Thursdays with Mindy: Holiday Haze

Howdy – I know things have been somewhat of a ghost town around here lately. Especially anemic on the nerd front. It’s mostly in direct response to the mad rush the few weeks right before the holidays.

Here is a brief sampling of what’s going on…

FINALS:

This week and next. Finishing up my Publisher and Dreamweaver courses this weekend. Next week I’m writing a Marketing plan for a fake business (Nerdy Knits) and taking an E-Commerce final. By the end of next week I should have more free time to craft a re-awakening of the blog.

FAMILY:

We were BUSY this weekend – volunteering, family portraits and hitting up the Oregon Zoo Lights annual festival. Had a family dinner on Tuesday, shopping with my ladies yesterday. The next few weeks are sparse on that front, but I’m working on our annual slideshow (have sifted through over 8,000 pictures in the last week). The DH Dan has an appointment next week to get a tooth pulled so I will be nursing him all next weekend.

INTERNSHIP/VOLUNTEERING:

Had a volunteer orientation yesterday for the Portland State University Digital Media Conference this coming Sunday/Monday ($200 attendance cost for FREE). Expect some posting about the DMC next week. I’m now solidly into the YWCA internship as well and have a few projects moving along on that front. I’m spending every Friday at the office. It’s been  lovely to meet new people and get out of the house.

HOLIDAYS:

Shopping, planning, putting up decorations. Making playlists. Cooking food. Wrapping presents. Mailing cards. It’s all too much. J/K – it’s a normal amount. But it’s a lot.

JOB SEARCH:

Still bumping along, applying for three jobs a week – haven’t had any interview calls in over a month. Just rejection emails. Can’t tell if that’s a good or bad thing at this point. I’m not trying to be picky here folks. Just something Full-Time with reasonable pay that I will be successful at. Maybe I should expect something to pop up after the holidays?