Spain anyone?

Sounds like a dream and it is. Chris' dream. Today I took him to the courthouse to turn in his application for a passport. Pretty snazzy except it's $100 to do it. Good thing I just got my tax return back. But I have to say that I had no idea it cost so much just for the passport. There goes getting mine for a while for that long awaited vacation to Europe or the Mediterrainian. Probably best, though, because if I ever went over I probably wouldn't come back.

Why is Chris planning a trip to Spain? His dream is to become a spanish teacher. He was strongly considering two years at Hawkeye Community College and then to transfer to UNI for the last two. Then he discovered Suffolk University in Boston which has an undergraduate program in Madrid and was accepted. Now it all depends on if he can get all the financial aide he needs to go. He said they want $600 by sometime in May to guarantee that he'll go there. Eek! That's over half of my two week check. I'm hoping financial aide can help with that as well. Wow! Madrid! It's still hard to believe that he is 18 and graduating.

Work has been interesting. :) Only in the aspect of winning the posting of backup teamlead for my shift. Then the one that had been teamlead, who had been told she'd gotten a dayshift posting lost it because someone on days with a lot of seniority filed a grievance with the union because of that specific position hadn't been posted. So, Stacey was bumped back to her old position on my shift, then about a week later won the next dayshift posting. That meant the teamlead position needed to be reposted. Here's where I'm again in limbo. They posted the teamlead position, which I again signed, along with a position on days. I also signed that one, putting that I would prefer the dayshift first. Matt, who has more seniority, signed the teamlead posting, figuring it had been reposted because I had already gotten the earlier dayshift posting. So, now I'm waiting, probably until next week, to hear if I did get this dayshift posting or if I'm still stuck on nights and if that is the case, whether Matt will turn down the teamlead position so I can have it. Argg, the dilemna. I really choose dayshift, though I like the people on my shift better. I'd like to be home every evening/night, I sleep so much better at night and I'm so tired of only seeing the programs I like every other week. Confusing? Oh well.

I watched The Time Traveller's Wife today. It's not like I imagined it would be; much more dramatic but in a good way. I liked it, even though it was sad. After that I watched Enchanted to liven myself back up.

For being busy most of the day, it looks like I haven't done much. Cleaning I mean. I took some containers out of my bedroom that I'd brought out of storage. There's things in there that I've forgotten I had. But I'm also sorting through things for a garage sale sometime this year. That's what tends to take time: deciding what to keep and what to get rid of when a good share of the stuff has so much sentimental value. You spend years getting things or receiving gifts and it's hard to just give them up. Now I'm ready for bed and there's still things that need done. And I work all weekend so won't feel like doing any of it. I guess sooner or later it'll all get done.

Sooner or later the stress will end. "If not for stress I'd have no energy at all."

Night all, good blog readers. Have a great night or whatever time of day it is. Think spring!