boredom

bored.

my dream jobs (assuming income is not an issue, nor lack of talent in chosen field):

1. Beer taster/wine taster
2. Sell my crafts
3. Dog walker
4. Open a bakery/be a professional cook
5. Write columns for a travel journal
6. Book editor (not really the editing part, just the reading books for a living part)
7. Open a greenhouse/nursery/landscaping service
8. Mountain/backpacking guide

my nightmare jobs:

1. maid
2. trucker
3. telemarketer
4. Miner
5. politician

hmmmm

If your job was asbestos removal, would you go around telling people that they don't need to have the asbestos removed from their home? How would you ever make money?

what happened to my life?

If someone had told me four years ago that by 2008, I would have dropped out of grad school, moved back to NE, be testing drugs, single, and buying a house, I would have laughed. Me, back in Nebraska??? I might have believed the single part, but NE? A grad school drop out? Drugs?

Lately I have be reflecting on my life, and trying to figure out how I ended up where I did. And where my future is heading. When I graduated from MHC, I had all kinds of grandiose plans for my life. PhD, working on research that would benefit the world. Living in a bigger city and traveling wherever I desired. And yet I find myself back in the heartland, working a 8-5 job and looking for stability in my life. And struggling with the fact that while I am quite happy, I keep asking myself "what if?" or "what happened?"

When did I go from having a great passion for science and research and doing whatever it takes to wanting a day job that allows me to go home at 5 and not have to think about work in the evenings or on the weekends? When did I go from taking life as it comes to wanting stability? When did my priorities shift? I have gone a complete 180. And I'm still trying to decide if that is a good thing or not.

Am I making any sense at all? It's late, and I am typing random thoughts as they pass through my head. I'm pretty sure I can peg some of these priority changes in my life on a couple of experiences, but I guess I've been questioning whether those experiences should have affected my life to the extent that they did.

House Hunting

So, for those of you who are not aware, I am in the process of trying to purchase my first house. I am very excited, though it is starting to become very stressful. I don't like negotiating, and I doubt that I am very good at it.

Anyway, at the moment, we are at a bit of a stand-still due to some potential asbestos problems. After fully educating myself about asbestos, I have determined that there are two camps, 1. Those who say that all asbestos should be removed immediately; and 2. Those who say that asbestos, in good condition, should be properly sealed and left undisturbed. Here's the situation in the house I am looking at: all asbestos appears to be in good condition and already sealed. However, it is only present in the heat/air system (flue and also on duct joints). Which is all fine and dandy, I don't believe the asbestos presents a current danger, however, I will be replacing the furnace and a/c within the first year of having the house, and I believe that in order to put in a new system, the old asbestos will have to be removed. I don't want to foot the bill to have it removed.

We only have until Tuesday to come to some sort of an agreement or I will be renting for another year. Wish me luck!

My first blog!

For some reason, blogging makes me nervous. Anyway, welcome to my sometimes crazy but usually fairly low key life. Does anyone actually read blogs these days?