June 11, At Todd's House

I really don't know how I ever found time to work! Who needs a job anyway?

This morning, I woke up way too early...3:30 AM!!! Don't know why...Just did! (And I couldn't go back to sleep.) I read for an hour, then tried sleep again and passed out for about an hour and then I was awake for good. (I am telling you that as a way of explaining why it was necessary for me to take a two hour nap this afternoon...while most of you were working:)

So today, you finally see just where it is that I have been hiding out while I should be looking for work. Not to suggest that I am not looking for work. I have already registered with the State of Idaho (makes me sound like a sex offender!) and I have three job referrals from the DOL; I have also (with Todd's assistance) updated my resume.

Where was I? Oh yes...The Hide Out...Just up and to the left of the front door (your left), the two upstairs windows...That's my room at Todd's house. (I finally have a Park Avenue address!) The house was built in the late 1930's and was owned by a doctor; it also served as Nampa's only (quasi) hospital. It was later converted into a group home and many of the rooms were either broken up or used for purposes other than the original intention. As a result, when Todd bought the house, there were walls to be knocked down and much renovation to do. He has one bedroom upstairs that he is still working on and a bit of finish work and he will be done. (Hehehehe...You're never done when you have a house that size; next on his list is to rip out the kitchen (I believe)). There are five bedrooms upstairs; the main level includes a separate mother-in-law apartment, formal living and dinning rooms, family room and kitchen. There is another bedroom and bath in the basement. There was a time when I coveted a house like this, but now that I am older...and much wiser...I'll be happy just to get into the 1250 sq ft Asbury Park house!

Oh my...Today I drove in the direction of Asbury Park (no, I didn't drive by the house), I was checking out the stores...OMG...Do you know how many stores there are in that part of Nampa? I found another shopping center with Target, Bed Bath and Beyond, World Market, Kohls, Michael's, Old Navy...yada, yada, yada. (Somebody will need to be keeping a eye on Robert...Do Not let him anywhere near this place!)

I showed constraint...I only spent $20 at World Market and $10 at Target, and all necessities for my room...Okay...After I left the mall, I just happened to go past the furniture store and I just happened to put a deposit in a new sofa for the new house...Wherever that house may be. (It was a bargain...What can I say?) Then I came home and took a nap; I was exhausted!

So...I hear movement downstairs, and it is about time for working people to be getting home from work...Maybe I'll go see how everyone's day was:)