Chancedance Chronicles

'Perhaps the poet whose verses gladden us was sad and solitary, and the musician a melancholic dreamer...What they give us is no longer their darkness, their suffering or fears, but a drop of pure light, eternal cheerfulness...'

--Herman Hesse, Magister Ludi

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7-10-09 Back from all the traveling for now and happy to say it all went well. Troy's granny was in good spirits when he arrived and was happy for the time with her family. I also had a good trip with my father and was happy and relieved to see my Grandpa doing very well. It was also good to have some very important conversations with my dad about the past and the future. All the more so because I have another trip coming up now to Germany next month. My mom, who lives in Berlin, has been diagnosed with liver cancer and is doing chemotherapy to buy herself some time. I'm grateful that part of that time will be spent together with us. All these trips for family and health stuff have really reminded me to cherish every moment and to take care of our health. I will soon be working with a new charity group, Bikers Against Cancer, to help find better treatments and cures for this terrible disease.
On the work front, hubby's still at the same job but it's stabilizing so that is positive. I have been looking at some new options to use my skills in a positive way while I remain self-employed. One thing I'm trying is volunteer work for a mayoral campaign. I've never done that kind of volunteering before so it will be interesting to see what I learn from it. The candidate is Tacoma architect Jim Merritt. Click here if you're interested in his website. I also tried out a new networking group today. There were 60 people there at a group that had maybe a dozen about a month ago. That is a testament to the power of Facebook, their main vehicle for spreading the word about their group. I made a few good contacts and am now finally getting the new business cards I've been needing for months from someone I met there.  

6-9-09 I turned in my last final project today so I am officially done with school for this semester and not a moment too soon. Family issues have now jumped forward prompting yet another round of drama and financial stress. The spouse leaves in 2 days to make a deathbed run to see his grandma and I've got 5 days to catch my breath before heading off to the Midwest with my dad to visit my grandfather. Strap into your seats folks because this ride just keeps providing thrills and chills...
Frankly, I've never been a big roller coaster fan. Stop this ride. I want to get off now.
There are a few glimmers of hope in all this mess. I aced all 3 of my classes. The spouse's current job is so financially challenged that they can't afford to pay him, but another company he applied at has been doing a background check on him, so it's looking good for him to switch jobs soon after he returns from his grandmother's. Also, one of my clients is on the verge of a huge breakthrough in her business and I'm thrilled for her success. And if you want to see some of my final projects, click here for the Flash final and here for a .wmv of my 3-D modeling class animated final.

5-25-09 (accidental snip) ...complex. Of my 3 classes, I'm finding that although I'm never going to be a great 3-D model maker, I can do a pretty good job at texturing and animating them, and now I see movies and commercials with a far more appreciative eye now. My flash projects have so far been my favorite ones but the Adobe InDesign projects will likely be most useful. My most recent InDesign project was a new tri-fold brochure for my business that turned out quite well.  To see my favorite flash assignment so far, click here.
 Today is Memorial Day, a day set aside to honor our fallen soldiers and think of our current soldiers, thanking them for their efforts and sacrifices on behalf of our nation. In my own family, those soldiers include my grandfather, father and my son, as well as a high percentage of my close friends. Thank you all for your dedication, sacrifice and loyalty to our nation, regardless of its leaders at any given time. I bless the soil under my feet in your name, given to me by your efforts. I wish you peace.

5-13-09 I've been blessed lately with some new clients & great referrals so I've been tweaking my portfolio site and trying to update my online business image. I've posted some new items and my latest websites. School is going pretty well and I plan to add some of my flash projects to my portfolio at the end of the semester, as well as have some brochures printed from another project I'm working on.
We still need prayers and positive energy to help my husband get a job. We've enjoyed riding our motorcycle on the sunny days we've had in all our free time, but it's way past time he went back to work. My sympathies and prayers go out to all of you who are in this boat with us.
One more thing: CONGRATULATIONS to CROSSROADS BAND for winning the Washington Blues society BEST BAND!

4-23-09 Lately I've been thinking in terms of relativity as I face a difficult future and some hard choices and those places where I may no longer have choices. Several years ago, around the time that much of the writing you see on this site was written, I made a decision to simply walk away from nearly everything I had in my life. Things like the house, certain relationships and old goals no longer held any value to me compared to a desire for an identity and freedom to figure it all out on my own. My life evolved, as lives do, and now I find myself wanting desperately to keep all those things I tried to walk away from all those years ago. So I've had to ask myself why it feels different now. Why  did my old house feel like nothing and my new house matters so much? Didn't I care about love, choices and freedom so much more than a house back then? What do I care about now? I still have love. Yes. check. Ok. I've been bankrupt and started from scratch more than once. I can do it again. I guess it might be that this place, this house, was already a fresh start, and it feels good and has been built with so much more love than that place of long ago. I want to keep that. I guess I'm about to find out if love really does conquer all.

Updated 7-10-09

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