Bertha

Feb 022010
 

Got a call from the temp agency this morning—they’ve got a two-week assignment near the end of the month, if I’m available.

Oh yeah, I’m available.

It’s something at the post office, not an accounting job, but it will give me a) a paycheck and b) some current employment to put on my résumé. I suspect the ten-year-gap in my work history is hurting my chances as much as my lack of experience.

They’re sending me some forms and the location of their approved drug testing company. Yeah, I’ll have to get drug testing. Passing it won’t be a problem—I’m not even on birth control any more—but it’s still demeaning. But I’ll put up with it for the same reason anyone else does: because I need the work.

WTF Is This White Shit?!

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Feb 012010
 

We got snow Friday.

We hardly ever get snow. Maybe once a year we get a little bit of a dusting. Maybe. What we get is ice.

So all day Thursday people were rushing to the grocery store to stock up on bread and milk and beer. You know, the staples. The kids were grumbling because it was going to snow on Friday night and they wouldn’t get a snow day.

Saturday morning we woke up to a nice, thick blanket of snow. The Director went outside and played in it. The Artist and I shoveled it out of the driveway.

I was very happy that I can now drink hot beverages again, thanks to my new crowns.

Sunday morning, there was a little bit of new snow. The temperatures never got above freezing. This is quite unusual for our area. Most people around here simply don’t have the clothes for this kind of cold—why would we?

And schools are closed today. The main roads are fairly clear, but the secondary and residential roads are still icy and treacherous. The kids got a snow day after all.

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Jan 302010
 

On May 31, Scott Roeder walked into a church where Dr. Tiller was attending services with his family. In front of the entire congregation, he shot Tiller in the forehead at point-blank range.

Yesterday, Roeder was convicted.

The jury deliberated for just 37 minutes before finding Scott Roeder, 51, of Kansas City, Mo., guilty of premeditated, first-degree murder for putting a gun to the forehead of Dr. George Tiller on May 31 and pulling the trigger.”

Roader faces life in prison, with the possibility for parole in 25 years—unless the prosecutor can push for 50. I wish her luck.

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