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I live in Lexington, Kentucky

I'm owned by a cat, Moiya, who has me very well-trained.

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1. I no longer work at Amazon. Nor do I work at my next crappy job, a convenience store that shall remain unnamed *coughSpeedwaycough*. Talk about soul-sucking jobs! Let's just say the people I worked for and with were ten times worse than the customers (even the drunks on 3rd shift on Friday)!



2. I now work customer support for a cell phone company. It's not bad, so far, but admittedly, I'm still in training. I'm going to work in the "back room", doing more indepth research on specific problems and such. I'll also being helping customers via the internet/email, etc. The best part about the job (aside from more money, once I get my first paycheck) is the medical/dental/life/401k benies. Also, it isn't directly with the company, but with ACS which, from all indicators, is slowly taking over the world. After 6 months, I can put in for jobs anywhere in the company anywhere in the world. Granted, I'm happily restricted to the Lexington area, but there are various decent positions in a couple of different offices, doing other things aside from customer support.



3. Jerry and I are doing wonderfully. Before, relationships have always been hard work, often with little reward. Now it's just so easy, I would probably worry if I thought about it too hard. We rarely argue, let alone fight. (I can't think of one actual "fight", quite honestly and it's been almost a year.) We share a similar sense of humor, many common interests, and a simple delight in each other. We both LOVE Lost and I've been introducing him to Carnivale, since he doesn't have cable and hasn't ever seen it.
   
   As for *cue sexy music* other things....well, I think the computer would melt. (Besides, I would hate to send everyone screaming, "TOO MUCH INFORMATION!!!" in my first post in months!) So I'll just say everything is very good *wink*)



4. Nikki graduated high school last weekend (Memorial Day weekend). She was in the Honor Society and summa cum laude (4.2something grade point average). She's going to start University of Florida in less than a month. She wanted to start early and get a jump on her requirements. She's still planning to be a medical doctor, so she plans on majoring in biology as an undergrad.
   
   Saw Ferg while I was down there for her graduation, but that went better than I'd hoped. Her dad was also there with his new wife, but that went fine, too. (I get along great with him, but she's been a grade-A bitch to me in the past.) I felt kind of bad because I could only afford to give her bedding and towels while everyone else was tossing her money (everybody but me), a new laptop (her dad/stepmom) that does everything but tapdance, and primo-expensive speakers (Ferg) for her car (also Ferg--he paid the downpayment, anyway, and it's nicer than anything I've had in about a decade!), but I try to remember that 1) she hopefully understands that I make considerably less than either of them and 2) she really does need that stuff since she's going to be on her own. Still...



5. I'm getting the divorce pro bono, since I can't afford a lawyer and he refuses to pay for it. I just got approved, but they haven't given me a lawyer yet. I hope it happens soon, but I know it takes a while for them to get moving on such things. So, for now, he's still my "not-ex-enough"



6. I had to kick Allen out of the house. He's in a rehab and he stops by to visit me every now and then. He didn't speak to me for the first month after I made him leave, but now he says it's the best thing I ever could have done for him. He's been off all drugs and alcohol for several months, he's getting group and individual counseling, he's going to GED classes (he just retook the pre-test and score in the top 5 in Kentucky) and he expects to take the actual test before he gets out of the program. He's even talking about going to community college in the fall.



7. I've been dieting. It's not working.



8. I have to go in for tests at the VA at the end of June, to make sure that my IBS is really IBS and not something nastier and/or deadlier. I asked for the tests because it's been getting worse, even though I'm so much better mentally that I'm off all of my anxiety and depression meds and I'm no longer seeing a shrink. The tests promise to be extremely unpleasant, though. I say that because I have to start preparing for the first one two days in advance by going on a liquid diet (that's just going to kill my stomach!



9. Oh! If you like a little comedy with your horror, I have a series that you might like! It's the "Southern Vampire" series, by Charlaine Harris. It starts with Dead Until Dark and continues with Living Dead In Dallas, Club Dead, Dead To the World, and, the most recent, Dead As A Doorknob. They're highly entertaining, if not high literature. As a lover of a good story and most things vampiric, I recommend them enthusiastically!