. Who knew the railing of the deck is the most tricky part. Sheesh. Anyway, I'm super happy that soon the deck will be finished.

Yesterday I spent the day working in the yard. I trimmed our bushes and also took out a bush. That's hard work, yo. I was so exhausted last night that I went to bed early. I still need to finish up one bush and to mow the yard, but I'm going to do that later this evening when it cools off a bit. It's too hot for this bitch to be exerting herself.

Friday night I went to a happy hour to raise money for the United Way, and then hopped around to a few different places before meeting up with Chris at the Tap Room. Good times.

In other news, my mom is back home. She called me and left me a voicemail. So, that made me feel a little relieved to know she was at least back home and not dead on the side of the road somewhere between here and Montana. The drama continues.

Next week I start my management cluster. I'm really looking forward to it. Hopefully it's a little more challenging that the classes I've experienced so far. Oh, also next week I may or may not hear more regarding my work status. As we come closer to the Oct 1 date, my fate seems to become more and more sealed. Friday, we got an email about the first "workforce displacements." So, it's only a matter of time.

Before I go, I want to mention that I do support the Jena 6. I don't know if any of you have been following this, but I just cannot believe how some people are still racist. It blows my mind. Is this really happening? Is it 2007 and people are still anti-blacks? Something needs to be done to fix this ignorant attitude.

So, I'm thinking about going to REI, or lying back down to rest my aching back. So, I'm out. Peace!