It was a nice day today, and I needed to get away from my brother, so I went to the beach. (I'm a mean sister, I know, but I did give him the option of joining me and he wasn't interested.) I went to Moss Landing Beach. Why there? Well, I've never been and there was an article in the AAA magazine about it, which I read when I was in the bathtub last night. I also thought I might want to hit the outlet mall on the way back. It's a really nice beach - several miles of wide, sandy beach to walk on, and it's shaded from the wind. I walked and walked and looked for sand dollars and rocks for the rock tumbler. As I walked the sand dollars became less and less damaged, but it wasn't until I hit a river draining into the ocean that I found whole ones. I gathered up six of them and turned around. I also gathered a lot of rocks, since I need a new batch. There were lots of little round, colorless jellyfish on the beach as well. It was about 4 by the time I got back, and I developed a blister, so I skipped going to Elkhorn Slough, but I may go there some other time. There are a lot of birds there and you can rent a kayak.
It's been 4 months since T broke up with me. I still have my ups and downs, of course, but the last week was a lot better. Early and mid december were hard, since I was fragile anyway from the job stuff and I was getting hit with both holiday shit and anniversary reminders. Remind me not to start new relationships during the holidays;-)
I'm stressing a little bit about my mammogram. OK, a lot, but I'm trying not to think about it. When I went to the OB/GYN last week for my IUD followup appointment, I mentioned that I was being laid off. My doctor is very proactive and sent me in for routine bloodwork and a mammogram, even though I wasn't scheduled for one for another year. The technician took a lot of pictures of my left breast, and even called another technician in to look at the pictures. NOT a very reassuring experience...I'll report more once I get the results back. I'm hoping that it's either deodorant residue or my thick layer of muscle and fat around my ribs that made it hard to get a good shot.
It's also been two months since we first heard that we might be laid off. In some ways it's easier now that I know for sure, but at the same time it still sucks. There's not much I can do between now and new year's, other than surf the job ads and apply for ones that sound good. As part of our layoff package, we get a month's worth of services from a company that helps us with our resumes, job hunting strategies, etc. I made an appointment to start the process the first week of January. Who knows, maybe it will be useful, or maybe I will meet some hot unemployed guys there.
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