High/Low 10.26.05

Hey all..

I needed a few days to digest the past week... I'm still stumped as what to say.. So I'm off... trying to relax.. and enjoy it all.. although the weather has been so crummy.. that going outside has been a bit of a drag... rain rain.. today though.. it nice.. brisk.. very fall like.. trees are starting to change.. blue sky.. clouds.. nice.. some hot chocolate and an afternoon high school football/soccer game would be nice...

So the IT guy printed out my blog from last Friday... and showed it to some of the managers at my former work.. not surprising.... what to say to that? Lots.. but I'll bite my tongue.. and move on... I'm just one person.. how could little 'ol me make cause such an uproar? Makes me very sad... this is not how I wanted this to all end...

Kristine (sister) and I left for the Big Apple on Friday.. we spent the weekend with my Aunt and Uncle ... ate some GREAT food.. heard some AMAZING stories about the World Trade Center (my grandpa and uncle were both an important part of the construction team for both towers..for years!) Saw my 4th cousins that I've never met.. they're little ones.. ate Vietnamese in Manhattan.. saw the house that we grew up with in Queens.. wow... memories.. Had a great piece of pizza (they don't make pizza like NY pizza) and oh.. the Bagels.. wow.. yum! Saw my grandparents house on 116th st in Richmond Hill.. wow.. (Auntie.. they put a whole addition to the front.. VERY WEIRD AND SURREAL!!!) Grazie zia Marge e zio Ben per tutto!!!

It's been so crummy out.. that Monday and Tuesday have been a blur... sleeping in... yesterday i meandered around Target for an hour... and did some "stolen reading" at Barnes and Noble.. (when you just sit there and read a book without buying.. I ended up buying what I was reading.. couldn't put it down.. want to go read now) Today the sun is out.. and I feel better... tomorrow i'm hanging out with Angela.. I think we are going to a winery.. and then going to see a band play in DC.. Friday we're going to finally go to the Hirshhorn to that exhibit..

So with a little change as per my drs orders.. I am able to be a part of this medical study with Howard University.. I"m actually quite intrigued and excited to start.. it's a study of the chemicals adrenlyene and cortisol in the brain, related to stress.. They will share the results with me as well being a part of a larger focus group.. and it's also $800-$1000 dollars.. not too shabby AND being able to understand how those chemicals affect my brain.. hopefully in the next month I can begin.

I start my new job on Tuesday, Nov 1st... what it is? is Design. Doing CAD work again.. and redlines.. meeting with clients.. fabrics.. and finishes... I"m actually excited... give what I went to school for another try.. or "perhaps my calling" (as my former boss said to the whole company explaining my sudden departure) the company i'm going to seems really great.. and I'm excited to begin! Oh.. and it's quite a BIT more money.. which'll be nice once it becomes routine.. No more projections.. making numbers or trying to (I never made mine), or worries that I will be thrown under the bus for the company doing the worst it's ever done... who knows...

K ya'll... more later.. hope your having a good week.
onward and upward.
ancora imparo " I am still learning" in Latin
Kerilyn