Oy.

Its back to work tonight after a few days off. The weather has been beautiful if slightly chilly today, and I've enjoyed seeing the light of day for once. Now I'm back to a job I hate (my colleagues are fine--its administration BS that makes it such a stressful place to work) for yet another day. I would change jobs, but it looks bad on the resume, so I'm stuck for the time being. I may see if I can find a part time job somewhere else that would be more fulfilling and have a bit of satisfaction with a change of venue. If not, I'll just suck it up.

I sent away for the various documents I need to get my passport, and once they come back from the passport office I'll send them off to New York to amend my birth certificate. My work obligation to the Freeman Foundation is fulfilled as of July, so once I have my passport I'll go ahead and file my immigration application. This country is going further and further down a dangerous slope and I really want to be out of it as soon as possible. With luck in a bit over a year I'll be blogging from Nova Scotia as a landed immigrant.

Speaking of Nova Scotia...a good friend who seemed to have fallen off the face of the earth has resurfaced, and will be traveling through Vermont soon on his way back to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia--I can't wait to treat him to dinner and catch up on life. He's one of those rare friends with whom you can discuss anything and I've missed his company.

Now to grab a nap as I'll need some rest before work. I got up and went to church this morning, so I didn't sleep until my usual noon or so. I know, noon sounds lazy, but its more that as a night worker its easier on my body to stay up late until 2 or 3 am and then sleep late the next day--that way its much less jet lag than if I tried to rotate to a normal night sleep schedule on my days off.