So hey!

[phyncke]

Tonight is Friday and I went out for dinner tonight with my friend J***, the kid who is not really a kid anymore, and his girlfriend. I think I will start calling the kid by his name - N***. For those of you new to the scene or if you have forgotten - I helped raise N*** from when he was a little baby and now he is starting his third year of college at UC Santa Cruz. I cannot believe how the time has gone. Ho-MG. I used to change his little diapers and now he is all big and making his own decisions. It is so cool. J**** likes to say I helped raise N**** and he gets advice from me on a lot of stuff. I guess the closest thing to that is being an Aunt to him but at times I did a lot of parental things too. It takes a village to raise the child. This is the closest I have come to raising a child really so ...It is all pretty cool. We are all like family.

So the idea of tonight's dinner was to celebrate N*** and girlfriend's success this summer at getting jobs, staying gainfully employed and earning enough money to cover their incidental expenses for the year and her rental costs. He worked two jobs and saved and saved and saved. Did not miss one shift at work and worked in education as well as retail. Both of them achieved their goals and did what they set out to do. Right on.

In other news - I started to move into my private office at work. I have a week to move into my interior office (no windows) but it has walls and doors and I will no longer be in a cubicle. I can shut the doors for privacy and to get work done. Halleluja. Today I moved all of my files over. I will move the rest next week and then work in there once my phone is cut over. I have pictures to hang and plants to carry over there and things to arrange. I want it all to look together. So have to get that going. Woot. This is very good news.

This weekend I have a few plans - I am going to a chocolate making class tomorrow out in Concord. My friend, J*** and I will be doing that together. It runs from 2-4pm tomorrow. Hopefully it is in an air conditioned facility as it is supposed to be hot tomorrow.

Other than that - my weekend plans are open - I need to do laundry and clean up around the house.

Hope all is well with you in your part of the world! Comment in and tell me what you are up to!

Comments

[yeesalu]

Congrats on the private office! I worked in both, and an office is definitely better than a cubicle. Ticked me to see you are going to Concord to take your class. I lived there as a child until we moved to the Midwest. I bet it's grown a lot since then. I looked up our old house recently and saw it last sold for $392,000. My parents bought it for $17,000 in the 1960's.

[phyncke]

Wow - that is quite a jump in price there for that house.

It was really hot today out in Concord so that was something. It is always much hotter there than in Berkeley. I had fun at the workshop.

[jaiden-s.livejournal.com]

Great news about the job! I know you're happy to have a door. :)

Choccie making sounds fun. Give us an update when you get back.

[phyncke.livejournal.com]

I am - my office actually has two doors - it is on a corner. So that is ok too.

I am excited about the chocolate making! Will update!

[nienna-weeper.livejournal.com]

I haven't had my own office since 1998. Everything is shared or cubicles now, sigh... Good for you!

I'm working and trying to get over this bug. I'm still coughing, bleah.

:)

[phyncke.livejournal.com]

I have not had a private office ever so this is kind of awesome for me. It does not have a window or anything but that is ok. I will take it!

I hope you feel better, Boo! Rest and fluids!