Summer in the City

I've been delinquent the last few days with my posts. I'll just blame it on the heat as opposed to me just being lazy the last two days. Actually, if summer will be anything like the last few days I could live with it even though i'm a cold weather girl. Ha ha. Made some excellent progress over the past few days. I've lost another nine pounds over the past three weeks bringing my overall loss to 30 pounds. I can't believe it! Only a million more to go but so what?!? I'm doing it! How exciting. I can actually visualize my target goal. By the time I turn 35...lookout world! Hey...I already think i'm all that and a bag of chips! ha ha.

Oh...before I forget. I saw the strangest yet most interesting thing yesterday. I actually saw a pigeon with a white mohawk! LOL. I actually stopped in my tracks to get a second look. I didn't think fast enough to take a picture with the camera on my cell phone though. Also, I think I may have solved the weird noise I was hearing from my AC unit last week. I was terrified that something was living in there. I was hearing a strange noise every so often like something moving inside the unit. It was freaking me out. This was the one time I was really wishing I had a go to guy to come over and check it out. The good news...I figured it out on my own. The noises I was hearing was a combination of two things. First, there was a wasp like bug flying around in there. It must have gotten in through one of the small outside vents and couldn't figure it's way out. That unfortunate because now it's dead. Second, there is a squirrel that likes to walk on the ledge outside for his early morning and late evening stroll. I think my ledge is part of his commute. ha ha. As a result, to get around the unit, s/he claws around it. I haven't heard major noises since the bug was taken out of the picture. I was sitting here yesterday when M. Squirrel walked past the window. Freaked me out at first because it was unexpected. I'm on the third level. How the heck did it get to the building facade? Then again, there is a tree right outside and it is a squirrel. I shouldn't ask such silly questions that I already know the answer to. LOL.

I've been feeling really happy these days. How is that possible? I have no job as of yet so my financial future is uncertain. I have no real dating prospects so my love life is virtually no-existent unless you count the boytoy into the mix. Perhaps I'm getting even more mature even though at times I'm still a big kid at heart. I think the evolution of my life over the past six years has given me the gift of wisdom that many others may not ever have so for that I feel very fortunate. I still ask myself the question posed to us at the temple...Who Am I? I am Angela.

On the job front, there are a lot of jobs out there, the problem is finding the right match at the right time. I refuse to put myself on sale anymore. I take pride in my work and employers should value the employees they have in their organization. I am really interested in one organization in particular that is launching a new initiative targeting the African American community for positive change. I want to be a part of the program. I must do more research. Keep your fingers crossed for me! While the job search continues, I have been catching up on books I didn't get to read since September. I'm on Suze Orman's book now, after that it's on to Jack Welsh's book. I love that I'm seeing Elizabeth Gilbert's book on many summer reading lists. I finished that one while in Korea. Wonderful. O.K. better get on it with today's searches.

O.K. Meeting up with Susan for drinks. Should be fun...she's really cool. More later.