I'm back for another great Sunday to regroup with Sunday Post with Caffeinated Reviewer and Sunday Salon with Readerbuzz. It's the last couple days of the HoHoHo Holiday Readathon with Caffeinated Reviewer. Join the main challenge, and then there are seven great challenges at different sites for participants to win even more prizes! My challenge is a Holiday Haiku - join the challenge, then come back to enter.
What I'm reading this week:
I finally finished Lightborne: A Novel by Hesse Phillips. It was an enlightening novel about Christopher Marlowe - a playwright contemporary of Shakespeare. I gave it 3 out of 5 stars. Watch for my review soon at Books I Think You Should Read. I'm partway through Ebenezer Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Love on my kindle, and deciding on my next print book read... maybe Side Effects are Minimal or Damaged Beauty: Joey Superstar. We'll see!
Three Good Things:
- My sister-in-law's sister read my tarot cards on Friday, and said all good things. I really needed to hear that. I have applied for (IIRC) nine different jobs this year. The first internal application was the most soul-crushing. I applied for a job I'd discussed with my managers before as a natural progression into the part of the job I really like the most. I applied in February, was told by my managers that their approvals were in place and everything was fine... then heard nothing. Two new people were hired to that team in early spring. Last week I got an email from the recruiter that they'd decided to move forward with another candidate. Ya think? Anyway. my reading said I'm doing everything right and my good outcomes are on their way within the next few months.
- I got the kids' advent jars together in time! I posted a picture of these before, and explained that I fill the small baby food jars with a treat for each day in December. I try to make it stuff the kids will be happy to open, not just the same chocolates already in the candy dish. Today they each opened a mini Funko pop. They both got tiny Disney characters which are part of four-packs they'll see as they open more jars. None of us is exactly sure when we'll open them each day, as ideally we should all be home to do it. They may send me pictures sometimes instead, as I leave earlier than they're usually awake. We'll make it work.
- Weird for a good thing, but I think I forgot I hadn't had enough caffeine yesterday. I felt pretty blech all day yesterday, and hubby was blaming the fruit wine from Friday, but then I actually kept feeling worse. I went to bed a little after 6pm and slept til 9 this morningj and woke up realizing I only had one can of soda yesterday. Work and life have had me consuming several times that each day for a while. I think I found the culprit. :eyeroll:
- A few posts ago I bragged that my holiday cards were designed, ordered, and even delivered! Now I need to address and mail them. I get paid Friday, so that will be my time to get postage. I think I'll look online today for fast & cheap return address labels. I regularly get them from charities, but usually pitch them to reduce clutter...
- I have yet to pick up one of my old counted cross-stitch kits to work on. It's still on the list.
- I finished my Cruella & Maleficent Lego BrickHeadz, now I just have my bonsai set left that is not yet assembled. Maybe next weekend? I do like the therapeutic value of Legos. I'm able to forget my worries for a bit while I focus on the directions. I read an article that said things like that (I think their example was knitting) is good for the soul because you're not focused on the stressful things, and then you have something to show for your time and effort...
5 comments:
Good luck getting all those postponed tasks done!
I love the idea of your Advent Calender, even though my kids still at home are 18, 20 and 21 I still buy them a chocolate one :)
Wishing you a happy reading week
Advent jars sound like a lot of fun! I should do something like that for my granddaughter who is coming to visit us this week.
Good luck with the job possibilities. I am a big believer in persistence. That great job will arrive for you one of these days.
I'm working through a "to do" list as well, boring stuff like filing paperwork, updating linens, and getting rid of things not used! But I could call it all New Year's resolutions:)
Good luck with advancing in your job. I have seen your experience happen to others as well, assurances then rejection.
Enjoy your advent celebrations… mae at maefood.blogspot.com
Baby jars for Advent gifts! Too cute! As for the job situation...I believe that when something like that happens it means the job you wanted but didn't get was probably going to end up being horrible in one way or another and the more perfect job for you is coming your way. That's always been the case for me anyway.
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