Oh yeah, I remember alarm clocks...

I had my appt. with the agency this morning. Which meant that I had to be somewhere at a designated time for the first time in a long time. Which meant that I had to set an alarm. I remember now that I am not a big fan of that.

The agency experience wasn't as bad as I had feared and at least the interviewer was nice and didn't seem to have the attitude that I am used to with agencies. Which was nice. I also have a friend whose mom is regional manager at a company that's very close to my house and I've sent her my resume but I'm not sure that they have any openings. Still, networking is a good thing and I need to order some new business cards so I can do some more of it.

I had some stuff I mailed out the other day that will hopefully meet with the approval of the person that I sent it to. I need to take stock of what I have on hand and see whether my finances will allow me to do some restocking. I really need another chair, too, but am in the Catch-22 of needing money to do work to make money. I also need to force myself to do the filing that's piled up on my desk and finish taming the chaos to the point that I don't think about it anymore.

The weather is absolutely gorgeous right now and I'm so thankful when I step out and am not freezing my ass off and/or slipping on ice.

A few weeks ago, my cousin was out and about and came across a winery called Dark Star Cellars and, of course, had to stop in and check it out. It is a small, family-owned and operated winery. The owner, his wife and two kids are the entire staff. So, if you're ever in the Pasa Robles area of California, check them out. I bring it up because today I came back from my appointment and there was a "you have a package" notice by my door and I couldn't fathom who I had a package from and lo and behold, it was a box from my cousin which contained two Dark Star Cellars wine glasses , a couple of corks and some very cool stickers (look to be what would be put on wine bottles). I would LOVE to order and taste some of their wine, but until I'm employed and fiscally solvent (read: the fifth of NEVER), I doubt I'll have the opportunity. In any event, I have two glasses that have "Dark Star Cellars" etched onto them and I'm thrilled.

So, tomorrow and the weekend will hold more chaos taming, the usual weekend chores and NaNoWriMo-ing. Oh! And Two Lumps did a neato comic relevant to NaNoWriMo, too. That's all I've got for tonight.