pearly_54's blog

There has been some talk behind the scenes about the reasons that would prevent people from attending the lan in August.

1.  Family commitments

2.  Money, ability to get time off from work

3.  Money

4.  Real Life

5.  Money

6.  Feeling "shy" about being alone with a bunch of strangers.

I have not been blogging as much as I used to cuz it always seems to be just more of my current real life issue.  I feel like it is a bit much and who wants to hear every detail, anyways?  I am in a bit of stasis right now.  I don't know what to do next, and I am actually content to sit on any decisions for a little while.  Of course, he over-reacted to the news of a legal separation.  I guess, if the situation was reversed, I would have too, if I really thought he was coming back.  But what was he thinking?  I've been out of the marital home for 3 months, which means we are "separated".  D

I have not been blogging as much as I used to cuz it always seems to be just more of my current real life issue.  I feel like it is a bit much and who wants to hear every detail, anyways?  I am in a bit of stasis right now.  I don't know what to do next, and I am actually content to sit on any decisions for a little while.  Of course, he over-reacted to the news of a legal separation.  I guess, if the situation was reversed, I would have too, if I really thought he was coming back.  But what was he thinking?  I've been out of the marital home for 3 months, which means we are "separated".  D

Last week I saw a lawyer.  I am now enlightened on what is involved in a Legal Separtation.  In NC the law is that the property settlement is 50/50, unless otherwise agreed upon by both parties.  And we have been separated ever since the day I moved into this apartment.  I just don't have a paper saying so.  And, a separation agreement is a contract, not a divorce.  You must be separated for a year, then you can get a divorce, if desired.  Whew, that was a difficult meeting and it has taken me days to even talk about it.  Now, the next step.

Last week I saw a lawyer.  I am now enlightened on what is involved in a Legal Separtation.  In NC the law is that the property settlement is 50/50, unless otherwise agreed upon by both parties.  And we have been separated ever since the day I moved into this apartment.  I just don't have a paper saying so.  And, a separation agreement is a contract, not a divorce.  You must be separated for a year, then you can get a divorce, if desired.  Whew, that was a difficult meeting and it has taken me days to even talk about it.  Now, the next step.

As many of you know, I now live in a nice one bedroom loft apartment with my kitty, Keesha.  It's funny how things start to show up as time goes by.  It's getting to be summer, and it can get pretty hot in NC.  We have had a couple of unusually hot days (and nights) for this time of year, and I have discovered that my A/C never shuts off!  The heat in the winter worked just fine, going on and off as needed.  And I was plenty warm enuf.  Now, I have the A/C set at 76 degrees, and it runs constantly.  Even thru the night.  My electric bill is gonna be high, high, high.  And, all because the a

As many of you know, I now live in a nice one bedroom loft apartment with my kitty, Keesha.  It's funny how things start to show up as time goes by.  It's getting to be summer, and it can get pretty hot in NC.  We have had a couple of unusually hot days (and nights) for this time of year, and I have discovered that my A/C never shuts off!  The heat in the winter worked just fine, going on and off as needed.  And I was plenty warm enuf.  Now, I have the A/C set at 76 degrees, and it runs constantly.  Even thru the night.  My electric bill is gonna be high, high, high.  And, all because the a

WooHoo! The 3 day weekend has finally arrived. Oh, yeh, I like the fact that I have a job that I like and all that. But time off is time off! Yay! With that nice thought, now the bad side. The state of NC is picking on it's workers. Sure, we have a huge budget deficit, but did I do that??? Not hardly. Well, to avoid layoffs, they are simply taking .5% of our salary right off the top. They will take 2 paychecks to steal our money, and we get 10 free PTO hours in return. Wait! 8 of those hours will be gone July 4th, since holiday pay comes out of our pto.

WooHoo! The 3 day weekend has finally arrived. Oh, yeh, I like the fact that I have a job that I like and all that. But time off is time off! Yay! With that nice thought, now the bad side. The state of NC is picking on it's workers. Sure, we have a huge budget deficit, but did I do that??? Not hardly. Well, to avoid layoffs, they are simply taking .5% of our salary right off the top. They will take 2 paychecks to steal our money, and we get 10 free PTO hours in return. Wait! 8 of those hours will be gone July 4th, since holiday pay comes out of our pto.

I was attacked by a Trojan this morning.  Big and ugly, I fought the good fight, and won!  Well, McAffee did it all, actually.  Now I have first hand info on those web site and/or emails that look so legitimate that you are tempted to respond to them.  It suddenly popped up on my screen that my computer was INFECTED!  nononono!  That cannot be!  I am sooooo protected.  The web page looked so genuine.  But, funny, when it popped up, McAffee also sent me a message saying "Trojan successfully blocked".  Hmmmm.  It was actually a little hard to get rid of everything cuz it simply wouldn't accep