A good cry on the train

Involuntary unemployment sucks. Sorry you have to go through that, Joe.

Good job on the Queens Half Marathon though! I spied on you through the New York Road Runner's web page, and I see you're getting ready to break two hours on Staten Island next month.

Well. First, thanks to everyone for chiming in here. I need all the good thoughts and good thinking and all the comments are very much appreciated.
Next, a little about this past weekend wherein I met some very nice people who rescue cats at a Friday night dinner, made up three recipes for my own Saturday dinner guests, ran eighteen miles in a drizzling rainstorm Sunday morning and had yet another dinner Sunday night with the highly entertaining presence of Alias.

But not until tomorrow or perhaps Wednesday. Tonight, for some reason, I am just a little exhausted.

Joe(but no aches or pains!)Nation

Waiting patiently to hear about the guests, these recipes, the run, and Alias, no tap tap taps, yet.

I used to love jogging in the rain. Well, not actual wild storms, I've never done that, preferring to sit on the porch, but good old drizzle to 1+. I like walking in it too, even up through 2+, as long as it isn't all gusty. Gusty makes me bitchy, but drizzle is a wave of the divine.

hi osso, I'll be in Vietnam today, and they're now in the monsson season; running in the rain should be easy.

But photographing may be tricky, eh? On the other hand, I often like rain bleared photographs. (I'm very interested in your Vietnam photos,)

Hi Joe, I've wondered how you were going. See you in the threads occasionally and assumed things were looking up.

Sorry to hear about the work situation but you strike me as a competent individual and I refuse to worry, you will find something, but better.

A little concerned about the juxtaposition of rescuing cats and preparing meals for your guests.

So no apology then? I'm so despondent and dejected and decidedly downtrodden.

Recognizing the risk that if the above current condition continues for long, you have a very good chance of breaking out into singing a Country and Western song and thereby putting your family and all the rest of us at an equal risk of, at least, embarrassment in extremis and perhaps anti-depressant medication addiction, I humbly and irrevocably withdraw any reference to the word "twit" as pertains to you and place it, as our Lord and Savior did, upon myself.

Joe(twit) Nation

Dearest joe(sonotatwit)nation

funny how things happen a? you go along in a kind of whirlwind ticking off the days going by, then a sort of "eye of the storm" delay occurs, for however long, with the happenings all around you as you stand still in time, then you feel the rush of the wind slam against your face and you think... what's it about then? I feel a little tired of the struggle and the filling in the blanks. What the heck direction am I heading in?

Well, that's a projection, that's what I do. Mebbe not you. You're a calmer guy than I am - I'm more like a gal with the tide going in an out a couple times a day, with a few stormy surges in between and a few high seas to ride the waves.

I'm 3 years down the line with my separation Joe - and life moved along - I'm not sure where it moved to, but it moved on. Over 3 years. The divorce papers are sitting on my kitchen surfaces awaiting my final signature - they arrived when I went to the USA. Decree nisi came through on 29 July 2009 and... I still haven't managed to send the forms back to get the absolut! Funny 'ole world.

Two years ago I believed I would rather not be "living" - now, all I wish to do is "live". Life, tho challenging and never quite humdrum, is like a permanent rush. Yet still, I remember the "why it happened" and question the "how it happened". No answers, not really. Just is. It sits on my shoulder occasionally and wears me down, I limp with the weight of it. Then, someone or something comes along and lifts it off... and off I go again, stepping forward to whatever happens next.


So sorry about the job situation. I can only imagine the uncertainty there for you. I have huge faith in you being able to find your the job - in whatever form that is - just keep believing in yourself, don't ever stop believing in your abilities, you have so many.

Making you tea... or perhaps a treat of hot choc on the roof. One day!

Iz(proudtonowjoesuchawitnation)zie xx

What a fulsome and generous retraction. I can now face the day with a gladdened heart.

Rats. I am late again so do not have any time to fully reply to all the wonderful words here. Tonight! Maybe. Tomorrow for certain.

Joe(also maybe)Nation

'Late' that certainly depends on the way you look at it. And from where in the world (which is flat, by the way).

Walter(tempus edax rerum)Hinteler

The saturday night recipes did not involve the cats did it? (Sorry, am in a wierd mood today.)

Just sending vibes for a speedy and nontraumatic solution to the job situation, Joe. Your thread has actually been a great deal of help to me to understand, and possibly help, a close loved one who has just initiated the divorce process. No matter what the circumstances, it is a most stressful undertaking. Your ability to pick up the pieces and go on in a positive manner has been an inspiration. Thank you for that.

Foxfyre et al

I love being the one making the joke without knowing it.
I would never serve my guests cat. They, hmmm.. both the guests and the cats, are too stringy. (I'm thinking next time a nice French Fried Poodle, but I can't decide...Merlot or Shiraz?)

Last weekend seems now like last year. There have been some movements with the store and the business, but it's difficult to tell whether the signs are good, better or worse.

I spent a few minutes last week writing a resume for one of my co-workers.

Joe(we are, I believe, circling the drain.)Nation

Iz: Your words mean everything to me.
Joe(really)Nation

Been very distracted this week. Work is, to say the least, a bit weird. People are trying to stay positive while they think about which end of the sinking ship to stand on. There will be hope for a longer period of dissolution followed by an almost immediate dashing of said hope followed by another, slightly less optimistic, but still hopeful, prediction......then you wait for the ride down the wave.
Joe(I'm a strong swimmer.)Nation

Wonderful suggestion!!!

Hey Joe (freestyle) Nation

ya know... just ... ya know

Iz (never could do butterfly) zie x