Thursday, December 27, 2012

Unemployment Fugue

I'm cleaning out file drawers...I've finished my last day of work and am officially unemployed, so I'm taking advantage of this time to get some chores done that I've been putting off for a while.

Like about ten years.

I have a file called "Job Search" that I started in 2004 when I began work on my associate degree in graphic design. It's stuffed with Help Wanted ads from the newspaper.

Friday, December 7, 2012

Population Explosion

Last night I went with Mom and Dad and Terry to a funeral visitation in Marshall, the small town where my mother grew up. I grew up there, too, and my parents lived there for many more years after that. We all still live close by in Sun Prairie and Madison.

On the way home, we were talking about seeing old friends, and laughing about some of the memories we shared about small town life. I said "Marshall has really grown! The population sign said 3800."

"You're kidding! It's that big? I remember the sign saying 750!" Dad was really surprised.

Mom came back with "I remember the sign saying 440!"

I had my own memory. "I remember knowing the population was 998, and being at high school cheerleading camp with all these girls from giant schools in cities like Eau Claire and Milwaukee. Someone asked us how big Marshall was, and we looked at each other and said '998. Oh, wait! Sherrie Kay had twins!'"