Musings of a Red-Head

Big Changes Happening...

2010-04-13T01:30:00.000-07:00

It has been almost a year since I posted on this blog. A lot has happened in that year. The biggest thing that happened was actually what happened earlier today (really yesterday since it is 1:30am right now). Let me give you a little info first. (I know, the suspense is killing you.)

A couple of months ago, when I moved back to Hollister from L.A. my mom asked the I.T. Director at the hospital she works at if there were still some job openings there. There had been some openings in October, but I was living in L.A. at the time. She didn't have anything, but said that she would keep me in mind for the next openings that became available.

Fast-forward to last week. Suzie, the I.T. director, calls my mom and tells her that there is a part-time job opening and, if I was still interested, to send in my resumé. Now, don't get me wrong, I love my job at Best Buy. I have been with them since 2003, but I wanted to see what kind of job was available here in town. So I send in my resumé and wait to see what happens. Suzie sends me an email back thanking me for my resumé and asked when I would be available for an interview. We coordinated an interview for that Friday.

Friday morning comes and I go to the interview. This interview is with Suzie and Warren, the Network Administrator for the hospital. Through the interview I find out that the position is now a full-time position (which is awesome since I am in a part-time job at Best Buy in Marina). Not only is it full-time, it is in Hollister. That would put an hour and a half back into my life every day. the interview consisted of answering questions about certain situations that I have a feeling are common situations that I would run into at work should I get a position there. The interview goes great and I leave there feeling good about my chances and excited about the prospects of being able to work in town.

The next day, Suzie called me to ask me to send her some references. This is a good sign, I think to myself. So I send her the references. She is planning on calling me back on Monday. Monday was today. She called and offered me the job. I took it. I have been blessed with a full-time job, in town, for more pay, with benefits and payed time off; four things I didn't have with my current job.

God has totally blessed me with this job. I am a Desktop Systems Analyst for MSZ Resource Group, who is the outsourced IT provider for Hazel Hawkins Hospital.

Live Blog from Freedom Day

2009-04-19T19:02:00.001-07:00

Change.org...support Charles Lee's proposal!

2009-01-06T11:05:00.001-08:00

Omnipresence 101

2008-07-27T20:16:00.000-07:00

I saw this on my good friend Linna Martz's MySpace Blog

I Am God

Kami: I am God.

Zelun: You're not God.

Kami: Who is God?

Zelun: You can't see him, but he's everywhere.

Kami: He's right here? (pointing inside her Play-Doh)

Zelun: Yup. And right here and here and here and here... (beating his Play-Doh tool all over the table)

Kami: Oh. Okay.

And there you have it. Omnipresence 101.

The Dark Knight

2008-07-20T23:39:00.000-07:00

So I finally saw The Dark Knight. I just have to say, "Oh my!" It was such a good movie. Christian Bale, Heath Ledger and Aaron Eckhart are an unstoppable force in this action-packed movie that will leave you breathless and wanting more. Granted that at 2 hours and 32 minutes one would not think you would be left wanting more; but I was.

Fireworks, wind, and smoke...

2008-07-03T19:21:00.000-07:00

So now I am sitting here at our fireworks booth in the parking lot of our church. Yes, I said fireworks. It is a Rufener Family tradition. Every year, we spend 13 hours a day the 7 days leading up to the 4th of July. We have been doing this for the last 18 years. Our booth has been located in 3 different locations throughout the years. the most recent of these locations is on our church property. I love selling fireworks. It makes me laugh to see people come in droves to spend hundreds of dollars on something that they will be lighting on fire. You know how sometimes people liken a bad investment or a bad purchase to lighting their money on fire...here, you almost litterally do that. The running joke when someone asks, "What does it do?" is to answer, "Emits showers of sparks." while reading the warning label on the fountain. It's great.

Wind. Anyone who has lived in or visited Hollister will know what I am taking about. After a certain hour, and we never know when that will be but it ranges from 1:00 to 4:00, the wind starts to pick up. It was really bad today. On our church property we get the worst of it. There is so much wind it is rediculous. We probably had sustained winds of about 10-15 mph. and the gusts up to 20-25 mph. Luckily there is a truck shielding us for the most part.

What is with half of California burning? The other issue I have with this, besides all the people that have to put their lives on the line to fight these fires, is the fact that some of these fires were set on purpose by opportunistc idiots. I seriously hope they get caught and tried and convicted. I believe that some firefighters lost their lives in that fire and if that is the case he or she should be charged with murder. Of course that is my opinion. As I sit here, I can see the smoke coming over and up from the Big Sur fire. For reference sake, Big Sur is about 70 miles from here. It looks like the smoke is completely covering the San Joaquin valley...that's the huge valley in the center of California.

Start tomorrow huh???

2008-07-03T01:15:00.001-07:00

So I am siting here on my couch surfing the web at 1:15 in the morning thinking to myself, "Why don't I just go to bed?" So now I am blogging about it. I said back in May that I needed to write for my own sanity. I still agree with this notion. It's just that every time I think of writing, I go into auto-avoidance mode. Then I stumble upon my blog and I have that urge. You know, the urge to say or write something...sends chills down my spine. So this is me, writing...at, now, 1:20am. It is now my goal to write something in this blog every day. Whether it be to vent, to ask questions (and since I think no one reads this they would be questions to no one. :D ), or like right now, just random whatever pops in my head. That's all for now. I need sleep. I think I will post again when I have had some rest.

The new me...

2008-05-14T12:19:00.000-07:00

So I decided that I need to write. Not only for my sanity, but to get things out of my head so I don't have to think about them anymore. I will start tomorrow. :P