Been a while

Wow! I knew it had been some time since I last posted here but didn't realize it had been THAT long!

I hadn't posted for a while because I took a little bit of a break from the Internet. Not a major one, and there were some boards I still visited, but the election bashing was getting to me so I didn't post much for a bit. I refuse to call them "discussions" because in most cases they start out that way but they turn personal.

The good news is that I'm going to Hershey CATS next weekend! I didn't think I'd be able to afford it, but thanks to some circumstances there's a woman who has an opening in her room AND comes by my area on the way to Hershey. Plus, another friend was going to help me take Amtrak if I needed to, since my car really needs some work, and she told me to keep what she sent me to shop and for food. It's very hard for me to accept help and I tend to be fiercely independent, but I figure these things would not be offered to me if not with sincerety, so I accpeted.

Also, I recently put in a request for Pagemaker and Photoshop at work. Publisher gets the basic job done, but not if they want to look professional and deal with outside printers. I figured I'd get one or the other, but they are buying me both! Woohoo! Not only will this make me and them look better, but it will also help me to keep up with my skills. I'm probably a little rusty after a year of not using them, but considering I've been using Pagemaker since 1989 and Photoshop since 1995, I think I'll pick them up again pretty quickly. I was pretty floored that he bought both for me. It's a little scary, because now I have to live up to my big talk LOL! I have in the past and can do so again now.