It's Sunday. I have been without benefit of spouse for most of three days now. Can't say I care for it.



The missus is visiting relatives from South Carolina (or is it North Carolina? It's one of those drawl-y, humid states), and a new job and pet care considerations have dictated that I stay home. That sounds great, doesn't it? Love her as I do, she and I shouldn't have to be in each others' pockets all the time, have to have some free-and-clear private and personal time, correct? So… Continue

Tomorrow I hope to hear that I'm even more gainfully and happily employed. I submitted to a drug screen last Wednesday as the final step in the acceptance process. Barring the inadvertent ingestion of poppy seeds, I should have no problem there. I'd hoped to hear from them Friday, but it looks like Monday now.



That whole idea, of a drug test gone horribly wrong because I ate something that tripped a positive result, makes me wish I'd showed up at the clinic with a small bag of hair… Continue