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Home Again, Home Again, Jiggidy Jig

Well, I'm back in MN after spending a week in WI. Got to see some of my friends while I was back home and that was cool. Pete is doing well. He had his first chemo treatment on Wednesday without any adverse effects, so hopefully things continue that way. Granted, he and mom are worried about losing the house since Pete cannot return to the job he had previously because working there is what gave him the cancer in the first place. Of course, smoking didn't help, but it wasn't the sole reason for the cancer. I think that they'll be fine as far as the house is concerned. They're doing all sorts of things to save a little money here and there. For instance, my mom bought a new Monte Carlo back in January. Well, she sat down and realized that she didn't need a car like that to simply drive back and forth to work and run a few errands. So, she tranded her 6 month old car in for a new Cavelier. Between car payments and insurance they're already saving $125 a month. My brother is supposed to be moving out of the house by August sometime to work for my uncle in Dallas and for Mom and Pete to get that kid off of their insurance would save them a lot more money too. In the end I think it'll all work out.

The job search continues. I did not get the job at Gage & Gage (I referred to having an interview in the June 18th post). However, tomorrow I have to set up an interview with a law firm tomorrow to be their messenger bitch and I applied for 10 other jobs today so hopefully I'll hear something soon. I knew I was going to have problems with getting a job, but I thought that I would have something by now. Nearly 50 employers have received my resume and I've had 3 interviews and I'm setting up the 4th tomorrow. Chad has applied for nearly 100 jobs (I kid you not) and hasn't had many more interviews than myself. Granted, I think I'm applying for jobs that may be a little below me, but desperate times call for desperate measures. Hopefully we'll both have something soon cuz my monetary funds are heading towards the red.

Also, my comments have seemed to have disappeared since Blogger modified their site. Hopefully this will be fixed soon.

Have Your Say

Finally, the option of comments has been added to History Reheated! That whole "Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?" thing is the comments link if you didn't know. Have at it!

"Say hello to my lil' update..."

I added links for Clan Bob/Life of Riley and Mac Hall, both very intriguing webcomics. Also, the Sarah Brightman link has been updated to go to the actual official site, not a fan site that was proclaiming to be official, so go check the new sites out.

Life Sucks and Then You Get Cancer

I'm warning you ahead of time, this is not a chipper-cheery posting.

Yesterday, at about 8pm, I called my mom because my step-dad, Pete, was having surgery. Why? Well, at the beginning of May he was starting to have very bad coughing fits. As stated in a previous post, he developed walking pneumonia. No problem, that went away, but he was still doing the coughing fits that were preventing him from doing essential things like sleeping. So they went to the doctor again. They then found out that his right lung had collapsed and was filling with fluid. They took 3 quarts of fluid out and he felt better but the doctor said that there might be something else wrong so they had to go see a specialist on Monday. So they did that and the specialist said that Pete needed surgery to find out what it is, so they did that yesterday. Well, the "something else wrong" turned out to be cancer. As of yesterday, my mom didn't know what kind it was or how much there was because the pathologist still had to analyse it. That and she freaked out after the word cancer left the doctor's mouth. Her and Pete are not taking the news well. I'm not certain, but I think cancer claimed both of his parents. You know, sometimes I wonder why all the good people in this world have all the bad shit happen to them. Pete had polio when he was 3 and has never been able to run since then because his right leg and foot are practically useless. Don't you think that's enough to deal with? He's helped my mom, myself and my brother out so much over the past 6 years, this is the last thing he deserves to get. Even my dad said that he would not wish cancer on his worst enemy. (And Pete is not an enemy, for the record. Quite the contrary. My dad has a lot of respect for him.) My grandparents had just arrived back in AZ but now they're thinking about coming back next week to WI to help out my mom and Pete since Pete cannot go back to work for at least 6 weeks and that's just to recover from the surgery. Then they get to find out about treatment for the cancer. Chad and I will be heading to WI on Friday about 1pm because Chad has training for a possible job until noon otherwise we would be gone already. I'll be staying in WI all next week to help oiut while my mom is at work and hopefully my grandparents will get there sometime before next weekend when Chad will come back and we'll go back to MN (Chad has interviews next week, which is why he can't stay.)

If you would like to send a card to Pete, and I encourage that you do, and you don't know the mailing address, please feel free to e-mail me at jennifer.borley@snc.edu

In other news, I didn't want the job at MT Advertising because they didn't offer benefits, which is not kosher with me. However I had another interview yesterday that seemed to go well and I hope to get this job. I think I have one-up on everyone else because the lady who interviewed me had a niece and nephew that graduated at SNC the same time I did and her nephew now works at GB Packaging (To the person who works at GB Packaging who also reads this blog: I don't know if he's available, but his name is Matt.)

Anyway, that's it for now.

Questions? Comments? E-mail: jennifer.borley@snc.edu

The Crackers of Connivery

I'm a frickin' moron and I twisted my ankle pretty badly on Saturday. Stupid stadium seating movie theatres with their stairs.....

Chad had his graduation party on Sunday and it went well. It rained a couple times when some small showers past over but otherwise it was a good time with me on crutches Go me.

Oh, and Lea did name her son Drew.

My grandparents maybe stopping in the Twin cities area on Thursday as they head back to Arizona. They're taking a new scenic route.

Uline didn't hire me. I have another interview for Friday at MT Advertising. Chad has an interview fro Monday with Blue Ridge Marketing and a possible interview with ..... wait for it..... Uline on Friday.

For those back in GB, Chad and I will be around the weekend of the 20th, possibly getting there on the 19th depending on jobs and interviews or whatever.

New Metallica CD came out on Thursday. I like the first few songs and the rest have yet to grow on me. I especially enjoy the first song, "Frantic." Chad and I will be seeing Metallica, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, Deftones anf Mudvayne at the end of July. Should be a goddamn good time.

Baby, Baby

Thanks to the wonderful invention of the internet, I have been able to get to the Green Bay Press Gazette's records so that I can keep an eye out for when my friend Lea has her baby. Well, she delivered a baby boy yesterday, which was also her due date. A timely little fellow. Having the baby born on the actual due date is a rare occurance it seems. I was born 2 days late, my brother was born 3 days early, Kate (my friend Amy's little girl) was born a week early. If I remember correctly, the name Lea had picked out for a boy was Drew... or Andrew and just call him Drew. I remember her saying this because she mentioned that Renae would also like it. And Renae likes the name Drew and any male with that name ;-). Hence the connection. So if you know Lea, congratulate her!


In Other News....

My interview at Uline seemed to have went well. The guy who interviewed me said he would give me a call by Wednesday (tomorrow) to let me know if they will be hiring me or not. Chad has also finally heard from someone about a job. Funny how the one job he wants in the very worst way is the one job that gets in contact with him. He's going for the position of online editor at Game Informer magazine. If you are a gamer like Chad and myself, this is one hell of a job to get. Review games before they are released, go to game conventions such as E3, etc, etc. I'll keep y'all updated on our job situations. Hopefully we'll both have paychecks soon.


Questions? Comments? E-Mail: jennifer.borley@snc.edu