got turned down on my request for a raise today... very sad & a little bit angry... more sad then anything else...
gotta keep things in focus & work on the things that I can control...
and know that this is not one of them....
Need to remember & KNOW how truly blessed I am to even have a job, let alone one that I actually LIKE! and really, the money (or lack of increase) is not that big of a deal, more that they didn't even give me a "token" raise... you know, the old toss the dog a bone.... read more

tomorrow summer is upon us officially & I am once again blown away by the rapid movement of time... next Wed. we head up to HSMF 2005!!!

my internal yearly calendar starts after each festival ends, and so many times each year, I count how much more time till the fest... how many months? how many days? how many hours & minutes till I am home again in Shady Grove with my ever expanding family?? And after all of the counting down, I still just can't believe that the 2005 fest is here already... read more