Saturday

Saturday, Saturday, ever-lovin' Saturday!

Come Saturday morning...I'm goin' away with my friends...  <== not really, just singing to myself.

I do have Saturday stuff to do - Observe and Remember - being the highest among them.

I think I might try to learn about Saturn today. I know virtually nothing about the planet. What I learn I will include in this spot here: [

Saturn Notes:

1. It is thought (I say this because I don’t know what actual analyzed samples have come from the actual planet) that there is an outer layer of gases, though I don’t know what type.

2. Beneath the outer layer is an inner (or intermediate) layer of hydrogen and helium gases.

3. Beneath this layer is a deep layer of metallic hydrogen and under that, it is not certain, but may be a core of rock made of silicon and oxygen compounds), nickel and iron.

4. Of the five planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn) that can be seen with the naked eye (if you know where to look and what you are looking for), Saturn is the most distant and in the night sky looks like a bright yellow dot.

5. Saturn’s orbit around the sun is about 29 & ½ Earth-years.

6. Saturn is probably most know (it is to me, at least) because of its rings. There are 9 main rings and 3 partial rings (arcs). They are made up of ice, rocks and dust.

7. 62 moons are said to orbit Saturn and 53 at least have been named. There are many more within the rings, perhaps.

              Earth comparisons:

1.       It has a larger volume

2.       About 95 times more massive

3.       9 times the radius (that would be from the inner most core point – to any point on its surface)

4.      BUT, only 1/8 the density

 ...more stuff about Saturn to come....

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I have some stuff to pack up and put away, go to the gym/exercise class, too…projects that I want to put off!

Interviews are coming up, so I need to look at my wardrobe and think about possible questions/answers, do some company research...yep, lots to do!

7 Days!

Oh, my!

In seven short days I will have read the last line of this chapter in the book of my life.  I do not know where the next chapter will take me...what new sights and sounds, plots and plans or what characters will be seen again or for the first time.  There is a lot I don't know.

And that's ok. 

I'm looking forward to it, well, not so much as I'm resigned to it.  I don't have any hopes for specific things to happen, at least I don't think so.  It keeps me from being disappointed.

I still have some ways to go on my goals for February 1st and I will take it a moment at a time...not even a day at a time.  No.  Bite sized pieces are all I can chew.


Peace Out!

BB,
~LM

Sluggin' away...and not the good kind

I feel like a slug, I am tired, out of breath with a skin so thin a slight breeze hurts my heart.  My job is over one week from today and I am scared to the point of panick, then panick because I'm not as productive.

The times they are a changin'

Wake me when someone gets a clue!

I have issues too, I get that, but these sound bite folks and celebrity types that have anything to say other than the lines they are paid to speak, sing, or plays they are taught to make really need to back on out to their dressing/locker rooms and decorated offices, chill to their luxury and shut the heck up about ANYTHING!!!!

Career politicians, for the very, very, very most part, you seem some kind of mutant celebrity so this is meant for you as well.  To qualify this, there are a few that have earned my respect over the years - people who did it for the service - yes, I really believe that of some of them.  Many will not want to hear my opinion of who those few are, so I won't announce it in this medium, just know that I think they exist.  For the rest of them...oh, would that your constituents would wake up, read a book, become informed and vote.  Marking a big "X" next to a name does not indicate that you want everyone to know you do NOT want that person in office...yep, it's that bad in some cases.

People...I hope, I hope, I hope, I hope, I hope you start to think of others, show some respect, share the love and act neighborly, but I'm not naive enough to hold my breath.

This is not new.  The times that are changing are not the ignorance, or stupidity of the common person, nor is it the arrogance of the wealthy.  No.  Well, not exclusively, no.

The times that are changing are that I am beginning not to care.  I hope those few who still do, still will.  I hope that I do not cease in my caring, but gather strength, a second wind and care on and on.

16

Getting closer to my goal review, am thinking I need to be more serious about my goal working.

17

What is 17?  Keep reading....

Today, it is cold and there was frost to scrape off the windows.  Most of the snow has melted, but there are still patches of crunchy crystals in the leeways of buildings and trees.




There are now


days until I can hopefully make these three statements:

1. I do not drink soda, it is not part of my daily diet, I do not crave it, want it or even think about it.
2. My exercise routine includes at least one daily, and one weekly exercise for  keeping my heart pumping, stretching, and getting on my feet.
3. I have organized at least one room in my home (removing things that haven't been used or looked at, needed or wanted in the last year) and have begun another.

Other daily information:

Health remarks:
Nutrition: Doing well, plenty of grains, seeds - fiber, healthy protein, need to add more vegetables, that might go into my next set of goals.
Physical Activity: Low to Moderate. 
Sleep: After 2:30 a.m. and up at 6:30 to get ready for work (there aren't enough known days of that this tour to complain, though I am tired).
Prayers/Meditation/Affirmation:  steady on and positive
Skills/Talents: Business Analyst - created a resume that reflects my experience in this role.  I've built many, but I think this one is pretty good.  Working well towards handing off tasks to my replacement.
Practice: Doing the right thing when I know it and not beating myself up about it when I don't see it, BUT, hopefully learning a lesson about being more aware and not missing those pesky opportunities for Right Thought and Right Action.  Today is the birthday of Hootie and Kazoo, though the celebrations were Saturday, I still have their birthday candles and will light them tonight and make a wish for them.
Dreams: yes, but didn't note them.
Outlook:  
I'm tense and have a head ache - probably related, huh?  I try not to think about the trip on Friday, but can't help to get excited when I do think about it.  I am still disappointed that I will not be spending Sunday in Yellow Stone, but then I feel guilty about being disappointed, after all, I do get to go to the Mountains in Montana to just play in the snow! 

Today, I'm a get-by girl.

Peace Out...

BB,
~LM

Goals along the path of the places I go

I have included three, what I hope are, well not small, but achievable goals that I hope to accomplish by February 1, 2013.  They are couched in what I hope to be true statements by that date.

1. I do not drink soda, it is not part of my daily habit, I do not crave it, want it or even think about it.
2. My exercise routine includes daily, and weekly exercises for  keeping my heart pumping, stretching, and getting on my feet.
3. I have organized at least one room in my home (removing things that haven't been used or looked at, needed or wanted in the last year) and have begun another.

18 days and counting.  Starting...wait for it...

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...now!

18 days until goal review!