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Three Days

Wylie — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:58:08 +0000

We have three days until we hit the road for Vegas, and I wanted to freshen things up here on the ol’ blog. I found us a decent new theme to use, for free, so that’s nice. Hopefully we will get back to posting. We need to, though I doubt we still have any consistent readers left. If we do, I apologize for not knowing you were here. If you could, please leave a comment so we know you are here.

Anyways, enjoy the next three days, and hopefully a ton of posts direct from Sin City! Wooh!

Austin

Wylie — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:22:52 +0000

This past weekend we went to Austin for about 36 hours. We stayed with a friend and explored all over the place. We ate at a great restaurant on Friday, had some odd shaved ice, and saw thousands of bats fly out from under a bridge. Saturday Teresa had a conference to go to, so me and my friend Robie hung out with our dogs. We went to the dog park in the morning, the farmers market around noon, and swimming in the afternoon. Olive is still not a fan of swimming, but she will learn to love it. I think she may need a doggie PFD. I think that will help her feel more confident when in the water, or at least I hope so. Saturday evening we went to see the Master Pancake Theater. It’s a live Mystery Science Theater 3000. It was pretty darn funny. After that we walked around downtown just a little and bumped into the Pride Parade. So we watched that for a short while before getting too hot and realizing that we should drive home before it got too late. It was a jam packed 36 hours, but we had a great time. I like Austin, just not the heat.

June

Wylie — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:44:57 +0000

Now it is June and we are in the home stretch. Our lease here ends on July 31 and we will not be renewing it. This means to me that we will need to start hoarding boxes, start thinking about moving trucks, and start thinking about the transition to a new place. I think that both of us are equally looking to get on with it and have some of these things planned and ready to go.

In the meantime we need to keep working, and sending out resumes. We also need to keep having fun. With all that has been happening and the stress that comes with it, we need fun now more than ever.

Olive

Wylie — Thu, 27 May 2010 18:55:51 +0000

This is just a cute picture of Olive. Enjoy.

Working In A Coal Mine

Wylie — Thu, 20 May 2010 17:21:27 +0000

Work, it’s a funny thing. We need to do it in order to make money. We need money in order to get through our daily lives. People seem to not care to work, or when they have a job a lot of people take it for granted and don’t do a good job. Some people, like Teresa and I, like to do a good job at work. Teresa might not like working an actual full-time job yet, but I do. I like getting out of the house, collaborating on things, and having a final product to be proud of. Sure, the hours aren’t always the best, and some co-workers might not be my favorites, but that’s life. If Teresa has a different idea on work she can post it here, or in the comments…

We are both still looking for jobs where we can do good work and be proud. Teresa is looking all over the country, and nothing, bupkis. I have also been looking all over and also got bupkis. Well, that’s not true. I did get a job with some folks in Florida who give me several hours of work to do every month. I can’t survive on that, so I found a job at a local movie theater for minimum wage. That’s just pathetic for the amount of work I give them. I feel like I have gone over all of this so I will move on.

We are both still looking for work.

Teresa may have a lead on a job north of Austin, TX. She has had one interview with them, and has another one tomorrow. I am not sure if she has actually applied for the job though… It kind of came out of nowhere, the first interview did.

I have started looking all over the country for work. It has come to the point where we will move to wherever it is that one of us finds a job. I might have a lead on a job in Greenville, SC. We will see. I have a friend asking around for me and one of the companies he mentioned is looking for a Junior Developer. I can do that, very well indeed. I will need to bone up on my skills a little in case something comes of it.

That’s pretty much the new news. It ain’t much, but it’s what our lives have been filled with lately. A whole lot of searching for work and a whole lot of rejections. This is life I suppose.

Yes!

Wylie — Tue, 11 May 2010 20:40:45 +0000

That is all Teresa and I want to hear. Yes. There has been a lot of no’s coming our way. No, we don’t want you to work with us here at our school. No, we don’t think you are good enough to work at Starbucks. No, we don’t have any work for you this week. No, You were not our top pick. No, we don’t think your computer skills are good enough.

We are getting tired of these No’s. they are weighing on us. Heavily. The stress is building, and even Olive can feel it. Can we get just one Yes? Preferably in a place that will work for both of us? Please?

Missing

Wylie — Sat, 08 May 2010 16:41:54 +0000

Our presence on this site has been missing. I apologize for that. Winter came, and we became home bodies, the apartment got really cold, my job ended and the job hunt began. We spent most of the Winter huddled around heaters, or under blankets. Our apartment really isn’t made for cold weather, it has drafts everywhere, and I imagine no insulation. Now that it is warmer out, things are much better. The A/C’s do a better job of cooling the apartment than the heaters do of heating it.

My job at Biltmore ended and I started the search for a job. Sadly none really showed themselves for a while. I have been hemorrhaging money like crazy, and applying to jobs like mad. I eventually found one job, but the hours are not proving to be very helpful, so I started looking for another job and found it at Target. That job only lasted two days though because the job caused my forearms to hurt like crazy, putting me out of commission for just under a week. I have since found another job at a local movie theater, Cinemark. This job is fine, it just has low pay, and I am one of the oldest people working as an usher. It’s kind of sad really.

Now we are starting to think about where we will be off to next. Teresa has been applying to jobs all over the country, and has had several interviews. So far we have three prospects: Georgia, Rhode Island, and Washington state. Once we know where we are heading I will start bombarding the locals with resumes, and we will make plans for the move. All of that is exciting. I know that I will be happy to get out of Texas. It isn’t a bad place, just not my place.

I hope to be updating here more, I just need to give myself more time to do it, and that is one of my plans, better time management. So, check back here a little more often for more updates on us.

Olive

Wylie — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:25:56 +0000

Say hello to Olive, a new addition to the house. You can find more about Olive, here.

Miracle Place

Wylie — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:31:26 +0000

I have yet to have a miracle happen to me near this place. I haven’t given up hope yet.

Disc Golf

Wylie — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:30:55 +0000

On MLK Jr. day Teresa and I went to play some disc golf in Research Park. It was a glorious day outside. This was our first time in the park, and I must say that despite the course looking a little confusing at first, we had a good time. Well, we had a good time up until I lost a disc in the pond. Damn you water hazards! Oh well, now I just have to buy another disc.