Just to let my few readers who are left know... I am still here. I have just gotten to a point that I don't like this blog anymore (this is my 4th or 5th one LOL). I get to a point where I feel like I am not the same person and want a fresh start. A new name. And so I think that is what I need to do to be able to get back into the posting mode. I suppose I will still stick with blogger just because I am used to it, unless someone has a different suggestion. But as far as names go, any suggestions? I am fresh out of ideas.
- posted by Ilgondo @ 4:24 PM

 
Today was my first day of work. I just have to say that I LOVE MY JOB! Or at least I do today. We will see if I say the same thing at the end of the week, month, year... But the people are great. I got my BS degree in civil engineering from V!rg!n!a Tech in May and then took the summer off to travel the United States (I saw 39 of them!). I was scared of getting a new job so I kept putting it off. But I don't know why! It was so great seeing my education being used in real life situations! So I am a happy girl right now. I will be even happier when my office doesn't look so BLAH. I need some pizzazz!  

- posted by Ilgondo @ 5:46 PM

 
I haven't dropped off the face of the earth just yet. I actually have a job and I start on Monday. I am sure I will have lots of fun work stories to tell. But right now I am just hoping that I am feeling well enough to go. I have a sore throat that is slowly going away and now a major stuffy nose. I am not a happy camper but I just had a lovely (virgin) margarita and so I am a happy camper wrapped in my blanket. Boring post I know. But better than nothing. Right?
- posted by Ilgondo @ 9:16 PM

 
I have been really stressed out with this whole job-hunting thing. And as a result I have been snapping at a lot of people that I don't want to hurt. I could make up a whole bunch of excuses but I think it would just be a waste. I am looking at three companies and the one I want to work for is probably the dumbest choice (is a very small, new company that doesn't offer medical insurance and who knows if they will disappear into the depths of blackness that new companies crash into). The one that I have an offer from is my least favorite because it is not what I want to do. But maybe it is? What do I know? Nothing. I just wish that I didn't have to make this decision. It would make life so much easier.
- posted by Ilgondo @ 10:49 PM

 
I was a bad Mormon today. I didn't go to church. There is no real good reason why I didn't go. My family didn't want to go and so I slept in too. I was going to go alone but when my alarm clock went off I turned it off and rolled back over and went to bed. Why sit there alone? A lot of the church members were not going to hand out candy tonight because they felt that it interfered with making the day feel like the Sabath. Instead we didn't go to church because it made it not feel like Halloween. I guess it is all a matter of perspective.
- posted by Ilgondo @ 11:55 PM

 
So we have been redoing our family room and now I am on a decorating spree. Not yet motivated enough to redo my bedroom but I have all sorts of ideas about how I want to do my future house/apartment. Everything from the kitchen to the living room to the nursery. *sigh* I just have no patience whatsoever. In a few months it could be a reality though. I already have had 2 interviews, got an offer from one and waiting on the other one, and I have an interview with a 3rd company on Monday. Did you even know I was job hunting? While I am. Which may be why I am a bit stressed out lately. Just maybe.
- posted by Ilgondo @ 10:59 PM

 
I had a post and it got deleted and that pisses me off. I am in a pissy mood anyways so it didn't take much to make me pissier. Next time I decide to go to a dance, someone please remind me how miserable I am when I get home. I should have just stayed home and watched TV and slept or something. Instead I am online at 2:30 in the morning with tears in my eyes. Have I mentioned I hate being single? I have only been on two second "dates", the most recent of which was my September of 2001. I can count the number of first dates I have had since then on one hand and still have fingers left over to pick my nose, ear wax, belly button lint, and butt.
- posted by Ilgondo @ 2:25 AM

 
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- posted by Ilgondo @ 8:31 PM

 
Carol wanted to see... (click to enlarge) 

- posted by Ilgondo @ 8:30 PM

 
Ivona wanted to see... (click to enlarge) 

- posted by Ilgondo @ 8:21 PM