Oh that pendulum - always swinging to extremes!

Whether the country is liberal or conservative, as a whole, seems to depend on the swing of the pendulum. Personally, I think the pendulum has been too far conservative and will swing back liberal (at least, I hope so!). I am not a blind liberal who buys into the idea lock, stock, and barrel. I simply hold many beliefs that match better in the liberal sense and are far too contrary to the conservative side.

In other pendulum news - when I was fresh out of the hospital, I had an incredibly difficult time waking up each day. I couldn't get enough sleep and didn't know how much I needed that sleep. I forced myself out of bed and rarely got anywhere before 10:30 am. Well, the pendulum has swung - I am so easily awakened, it drives me crazy. I find myself awake at various times in the night for no particular reason. I am wide awake when I hear someone walking on the carpet (usually when Bob is up for some reason or another). Ugh, I want to be a normal sleeper again! That dang pendulum better not get stuck here.

I have given notice at my current job that I will be leaving. The environment just isn't right for me. I would love to put all of the blame on something, but I think it is just a matter of fit. I want to work in more of a research setting or managerial position and this job has neither of those. I have a few applications out there ranging from California to Florida and hope to have a job lined up before I move June 10th, but I have a safety net of moving back in with Bob if I don't have a job by then. There was no way to find out that it wasn't a fit without trying it out first so I am really glad that I gave it a go. This is a cute town and the people are...interesting.

I will definitely miss: the water - good tasting water here. Potbelly's - good sandwiches and great cookies! Mark & Renee - very intelligent and insightful coworkers. Free cable and internet (okay, not really free but cheap rent and included in the price). The lady who watches Law & Order in the downstairs apartment who is almost deaf - there was some measure of comfort when I could hear what she was watching. The small town aspect of living here. I think that is it...