gainful employment

i have always been irritated by the question 'so, what do you do?' or 'where do you work?' because i had not been in the workforce for a bit and it implies that i sat around eating bon bons and watching soap operas because i didn't work for someone else. it still irritates me. i suppose it irritates me because i view much work as busy work. there was a time in the not too distant past- around the turn of the last century and even into the middle of the last century- when people took care of themselves. they often worked outside the home in order to make money but they took care of their own homes and food and whatnot. it's what got america through the last great depression. i am not optimistic about this next one...

people complain about there not being enough jobs but there are more people than jobs. i mean really- do the math.... too many folks enjoy living like they are independently wealthy and the work they do is simply to make money- some jobs exist only to do that. take my new job for example...

office administrator.... sigh....yep.... my tomato plants are not even knee high and i haven't seen a single squash amidst the flowers and the fam's yard is beginning to resemble the amazon rain forest because i haven't been able to mow and weed properly- but damn it! the fed ex goes out before 5:30p and all the files are filed and the mail sorted and whatnot... sigh... and it is a means to more than one end... i am helping my husband and he is happy and the money will be slotted for the stuff we were putting on hold so i can't really complain. if i have to work simply to work like a hamster in a wheel- at least i am doing it for someone i love...

so, that's my world for the last couple of weeks... jumping back into the fray while trying to maintain the world i created while out of the fray... will keep everyone posted as i can...

facebook and me

many folks join facebook for the oh, socializing aspects of it i suppose- and the ability to find just about anyone you are looking for on the planet. of that, folks should be careful- you might just well find them :) of course, that's what the 'hide' function is for.... but that isn't my point...

i have met the nicest strangers while on facebook. i really can't complain. i originally set out to 'friend' all of my blog buddies and for the most part, i was lucky enough to do so. my blog buddies are the ones who encouraged me in my video game addiction- well, one buddy in particular (and bro tim knew who he was :)- and told me to go out and just randomly friend people for the particular game i was playing. lord knows i was short of neighbors then for farmville :)

now, a few hundred neighbors and practically the entire zynga nation later, i have to say, you can tell quite a bit about a person by the way they play a game. i have met more generous people lately than i thought existed. folks who give away gifts when they could sell them to add to their electronic coin stash- folks who genuinely connect with each other over the chat waves.

it's almost as good as blogging :) almost, because there isn't a forum or the format for any lengthy writing on facebook. it's instant gratification instead of a leisurely stroll. but, at least i can link to my chit chatting over here- so it's all good :)