It's been awhile...

Lots has been happening here in the City. The biggest thing is that City Mouse and I have to change stores. Our original store down here (West Milwaukee) is moving their logistics process to a 10pm start, thus making it an overnight shift. This does not work with the lifestyle to which City Mouse and I have become accustomed, so we had to find another option. Our options were: take a different job on the day shift, transfer to another store's logistics team, or quit. We decided to transfer, because staying with our current corporation will allow us to keep our medical insurance, while staying with an early-morning process will allow us to keep that shift differential that makes a big difference in whether or not we can pay our rent. So in a little more than a week, we will be starting at the store in Menomonee Falls, about 20 minutes away from our place. I'll be glad to be working a little later in the morning again.

Also, I have finished my program in nanotechnology, and yes, I am keeping an eye out for career jobs now. I'm starting by looking for medical laboratory jobs at local hospitals and clinics. I would like to be a lab tech. I would have to be certified within a year for most MLT jobs, but I am okay with that--a little experience to add to my knowledge and I should be set. In the meantime, I will probably be working on a part-time basis for my internship advisor as a research tech. Not a bad job for now!

I've been kept busy by Celtic Nations, too. I performed with the band at a wake and the Tripoli Shrine's Tartan Ball in November, and at the local Scottish club's Hogmanay on New Year's Eve. We're learning new music for the summer, and we're already booked for several performances/parades through March, including a St. Patrick's Day Parade in Racine. Next event is a Robert Burns Dinner. Yum, haggis...

Pumbaa the Wonder Pig is, unfortunately, starting to show her age. She sleeps more, has issues with her health, and is getting a wee bit more ornery than Her Divaship usually is. She is geriatric for a guinea pig, at 3 1/2 years old, but she still shows her pup self on occasion. She likes to rearrange her own furniture, and has discovered a love for all types of parsley, especially cilantro.