There are days that I feel like crying from frustration, days that royally piss me off, days where I'm happy and content.  The last couple of weeks have been all of these, some in the same day.  Perimenopause?  LOL maybe, but more it's just, well, life.

My recent french exam turned out to be yet another friggin' A level (2 marks shy of a B which is what I need) and the astounding revelation that yes, telephone tutoring for written exams doesn't really work made me pretty angry.  After all, what is the point?  That was a waste of time.  I'm still trying to make sure that the year I spent doing this French training isn't wasted because one of the 3 Bs isn't. I'm just so very very frustrated because the difference between BBB and BBA is being able to apply for new jobs or not.  Almost all jobs now here in my beaucratic heaven are mandatory BBB so if you don't have it dear, you're stuck.  Unless you're a scientist or something techinical.  Which is where I guess being a computer scientist would definitely be better, though a good many of those jobs are B level as well.  So, again my personal desires, I am trying for the exam again, this time without bothering with the tutoring since I think it confused me more than helped me.  Oh well.

I've had the pleasure of a visit from Cyndi who was up here on business travel and it was great to spend an evening together again. 

For my birthday there was a new watch (not a fancy one but it's good to have second watch - my normal watch is a Timex Indiglo that's about 18 years old and I still love it), and a new cell phone. I got the Sony Eriksson W580i and it is a fun phone to have.  A little flimsy I think but we'll see, and when they transfered the SIM card everything on it was wiped out, but still, a neat phone.  A little more intuitive than the Nokias I've been using, and I'm enjoying the tracking feature that allows you to set a walking pace and then have it track your steps all day to see how far you've walked and also how many calories burned.  It's neat, and, if dog ever calms down enough to go for long walks or little jogs I can use that to see how far I've run as well.

Dog.  Dog is in obedience classes.  Dog is learning but so active he forgets.  So the command to stop him yanking my arm out of its socket when we walk ("Easy!") means he slows, sometimes stops and sits, I praise him and tell him "let's go" and ... he proceeds to yank my arm out again.  Eventually he'll get it but for now, it's a slow go and we only circle the house. 

So what else?  Talerocker~Dreamcat Creations is still in formation stages but we're thinking of things and setting up stuff so maybe soon we'll be transfering videos or albums for people, or helping with graphics or whatever and actually getting paid for it.  That'll be nice, but even if we do, to do our full vision means every cent goes back into equipment if we want to be really professional.

Other than that, not much else to say.  Little was supposed to start his ABC class on Saturday but it turned out it was at the wrong time so next fall I guess.  We're still looking for fun social type things he'd be interested in but right now, there's not much.  At least not in the time of year we have him.

Yesterday was the 13th anniversary of my dad's death, and I still miss him so much it hurts sometimes.  Like yesterday.  I was pretty weepy, but then I've been sick too with that bug that's going around.  Yes, there are some people in your life that you can talk to about anything, and he was one of the few that I could.  I really do miss him and his sense of humour. 

Again, oh well.  Beyond that, there's not much to say that won't get me in trouble for saying it so I'll stop now.