GroundhogDay

Have you thought about joining a local writers guild?

Soberpotamus

Yeah, I have. There aren't any, lol. Maybe on campus, but those are kids.

I'd love to.

I'd have to move to New Orleans. And I've thought seriously about that. There are some good writers groups there.

My house ties me to this area. I have to sell it. I need to put a few thousand into getting it in ideal shape. I need to start on that as soon as I'm healed.

Soberpotamus

I've considered Savannah, Charleston, Key West, and New Orleans as places to settle down and write. All have art and literary scenes.

I'm partial to New Orleans.

Soberpotamus

I'm meeting with the assistant store manager today to apply for the garden center job. He is going to expedite things and get me into HR ahead of some others for an interview.

Then I'm going to renew my library card. Last time, I managed to talk them into doing it over the phone. Doubt they'll do it a second time.

After the chores are out of the way, I'm going to Dunkin Donuts to get coffee and read for a few hours. Unless they blare the music like last time. In which case, I might have to go to Barnes & Noble.

Anna

That sounds like a good plan for the day, SP.

saoutchik

You can probably renew your library card online SP

I just heard that Harper Lee died at 89

Soberwolf

Popping in to say hi SP x

SoberLeigh

Fingers crossed and prayers lifted that the meeting and interview go well, Potamus.

Soberpotamus

They don't allow it.

Yeah, it saddened me. She was almost 90 though. That's a nice, long life.

Soberpotamus

Thanks, Leigh.

It was a quick online app in the store. Now I'm at home taking an assessment online. I should be just fine. They are going to get me in there as long as there's a position available in the garden center.

SoberLeigh

That's great, Potamus!!!!

trachemys

Let me dissuade you from The Big Easy. Key West is severely gentrified and expensive these days. The place is somewhere in the Charleston, Savannah, Hilton Head triangle. I can't adequately describe what that area has except that I've spent a lot of time there and still spend one night a week job hunting that area. When I get a chance to move there, I'm gone.

Anna

I hope that getting the job sorted out goes smoothly. It sounds like they want to make it work and you do too.

Jsbodhi

Just checking to say hi
Xoxo

Jsbodhi

Yoga is awesome! Good for you xx

Soberpotamus

I ditched the Xylitol mouthwash for now, in favor of plain old warm sea salt water gargle. It feels better already. I hope this will heal whatever is going on around my incisions.

Today was a great day. It was sunny, beautiful, and 70F. I ran several errands, chatted with friends at work, and had coffee with Tom (ex).

Dad called me today. We chatted for a few minutes and that was that. He hates talking on the phone. I know this about him. He is trying, I guess. It's pitiful, but it's an effort. Whatever. I honestly don't know how to take it. He's "praying" for me. Okey-dokey.

venuscat

I am a big believer in the healing properties of salt water.
I'm glad it feels better already J.

So glad you had a great day, and your dad, well, as you said, he's trying. That's a good thing, yes?

Soberpotamus

Yeah, it's certainly not a bad thing.

I'll give him that much, lol.

Well, it's not a bad thing unless it's his attempts to assuage his own guilt, which he's known to do. But I'll try and stay out of his head.

Soberpotamus

I've spent several minutes imagining how I'd handle eating Ben & Jerry's Half Baked ice-cream. It's a mixture of fudge brownies and chocolate chip cookie dough. I think I could let the cookie dough melt in my mouth, but the chips might prove to be a real problem. They'd melt too, but it would take a while. Hmm. What to do?

Soberpotamus

Umberto Eco died today. Now I need to read that book, 'The Name of the Rose.'

I've put off reading Eco, Borges, and Calvino. Not sure why.