My Goals, so far...

I REALLY want to do this....
http://home.online.no/~arnedani/astronomy/astrophoto/eclipse/20030531/93-04to93-33and93-35.htm

The next chance is February 07, 2008 (hint)
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/OH/OH2008.html

Annular Solar Eclipse... it is in Antartica, with Umbral Eclipse in parts of Austrailia, and New Zealand
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEanimate/SE2001/SE2008Feb07A.GIF
AS WELL AS...
Total Solar Eclipse, August 01 2008... this one is in the Artic. Parts of northern Canada and Greenland will see some Umbral Eclpse http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEanimate/SE2001/SE2008Aug01T.GIF
Reference Info: http://www.mreclipse.com/Special/SEprimer.html
and http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/OH/OH2007.html

I never have seen one, Annular or Total, and I also REALLY want to visit the poles. Because I think a person should. It's funny how this is all lining up. I am in complete awe. And I don't think I have ever really had goals in my life before. I mean, I'm sure I did, just nothing that ever excited me. I am begining to realize that I need at least a few. Lots of free time sure allows someone to think.

Ennie, Meenie, Minnie, Moe...

Yes, that's right, folks...

I have a job, as I am sure you have heard. I was hired at Michael's Arts and Crafts in Apple Valley, on Monday. I start work there this Sunday, 7 am till 3:30 pm. It's a Supervisor position, so I will be able to move up to management rather quickly with all my previous experience. It's not as much in the way of wage as I would have liked, $10.25 less than 90 days, $10.50 thereafter, but it is more then I am currently making sitting at home.

Also.... Today I had another interview with a company called ACS, in Eden Prairie, they are outsourced to places like Expedia, Orbits, Sprint, and NWA Online. The position was for the NWA client. They handle all the inbound calls regarding reservations, ticket orders and general problems with the website. After filling out essentially the new hire paper work I was interviewed, the whole thing took an hour and a half. Needless to say, I was offered the position. The wage structure here is a commission based one. I will make a base of $10.50 during training and up to 6 months after, during which I am able to increase my earnings based on the number of calls I make and emails I send. After the 6 months, the base goes away and its solely commission. $1.25 per call, emails are less, to start. Call quality will also incerase this amount on increments of 25%.

Training for the next class was to begin on March 26th, and I am starting at Michael's on the 18th. So, a bit of a dilemma here. There is another class after this one, on April 16th. So I asked to be put into that one instead. That should give me time to pull together some income and see if I like the job, and decide if I will continue to keep the arrangement with ACS or with Michael's.

The other aspect of my dilemma are the hours... Michael's is, for the majority, 7 am - 3:30 pm, Sunday - Friday, with Wednesdays and Saturdays off (Thurs till 4:30 and Fridays, 1 - close). While ACS Training is from 2 pm - 10:30 pm, Monday - Friday, for four weeks, and a 2nd shift of 3 - Midnight, Tuesday - Saturday. While both actual schedules are cohesive to my life at this point, I was wondering, "Would I be able to work them both?" Of course that would require some explaining to Michael's as to the need for shortened hours with longer work-weeks, say 1 pm, not 3:30, possibly working 6 days instead of 5.
I am really not sure. I have way too much going on to think rationally at this point. I was panicked about not having a job, or car, and no longer a place of my own, and now... I seem to be in an over abundance of employment. I thought that it could not get worse, but when faced with the changes of "Ok, I'll take any job" to "Oh, now I have choices?" it's a little bit taxing.
If you have any thoughts... please do share!!!
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So that's what's going on here....

Really, not what I expected... thank you.

Last night was a good night, I learned a lot about myself in the process of learing about another. And if you know the lyrics to the song Currently Listening To on this page, then you will understand (Lifehouse - Hanging by a Moment).
"Desperate for changing, starving for truth, Closer where I started, Chasing after you... Letting go of all I've held onto... Forgetting all I'm lacking, Completely incomplete... I'm running and not quite sure where to go, Just hanging by a moment here with you."

So I find no better comfort then in the arms of someone who I care about, and if I can not have that pleasure then the lyrics of a well worn song often find new meaning for me. This is something that I thought about driving home in the dark. Why do really good lyrics take on so many different meanings at different points in our lives?

"When your education X-Ray
Cannot see under my skin
I won't tell you a damn thing
That I could not tell my friends
Roaming through this darkness
I'm alive but I'm alone
Part of me is fighting this
But part of me is gone

So hold me when I'm here
Right me when I'm wrong
Hold me when I'm scared
And love me when I'm gone
Everything I am
And everything in me
Wants to be the one
You wanted me to be
I'll never let you down
Even if I could
I'd give up everything
If only for your good"
- 3Door Down - When I'm Gone

A lot of negative things/events have happened for me in this holiday season. I am really trying to focus on the positive and move my life into the better as a whole. I will let you know as that happens.
Currently listening : Hanging by a Moment By Lifehouse Release date: By 05 June, 2001