A beautiful Friday morning here at the ranch. Spring has arrived, along with things that make my eyes water!

What  a week it has been.  A very sick family pet who kept fooling all of us with her strength and being such a stoic dog.  Turns out she had a tumor on her spleen so surgery had to be done and it went well and she is recovering.  I love this dog-she is such an amazing dog/human and so gentle.  Prayers that she heals 100%.  

On the job search front.  Had an interview for Crossing Guard/City of Riverside-that went well I guess.  Questions they asked were similar to those asked for 'any' kind of job.  The job is for the position of 'sub' and the pay is great, 4 hours a day, accrued vacation time and 401k.  Once they have interviewed all applicants that passed the test, then they call those they want to proceed through the process-If I'm called, then I move onto the 'physical abilities' testing.   I'm hoping I have a chance.  That was on Wednesday, then on Thursday, drove to the OC to test for their county position of Office Service Professional.  Wow!  So many people showed for that one.  We were told they were anticipating various openings county-wide, but no definite number.  If you pass the test, your name goes on the list and then you just wait for the call.  If you get the call, then you schedule an interview.  I gave myself plenty of time by leaving way early for my appointment at 1:30pm which I purposely scheduled so as to avoid the early AM commute into OC (being all to familiar with that madness).  One woman who showed for testing rode a bus!  There are so many of us who are seeking meaningful work.  Am going to be checking into an opening at Tuesday Morning later today-they have a store just down the hill from where I live.

Got to do something totally silly yesterday, spur of the moment and had fun!  Since this weekend is the Nascar race in Fontana, the cars arrived yesterday so they have a parade of Haulers (the trucks that haul the cars) in Rancho Cucamonga.  Hightailed it back from OC to Amy's, rode to the corner of Milliken and Church with her and the boys, met up with Andy (who came from work) and my friend Kathy and members of her family and we cheered the trucks (which are beautiful) as they made the drive to the track.  Only a handful of the haulers participate which is probably a good thing as this event stops traffic at many intersections.  It was a nice diversion and free!