randomly chaotic and frequently mundane

I have a deposit to make at the bank, so I can pay some bills that are due Monday and Tuesday.? I don’t have the money to take a cab to the bank and I have no idea when I’m going to be able to get a ride.? Fabulous, no?? I could mail it priority, I suppose.? If I put it in a blue mailbox on Sunday sometime they should have it Monday.? Of course the last deposit I mailed to the bank took 4 weeks just for it to show that it had been received, which sucked.

Gage is on his 3rd watching of A New Hope today.? He’s insistent.? As a matter of fact, he’ll take anything and everything away from me until I put it in.? He even took a raw chicken breast I was seasoning away from me.? It was fun chasing him, catching him, retrieving what will be my dinner and washing the hell out of his hands.? No really, all kinds of fun.? I’m just glad he didn’t take it outside and throw it.? Not only would that not be tasty, it would have been difficult to keep Tiger from eating it.

In addition to the job search, I’ve been looking into different programs for getting some kind of job training in a specified field, etc.? What I need is a grant or some kind of financial aid that helps with living expenses as well as tuition.? I haven’t really found any information on anything like that online.? I’d also have to find a school and pick a field of study, of course.? But I’d like to have some idea of the financial aid options before doing something like that.? I even looked into the student loans they keep advertising (like astrive), but I don’t think I qualify — I think you have to be a traditional student to get those.? At least that’s what I’ve gotten from the information I’ve found.? I’m gonna keep looking though.

Apparently.? Gage has decided that instead of being on the shelves in his bedroom, his books should be on the floor.? He pushes them off the shelves onto the floor.? It makes a tremendous thud.? Maybe that’s why he does it.? ? I’m gonna have to find a new place to store them.? Especially the ones that are a little older/worn and might fall apart if they get thudded to the floor much more.

I cleaned his room this morning after he left for school.? And within 10 minutes of being home from school he’s dumped the books on the floor and upturned the toybox.? So much for cleaning, lol.

He just handed me a video… “A New Hope”? Or, for people who aren’t a little obsessed or addicted, Star Wars.? Have you ever noticed that so many people refer to A New Hope as ‘Star Wars?’? ? Of course these days I guess more people call it Episode IV.? He seems to like this one over Empire and Jedi, actually.? Not bad.? I’m rather enjoying the fact that he’s into Star Wars.? Doubt that I’ll be showing him Episodes I – III anytime soon.? They just aren’t nearly as good as far as I’m concerned.? And Episode I just doesn’t seem worth the time it takes to watch it.

Gage just watched his Leap Letter Factory DVD.? I never noticed before, but at the end of the DVD it says “No letters were harmed in the making of this video.”? Which cracked me up.

I did a few more online applications yesterday.? King Soopers and Burger King.? Also got what is probably my 100th rejection from Alpine Access.? What can I say, I get rejected, I apply again. It’s an endless cycle.? Over and over again.? I guess it’s a good thing I don’t have any self confidence left to lose.

Gage is so cute.? Lately whenever there’s music, whether on the radio or if it’s from TV or a movie he plays with either the acoustic guitar (holds it and strums it in rhythm to the music) or the keyboard.? I’d say it’s a clear indication of interest.? I’d love for him to be able to learn to play one or both.

No letters were harmed in the making of this post.? LOL